Presidential Emergency Board sided with NJ Transit on the sticky issue of locomotive engineers’ salaries, setting the stage for a showdown in 60 days that could result in a rail strike. NJ Transit officials announced that Presidential Emergency Board 352 issued a final report that said the agency’s “final offer” to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union as the

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."

But he also said during a virtual press conference Wednesday that he believes NJ Transit’s offer to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is fair. He cited the release of a second Presidential Emergency Board’s report earlier in the day reinforcing the agency’s position.