Updated On: 17 May, 2025 08:54 AM IST | New Jersey | Agencies
The walkout comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn’t produce an agreement. It is the state’s first transit strike in more than 40 years and comes a month after union members overwhelmingly rejected a labour agreement with management

Protests outside the NJ Transit Headquarters in New Jersey. Pic/AFP
New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to their destinations or stay home.
The walkout comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn’t produce an agreement. It is the state’s first transit strike in more than 40 years and comes a month after union members overwhelmingly rejected a labour agreement with management.