Deadline for NJ Transit strike nears
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ABC7 New York on MSNTalks set to resume as clock ticks toward NJ Transit rail strikeTalks resume on Thursday between NJ Transit and its rail engineers' union to try to reach an agreement to avert a walkout by the union early Friday.
The penthouse views mentioned by union members refers to NJ Transit’s new offices at Gateway Center in Newark, leased for 25 years at a cost of $500 million. It has been a rallying point for union criticism that the agency has money to move from a building they own, but not to provide a competitive wage for engineers.
The union that represents the engineers who drive New Jersey Transit’s commuter trains has threatened a walkout as soon as Friday if a contract deal is not reached.