NJ Transit railway engineers look at the fall if an agreement cannot be reached until the midnight period.
There is a state -of -the -art effort to prevent the strike, which is expected to affect more than 300,000 passengers until Friday morning.
If the strike occurs, it will begin at 12:01 on Friday. Those who work will end their turn and leave work.
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NJ Transit and The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (Blet), which represents about 460 members, returned to the table at 9 am on Thursday and the conversations continued to go on Thursday evening.
The Union has been Due to the rise in NJ traffic on the uploads of paymentssaying they have not had a rise in five years. NJ Transit said that the Union’s last agreement was away was $ 49.82 per hour, which is 10 cents less than what Lirr engineers do.
The union says these numbers are misleading because Lirr engineers work without a contract.
NJ Transit CEO, Kris Kolluri, said that the conversations have been constructive and that it wants an agreement.
“I think no one wants a strike. My principle is never to change, which I want to give them a fair salary, but I also have to ensure that it is reasonable from the point of view of costs for rates payers and taxpayers of New Jersey,” he said.
“Each time we are sitting and speaking, there is a possibility that we can reach a resolution,” said Blet General of Blet, Tom Haas.
The Union already plans picket lines on Friday morning at the NJ headquarters Transit in Newark, Penn Station of Manhattan and the train station near the casinos of the city of the Atlantic.
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Governor Phil Murphy says may have to declare an emergency state If the engineers move away from work.
Meanwhile, NJ Transit has a contingency plan This would come into force on Monday, but says it will only house 20% of daily pilots. The agency asks people to work from home, if possible.
The contingency plan includes crossing the bus tickets of the buses, the light rail lines and the MTA for the west of the Hudson service. It also includes adding four more parks to secauucus, Hamilton, the Woodbridge Center shopping center and the PNC Arts Center.
Other options available include route or amtrak trains, as well as private property of companies, such as Yankee, which can be reserved through an application called Boxcar. Click here For more details.
Travelers who spoke with CBS New York said they do not want a strike but support the Union.
“He pays people what he deserves, he knows what I am saying? This job is not easy,” said Messiah Ford, a resident of Newark.
“I would feel much better if the workers here have just paid a good salary so that I know they are here, they are focused and know what they do because it is a security thing,” said Emerson’s resident Olivia Burns.