From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 6:48:01 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
      
   > All NJ Transit rail service to end early for the day due to union dispute   
   >   
   > All New Jersey Transit rail service will be ending early for the day due to a   
   > union dispute.   
   >   
   > Last trains of the evening from NY, Newark & Hoboken by rail line:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   > "NJ Transit became aware of a rumor late in the day yesterday that the   
   > locomotive engineers' union, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen   
   > (BLE&T), could potentially initiate an illegal job action today," the   
   > spokesperson said. "With today's engineer call outs at nearly triple the rate   
   > of an average weekday, it is clear that this is the result of an illegal job   
   > action. NJ Transit is disappointed that the union would perpetrate such an   
   act   
   > on the more than 100,000 commuters who depend on NJ Transit rail service   
   every   
   > day. We intend to explore all legal remedies in response to this illegal and   
   > irresponsible action."   
   > ======   
   > rest:   
   > https://abc7ny.com/new-jersey-transit-nj-brotherhood-of-locomo   
   ive-engineers-and-trainmen-blet/11969763/   
      
   I have to return from the city tomorrow (Sunday) evening. Fortunately   
   my bus line doesn't parallel any of the rail lines (I had to go down to   
   Hoboken and change in Secaucus just to go to Rutgers in April), but   
   the PABT may well be a madhouse.   
      
   Because the engineers' union is mad about a provision that is _in   
   the new contract that they haven't ratified yet_.   
      
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