The railroad CEO said it aims to end talks on the New Jersey transit rail strike resume.
New Jersey Transportation CEO Kris Kolluri said the strike aimed at addressing the train engineers and the huge commuter railroad in New Jersey is scheduled to continue on Sunday.
The strike of locomotive engineers began on Friday in the railway system with 350,000 riders a day, left commuters either working from home or Find other ways to travel All over the state or the Hudson River to New York City.
Speaking at Broad Street Station in Newark on Saturday, Kolluri said the agency was preparing for a work week commute to “splash” buses to help commuters at the train station. But he warned that the bus could not handle the full volume of the commuter rail system.
Kolluri said he spoke to the fraternity of motorcycle engineer and trainer Mark Wallace and agreed to meet on Saturday. It is not yet certain whether the sides will meet before the National Mediation Commission meeting on Sunday.
“We will meet with the union today. We will meet with them tomorrow to reach an agreement so we can get them back to work and provide the reliable service our customers need,” Kolluri said.
Wallace confirmed in a telephone interview that he and Cruli will resume negotiations that ended Saturday afternoon in Newark shortly before the strike Thursday night.
“If we come out together, we will reach an agreement,” Wallace said.
NJ Transit has a train lot right on the Delaware River in Trenton, a suburb of Morrisville, Philadelphia. The pickets in red shirt said: “We bargained for us,” with signs and not far from the yard on Saturday.
25-year veteran engineer Bill Craven actively describes the emotions among union members. He said they don’t usually get together because they usually pass each other on orbit at 100 mph.
“Most of us would rather run the train. That’s what we make a living. We don’t want to ruin our lives, other people’s lives, but that’s when we haven’t had a raise in six years.”
The strike was a deal that was not reached after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday. It was the first transit strike in more than 40 years in the state, a month after union members overwhelmingly refused Labor Agreement with Management.
Wallace walked the pickets outside Pennsylvania Station in New York City on Friday. He said the engineers were committed to keeping the strike until they were granted a fair deal. Last summer, union members almost unanimously authorized the strike, with 87% of whom rejecting the latest agreement.
New Jersey transportation needs to pay engineers the same salary as Amtrak and Long Island Railroads because engineers are going to work on other railroads to get better salaries, Wallace said.
The union continues to stabilize in NJ Transit’s ranking as more members leave to work on high-paying jobs on other railways. The number of NJ transport engineers has shrunk to about 400 from 500 a few months ago.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday it was important to “conclude a deal that is fair to employees while affordable to New Jersey commuters and taxpayers.”
NJ Transport It is the third largest transportation system in the United States, operating buses and railroads in the state, providing nearly 1 million working days of travel, including entry to New York City. The strike stopped all NJ bus traffic courier trains that provided extensive use of public transportation routes between Pennsylvania Station on the Hudson River side and communities in northern New Jersey Newark AirportLatency efforts that have nothing to do with myself recently.
