NJ Transit riders face 1 more day without train service
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Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting the end of the NJ Transit strike, a massive brawl at a mall in Edison and a poll shows who is leading the races to be New Jersey’s next governor. Plus, a 100-year-old movie theater in Bergen County is razed.
Negotiators from the state of New Jersey and the union representing hundreds of locomotive engineers announced they reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the first statewide transit strike in four decades.
Union members cited five years without wage increases and said the new contract aims to bring NJ Transit wages closer to regional norms, which average around $113,000 a year for NJ Transit engineers, with union demands aiming as high as $170,000 a year.
Two lanes of eastbound I-80 in Wharton are finally set to reopen on Wednesday (weather permitting) following extensive closures brought upon by a series of sinkholes dating back to the winter.
NJ Transit strike prompts riders to pay high prices for alternatives, disrupting commutes and local businesses.
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