NEW JERSEY (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey Transit and its rail engineers union have tentatively agreed to a new labor contract, averting a possible strike.
NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri and the general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Thomas Haas, announced the deal Monday in a joint statement.
The union's rank and file are expected to vote next month on whether to ratify it.
Details of the agreement are still murky, but the statement says the contract will include a “reasonable wage increase” for the union’s members, as well as the resolution of a long-standing grievance.
Last summer, President Joe Biden signed an executive order creating a board to resolve the dispute. At the time, NJ Transit said a strike could be possible as soon as March 2025.