NJ Transit Strike Ends
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Negotiators from the state of New Jersey and the union representing hundreds of locomotive engineers announced they reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the first statewide transit strike in four decades.
NJ Transit officials say they need 24 hours to inspect their equipment before rail service can resume. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomasetti is reporting from Secaucus Junction Station
Commuters will soon be able to buy train tickets ahead of NJ Transit restarting rail service after it reached a tentative deal with its engineers’ union. Train tickets will start being sold at 10 p.m.
Union members cited five years without wage increases and said the new contract aims to bring NJ Transit wages closer to regional norms, which average around $113,000 a year for NJ Transit engineers, with union demands aiming as high as $170,000 a year.
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