NEW JERSEY (WABC) — As a possible New Jersey Transit strike looms, the Nationwide Mediation Board is asking either side to to Washington, D.C., on Monday to renew discussions.
New Jersey Transit officers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union seem like at an deadlock.
Practice engineers are demanding a increase of their salaries and a few 450 might stroll off the job per week from Friday if either side do not attain an settlement.
New Jersey Transit has cited numbers displaying the common engineer makes $135,000 per 12 months.
“We now have sought nothing greater than equal pay for equal work, solely to be constantly rebuffed by New Jersey Transit. Now, New Jersey Transit officers have repeatedly mentioned that locomotive engineers earn on common $135,000 per 12 months. Sadly for the locomotive engineers in New Jersey Transit, that is merely not the case,” mentioned BLET Union Normal Chairman Tom Haas.
New Jersey Transit displayed numbers from a earlier settlement that union members voted down.
The union says the common is barely $113,000 per 12 months, far in need of engineers on the Lengthy Island Rail Highway and Amtrak.
Either side claims they wish to keep away from a strike, however accusations are reaching a boiling level.
“They’re making an attempt to make New Jersey the take a look at case for the remainder of the nation and I’m telling you at the moment that if this sport that they’re enjoying doesn’t cease, each transportation company that this union goes to barter with goes to be on a path to chapter,” mentioned New Jersey Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri.
In the meantime, MetroNorth is engaged on different journey plans as a strike might influence clients from Rockland and Orange counties.
A lot of these passengers depend on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley traces on NJ Transit to get to their locations.
“Whereas the MTA is just not a part of this labor dispute, we could also be affected by it and we’re taking steps to reduce disruptions for MTA clients,” mentioned MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “We can be cross-honoring West of Hudson tickets and supporting a variety of different journey choices and riders in Orange County and Rockland County ought to join service alerts for the newest info.”
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