The New Jersey Transit rail engineers' strike on Friday, a labour action of considerable consequence, forced approximately 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to navigate a logistical labyrinth of alternative transit options or contemplate the circumvention of their daily commute altogether.

The present industrial action was triggered by the failure of the most recent round of negotiations to yield a consensus on Thursday; this represents the first instance of a transportation strike in the state in over four decades, precipitated a mere month after union members resoundingly rejected the proposed labour agreement proffered by management.

"Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen President, Tom Hahs, stated, 'Our *ultima ratio* having been presented to them, they demurred and, *ipso facto*, decamped within the *per diem*'s remaining two hours.'"

新澤西州交通運輸署署長克里斯·科魯裡以「對話膠著」精確描繪了當前事態的僵持局面。

"他在週四晚間與新澤西州州長菲爾·墨菲聯合召開記者會時，擲地有聲地表達了其重啟對話的殷切期盼，措辭間飽含決意：「我自然希冀能以雷霆之勢恢復磋商。若彼方今夜首肯會晤，吾必再與之晤談；若冀明日午前商榷，吾亦將再與之協商。蓋因吾深信此癥結具有高度可解性，癥結之所在，實乃彼等是否懷抱玉成其事之誠意。」

墨菲聲稱，關鍵在於締造一項終局協定，該協定一方面需恪守對勞工群體的公平正義，另一方面亦需確保新澤西州的通勤族與納稅人皆能承擔其財政重負，從而實現整體利益最大化。

Following a gruelling fifteen-hour marathon of continuous contractual negotiations, the union has announced the commencement of demonstration pickets, slated to begin at 0400 hours on Friday.

新澤西州交通運輸署作為全美第三大交通樞紐，轄下公共交通網絡囊括巴士與鐵路系統，平日客運量高達近百萬人次，其中尤以連接新澤西州與紐約市之通勤路線為要。本次罷工事件致使新澤西交通運輸署轄下所有通勤鐵路全線停擺，嚴重癱瘓了橫跨哈德遜河，往返於紐約市賓州車站與新澤西北部諸社區，以及新澤西機場之間的關鍵大眾運輸命脈，而該線路近期已因其他因素頻繁延誤，更使其重要性不言而喻。

In recent days, the agency unveiled its contingency plan, stipulating an augmentation of bus services, whilst simultaneously cautioning commuters that said buses would afford only "exceedingly circumscribed" carrying capacity along extant New York commuter bus routes proximate to rail termini, with commencement of operations deferred until Monday; furthermore, the agency is poised to contract with private transport vendors to provision bus services during weekday peak periods emanating from key regional park-and-ride facilities.

Notwithstanding this caveat, the agency underscored the buses’ inherent incapacity to shoulder a passenger volume approximating that of the extant rail network—a mere 20% conveyance rate, ergo, imploring telecommuters to leverage remote work options during the pendency of industrial action.

Even the mere specter of a strike has already precipitated travel disruptions; amidst this miasma of uncertainty, transportation authorities have preemptively rescinded scheduled rail and bus services to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the Shakira concert slated for Thursday and Friday.

各方代表於週一齊聚華盛頓，與聯邦調解委員會晤談，以期斡旋僵局；週四之磋商，亦有調解員在場襄助。科魯裡於週四晚間聲明，委員會已提議於週日上午重啟會談，冀望能重啟談判進程。

The intractable impasse in negotiations between the agency and the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers persists, predicated on the union's demand for wage parity with peer passenger rail corporations within the region; the union, citing a median annual compensation of $113,000 for its constituency, posits that a resolution hinges upon Chief Executive Officer Chris Koluri's acquiescence to an escalated average annual salary of $170,000.

However, the New Jersey Department of Transportation's executive echelon disputes the union's figures, asserting that the median gross annual income for locomotive engineers is $135,000, with top earners eclipsing $200,000, a divergence that underscores potentially obfuscated remuneration realities.

Kolluri 與 Murphy 週四晚間精闢地指出，癥結不在於勞資雙方能否於加薪幅度上取得共識，而在於能否在不觸發其他工會援例要求比照辦理，進而使新澤西州交通運輸署泥足深陷於難以挽回之財政困境的前提下，實現此一目標。

儘管國會握有介入並否決罷工之權柄，進而強制工會接受協議，然立法者此次並未展現出干預之意願，與其於2022年為消弭全國性貨運鐵路停擺之舉措大相逕庭。

The steady attrition of union membership within NJ Transit reflects a broader exodus of personnel seeking enhanced remuneration within competing rail corporations, precipitating a discernible diminution in the agency's workforce; specifically, a cohort of locomotive engineers, once numbering approximately 500, has dwindled to a present complement of roughly 450 individuals.