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NJ transit engineers go on strike

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Here & Now Newsroom

May 16, 2025

Union members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen form a picket line outside the NJ Transit Headquarters on Friday, May 16, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

New Jersey Transit engineers are on strike on Friday, bringing one of the nation's busiest train systems to a halt.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. The union is asking for higher wages.

The strike affects more than 350,000 commuters who rely on NJ Transit trains to travel to and from New York City.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Bloomberg News senior editor Mike Regan, who is working from home on Friday because of the strike.

This segment aired on May 16, 2025.

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