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“Enough Is Enough”: New Jersey Transit Workers Strike for Pay Equity

HeadlineMay 16, 2025

​Some 450 New Jersey Transit engineers walked off the job early this morning, grinding services to a halt on the country’s third-largest commuter rail system. It’s New Jersey’s first statewide transit strike in over four decades. The president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said, “They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough.”

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