A presidential emergency board has sided with NJ Transit over contract negotiations between the railroad agency and the locomotive engineers' union.

NJ Transit engineers are demanding a 14% pay increase, citing disparities with other systems like the LIRR and Metro-North, while NJ Transit countered with a 4% offer.

In a statement released yesterday, Eddie Hall, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said he is hopeful that the "new guard" at NJ Transit "will choose to avoid a disruption in service by meeting with the union and working out a fair agreement that will keep the trains moving."

NJ Transit’s CEO had a message for members of the locomotive engineer’s union that is on the verge of a strike: he’s ready to negotiate anytime during the next 60 days.

NJ Transit has announced that the Presidential Emergency Board addressing the ongoing labor dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has determined the transit agency’s offer as “the most reasonable proposal.

New Jersey commuters could face major disruptions as NJ Transit engineers threaten to strike if a deal isn’t reached by March 20. The union representing engineers is demanding a 14% pay hike, citing pay disparities compared to LIRR and Metro-North.