Everything to know in case NJ Transit goes on strike Fri.
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Engineers at New Jersey Transit are poised to go on strike one minute after midnight Friday morning, a stoppage that would create huge problems for100,000 daily train commuters, businesses across the New York metropolitan area as well as fans of Shakira and Beyoncé,
New Jersey Transit is urging riders to reach their destinations or risk being stranded. The warning comes as talks continued Thursday in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,
Expect delays or surge pricing at the concert tonight if you're taking Uber or Lyft, or trying to catch a Coach USA bus.
Talks resume on Thursday between NJ Transit and its rail engineers' union to try to reach an agreement to avert a walkout by the union early Friday.
NJ Transit trains could stop running at 12:01 a.m. Friday if locomotive engineers go on strike over the salary increase they want.
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NJ Transit is already preparing for the walkout by urging as many people as possible to start working from home.
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NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations.
Beyonce fans might be better off riding a horse to next week’s “Cowboy Carter” concerts at MetLife Stadium if a strike shuts down NJ Transit rail service. NJ Transit’s train engineers could walk off the job as soon as Friday after Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members voted to reject a tentative agreement between the leaders of the agency and the union.