Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • NJ Transit and its Riders Endure Brief Work Stoppage by Engineers

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit’s rail riders got through four days without their trains, due to a work stoppage called by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), the union representing the engineers who drive the trains. Despite strong rhetoric by both sides leading up to the work stoppage (including from NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri…

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  • STRIKE! We’re Out (in the Cold)

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    Statement on the NJ Transit Strike UPDATE! We are glad to hear of the tentative agreement, though many of our members will be working their way to tonight’s meeting at the Summit Free Public Library without a train—#70 bus it is! We’re glad to see service restored tomorrow, May 20. Comments from May 16: This…

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  • Report from the Chair: July/August 2022

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    It has been a hectic month, including a wildcat strike that disrupted service for Juneteenth/Father’s Day weekend, with almost 500 engineers calling out, some 300 trains cancelled, and thousands of passengers scrambling to make alternate plans. NJ Transit filed a request for an injunction (on Friday) but did little to help passengers caught up in…

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