Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in lurch

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Wages continued to be a sticking point as New Jersey’s first statewide transit strike in 40 years began Friday morning.
The New York Times
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Roughly 450 unionized locomotive engineers walked off the job at midnight, shutting down the New Jersey Transit's rail network.
Daily Mail
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The strike began on Friday after The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which represents 450 NJ Transit engineers who drive the agency’s commuter trains and agency management, broke off talks late Thursday after an unsuccessful 15-hour bargaining session.
Aljazeera
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After marathon negotiations over pay, NJ Transit engineers and the Murphy administration reached no deal on a new contract, leaving most of the roughly 100,000 commuters without a ride and potentially creating a headache for the Democrats who hope to succeed him.
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