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NJ Transit Strike Shuts Down Rail Service Across New Jersey, Disrupting Travel for Thousands as Contract Talks Collapse

By: Carl Schwartzbaum In a historic disruption not seen since 1983, NJ Transit rail service came to a grinding halt early Friday after last-ditch negotiations between the agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) failed to produce a new labor contract. As The New York Post reported, the strike has left roughly […]