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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Transportation Communications Union (TCU), part of a coalition of 13 unions representing more than 4,000 workers at New Jersey Transit, have reached a tentative contract agreement with the commuter rail carrier. The deal avoids a strike that would have shut down the nation’s third-largest commuter
Read moreThe IAM, TCU and entire New Jersey Transit Labor Coalition are continuing talks today in an attempt to avert a strike of the carrier at 12:01 AM, Sunday. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez spoke outside Newark, NJ’s Penn Station and was not pleased with reports of NJT’s refusal to accept a fair settlement to the
Read moreAs negotiations go down to the wire, New Jersey Transit’s IAM and TCU members are busy preparing for a strike that will shut down the nation’s third largest commuter railroad at 12:01 am this Sunday, March 13th. In a tremendous show of inter-union solidarity, a Coalition of 13 unions representing 17 crafts are jointly negotiating
Read moreAmid last ditch talks to avert a New Jersey Transit (NJT) strike, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided to take a vacation. IAM members at NJT have been negotiating for a fair contract for more than five years and are five days away from being forced into a strike that would have a tremendous affect
Read moreContract negotiations with New Jersey Transit (NJT) have been ongoing for more than five years. It appears that the only way to resolve IAM members’ effort to gain a fair contract may be to strike NJT. IAM members at NJT are authorized to strike at 12:01 AM, Sunday, March 13th, unless an agreement is reached.
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