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NJ Transit chief warns of possible engineers' strike, outlines contingency service and budget risks
Summary
NJ Transit President Chris Kalori told the Assembly Transportation Committee he is negotiating to avert a potential engineers' strike next Thursday, described contingency bus-and-park-and-ride plans to keep people moving, and said higher-than-offered contract demands would force fare or corporate-fee increases.
President Chris Kalori of New Jersey Transit told the state Assembly Transportation Committee on May 5 that the agency is in active bargaining with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and is seeking to avert a work stoppage scheduled for next Thursday. Kalori said he would leave the hearing to return to the bargaining table and that, while he believes in collective bargaining, he must protect the financial stability of the agency and its 350,000 daily riders.
Kalori described the March agreement that he said the agency and the union had publicly announced: a move that would have raised the average engineer salary from about $135,000 to roughly $172,000 and included a $60,000 retroactive payment. He said the union's current demands—he characterized them as seeking salaries near $190,000 or a $555,000 total increase for some members—would be…
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