Newark: New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have reached a tentative agreement, concluding the state’s first rail strike in over four decades. The three-day strike, which began on Friday, disrupted services for approximately 100,000 daily riders, affecting routes to Newark Airport and New York City. Train services are scheduled to resume on Tuesday.
According to Qatar News Agency, the strike centered on wage disputes, with BLET members seeking pay increases to match counterparts in neighboring transit agencies. The tentative agreement includes a wage boost exceeding the proposal rejected by union members in March. Specific terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, pending ratification by the union’s 450 engineers and trainees and approval by the NJ Transit Board of Directors, scheduled for June 11.