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NJ Transit train engineers go on strike, all rail service suspended

Headline from NBC 6 South Florida, on the newest of 2 developments

The strike leaves 350,000 daily commuters in New Jersey and New York City who rely on the trains seeking other modes of transportation to reach their...

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  1. New Jersey Transit train engineers go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

  2. Newest

    NJ Transit train engineers go on strike, all rail service suspended

    Headline from NBC 6 South Florida ·

2 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

37 articles, oldest first.

  1. ABC 7 New York

    Looming New Jersey Transit strike could impact 350,000 commuters, say officials (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    A possible strike against New Jersey Transit by the engineers' union could lead to a shutdown of NJ Transit train lines.

  2. New York Post

    NJ Transit strike could strand 350K riders — and the emergency backup plan won’t solve the problem (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen vowed a major rail strike by midnight Friday morning.

  3. KOB 4

    New Jersey Transit train engineers go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch (opens KOB 4)

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    New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home.

  4. CNN

    New Jersey rail strike could cause nightmare for commuters … and Shakira and Beyoncé fans (opens CNN)

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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, who will have trouble getting to …

  5. NBC 6 South Florida

    NJ Transit train engineers go on strike, all rail service suspended (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    The strike leaves 350,000 daily commuters in New Jersey and New York City who rely on the trains seeking other modes of transportation to reach their...

  6. ABC 7 New York

    NJ Transit engineers on strike after contract negotiations fail, all rail service suspended (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    NJ Transit train engineers went on strike early Friday in a dispute over wages, halting all train service and impacting some 350,000 commuters.

  7. MyNorthwest

    Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach

  8. Al Jazeera

    NJ Transit workers go on strike after wage increase talks stall (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The strike leaves hundreds of thousands of commuters in New Jersey and New York without rail access.

  9. New York Post

    NYC-area train stations eerily empty as NJ Transit strike brings bustling service to a grinding halt (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Normally bustling train terminals were eerily empty as NJ Transit engineers went on strike Friday, bringing rail services across the state to a grinding halt and leaving commuters in both New Jersey and New York City scrambling for alternate transport -- but straphangers fear the worst is still yet …

  10. WFMZ Allentown

    NJ Transit engineers strike for first time in over 40 years, disrupting commutes for thousands (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday morning, forcing thousands of commuters to find another way to travel or stay home. The NJ Transit CEO and New Jersey

  11. FOX 5 New York

    NJ Transit train engineers strike: Commuter alternatives, travel options l LIVE updates (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    NJ Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters. The walkout comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn’t produce an agreement.

  12. The Boston Globe

    New Jersey Transit train engineers to go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    It will be the state’s first transit strike in more than 40 years and comes a month after union members overwhelmingly rejected a labor agreement with management.

  13. Washington Examiner

    NJ Transit locomotive engineers union goes on strike early Friday morning (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    It was the Garden State’s first transit strike since 1983 and will affect hundreds of thousands of morning commuters in the New York Metropolitan area.

  14. The Daily Caller

    Union Strike Shuts Down Trains Used By Up To 350,000 New Jersey Commuters (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving as many as 350,000 commuters without running trains.

  15. NBC News

    New Jersey Transit engineers strike, potentially affecting 350,000 commuters (opens NBC News)

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    Members of the railroad engineers union for New Jersey Transit went on strike right after midnight Friday morning, crippling a system that around 350,000 people rely on, officials said.

  16. Anchorage Daily News

    Strike by transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 New Jersey and New York City commuters in the lurch (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    It halts all NJ Transit commuter trains, which provide heavily used routes between New York‘s Penn Station on one side of the Hudson River and communities in northern New Jersey on the other, as well as the Newark airport.

  17. Gothamist

    Why are NJ Transit workers on strike? Inside the contract talks that broke down. (opens Gothamist)

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    Negotiations with locomotive engineers are not scheduled to resume until Sunday.

  18. WMUR

    NJ Transit engineers' strike could disrupt 350,000 commuters (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    NJ Transit engineers may strike, halting trains for 350,000 commuters between New Jersey and NYC

  19. amNewYork

    NJ Transit engineers strike for first time in 40 years, leaving 350,000 NYC/NJ commuters scrambling | amNewYork (opens amNewYork)

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    Around 450 unionized NJ Transit locomotive engineers and trainees went on strike just after midnight on Friday.

  20. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    NJ Transit strike: Train engineers launch state's first transit strike in over 40 years (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, impacting an estimated 350,000 riders who rely on the nation's third-largest transit system.

  21. KTVZ Bend

    Engineers go on strike at NJ Transit, halting the nation’s third-largest commuter line (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Engineers at New Jersey Transit went on strike early Friday, bringing trains on the nation’s third-largest commuter rail service to a halt. A final day of negotiations between the state-run commuter rail service and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (…

  22. WMUR

    New Jersey Transit strike leaves 350,000 commuters stranded (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike, leaving 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and NYC seeking alternatives

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