After NJ Transit engineers rejected a grossly inadequate tentative agreement, the Federal government is attempting to prevent a strike that could cripple transit service in the state.

NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations.

The National Mediation Board called NJ Transit and locomotive engineers to Washington to help thaw negotiations before a potential strike May 16.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit and its train engineers were moving closer to a potential strike as early as next week, but both sides will first head to Washington to meet with a federal mediation board in hopes of averting a rail shutdown.

Before news of the National Mediation Board's intervention ... Haas said. NJ Transit and its roughly 420 train engineers have been feuding over a new contract since 2020, and federal rules over ...