May 23rd, 2025
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火車工程師在紐澤西州週五罷工,影響了約三十五萬名通勤者。許多往返紐澤西州和紐約市的上班族,需要尋找其他交通方式,或者選擇在家工作。
這次罷工在星期四的最新談判沒有結果後開始。這是該州四十多年來第一次的交通罷工,而且只在工會成員大多不同意和管理層簽合約的一個月後發生。
火車工程師兄弟會主席湯姆·哈斯表示:「我們給了他們最後的提議,但他們拒絕了。他們在剩下的兩個小時內就離開了。」
新澤西州運輸部門的負責人克里斯·科魯裡說,現在的情況就像是「對話暫停了」。
他在週四晚上與新澤西州州長一起開記者會時說:「我當然希望可以趕快恢復對話。如果他們今晚或明天早上想談,我都可以。我覺得這件事很有機會解決,問題是他們想不想達成共識。」
墨菲說,重點是達成一個「對員工來說是公平的,同時新澤西州的通勤者和納稅人也能夠負擔」的最終協議。
The union stated the announcement was made after 15 straight hours of contract talks. Protests are expected to begin at 4 AM on Friday.
新澤西州交通運輸署是美國第三大的交通系統,它有巴士和火車。每天,它提供大約一百萬次的交通服務,包括到紐約市的車次。這次的罷工讓所有新澤西交通運輸署的火車都停駛了。這些火車對人們很重要,因為它們連接紐約市的賓州車站和新澤西北部的社區,也連接新澤西機場。最近,這些火車常常因為其他原因而延誤。
The organization recently announced its emergency plan, saying they'll add more buses. However, they warned that these buses will only have "very limited" space and will only serve current New York commuter bus routes near train stations. These services won't start until Monday. The organization will also hire private transport companies to provide buses from main regional parking lots during rush hour on weekdays.
不過,這個機構說,這些巴士載不了像現在火車這麼多的乘客。它們大概只能載到20%左右。所以,他們希望可以居家工作的人,在罷工的時候盡量在家工作。
Even the *threat* of a strike has already disrupted travel. Due to the uncertainty, transit authorities have cancelled train and bus services to Shakira's concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Thursday and Friday.
On Monday, all sides met in Washington with a federal mediation group to discuss the issue. A mediator was also present during talks on Thursday. Collyer said on Thursday evening that the mediation group suggested meeting again on Sunday morning to restart negotiations.
薪水一直是這個機構和火車工程師工會談判時的主要問題。工會希望他們的成員能拿到跟這裡其他載客火車公司差不多的薪水。工會說,他們的成員平均一年賺十一萬三千美元。他們覺得如果執行長克里斯·科魯裡同意把平均年薪加到十七萬美元,就能達成協議。
不過,新澤西州交通部門的負責人不同意工會的數字。他們說,火車工程師平均一年賺十三萬五千美元,有些人甚至超過二十萬美元。
科魯裡和墨菲週四表示,他們主要擔心的是,就算雙方同意加薪,要如何在不讓其他工會也要求同樣的加薪幅度,進而造成新澤西州交通運輸署財務困難的情況下達成協議。
國會有權干預並阻止罷工,強迫工會接受協議。但這次議員們沒有表現出這樣做的意願,就像他們在2022年為了避免全國貨運鐵路罷工時所做的那樣。
因為越來越多新澤西州運輸局的員工離職,去其他鐵路公司找更好的工作,所以工會在運輸局的成員人數一直在減少。幾個月前,運輸局有五百名火車工程師,現在大概只有四百五十名。
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