NJ Transit on brink of strike
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NJ Transit riders are bracing for a rail strike that could start Friday at midnight and throw their daily commutes into chaos.
As late as Wednesday night, the two sides were expressing some optimism for a settlement. Since then, radio silence.
Beyonce fans might be better off riding a horse to next week’s “Cowboy Carter” concerts at MetLife Stadium if a strike shuts down NJ Transit rail service. NJ Transit’s train engineers could walk off the job as soon as Friday after Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members voted to reject a tentative agreement between the leaders of the agency and the union.