contract negotiations

Red Cup Rebellion
Dec 8, 2025

NJ Starbucks baristas join Red Cup Rebellion strike

Workers at four Garden State shops are taking part in the nationwide protest, pushing back at what Starbucks Workers United alleges are unfair labor practices and calling for a union contract.

NJ Transit’s new Multilevel III rail cars, unveiled Oct. 30, 2024, will significantly improve reliability, capacity and comfort over the 40-plus-year-old single level cars they will replace.
May 16, 2025

Rail strike halts NJ Transit as contract talks stall

No deal was reached between the agency and the engineers union before the May 16 midnight deadline. Gov. Murphy said, “My message tonight to our locomotive engineers is this: the path to a new contract will be paved at the negotiating table, not the picket line.”

From left: NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen General Chairman Thomas Haas
May 9, 2025

NJ Transit, BLET called to DC to avoid rail strike

The transportation agency and the engineers union will meet Monday, as a potential May 16 work stoppage looms.