The trains in New Jersey are not working today. Many people cannot go to work in New Jersey and New York. They must find other ways to travel or stay home.

The workers did not like the new work plan. They stopped working. This is the first time in 40 years.

"We gave them the plan, but they said no and left," said Tom Haas.

Kris said: "We are talking, but not now."

He said, "I want to talk again soon. If they want to meet today, I will meet today. If they want to meet tomorrow, I will meet tomorrow. I think we can find a way. But do they want to?"

Murphy said: "We want a deal. The deal must be good for workers. It must be good for New Jersey, too."

The news is here. The workers may stop work on Friday.

NJ Transit has buses and trains. They go to New York City. The trains are not working now. People cannot go from New Jersey to New York City by train.

The bus company said: We will have more buses. But the buses will not help much. They will go near the train stations. They start on Monday. We will also ask other bus companies to help. They will go from the park and ride places. This is on weekdays.

But the bus can't take many people. Only a few can use the bus. If you can work at home, please do. This helps if the trains stop.

The news made travel hard. Trains and buses to Shakira's shows in New Jersey are not running on Thursday and Friday.

They met on Monday in Washington. They talked about it. They will meet again on Sunday.

The workers want more money. They want to have the same pay as other workers. They want $170,000 each year. The boss, Kris Kolluri, needs to say yes.

NJ Transit says the engineers make about $135,000 each year. Some make more than $200,000.

Kolluri and Murphy said the problem is about money. Can they give more money without problems for NJ Transit?

The leaders can stop the strike. But they do not want to. They did it before in 2022 for trains.

Many people from the group at NJ Transit left to work at other places with more money. Now, there are less than 450 engineers. Before, there were 500.