On Friday, train workers in New Jersey stopped working. About 350,000 people who use the trains in New Jersey and New York had to find other ways to travel or stay home.

The workers stopped working because they didn't agree on Thursday. This is the first time in 40 years they have stopped working. It happened one month after they said "no" to a deal with the boss.

"We gave them our idea, but they said no and left," said Tom Haas.

The boss of NJ Transit, Kris Kolluri, said they have stopped talking for now.

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

Murphy said it was important to have a deal. The deal should be good for workers. It should also cost a fair price for people in New Jersey.

The news said the talks took 15 hours. The workers may start to protest on Friday at 4 a.m.

NJ Transit has buses and trains in New Jersey. Many people use them to go to New York City. Now, the trains are not running. This means people cannot take the train from New Jersey to New York City or Newark Airport. The airport has also had some problems lately.

The bus company said they have plans to help. They will add more buses, but not many. The buses will go to places near train stations in New York. They will start on Monday. The company will also get buses from other companies. These buses will go from some parking places on weekdays when many people travel.

But the bus company said the buses can't take as many people. Only a few people who use the train now can use the bus. So, if there is a strike, the company asked people to work from home if they can.

The idea of it stopped some travel. Because we didn't know what would happen, the bus and train people said no buses and trains for the Shakira shows on Thursday and Friday in New Jersey.

The groups met on Monday in Washington to talk. Someone helped them talk on Thursday. Kolluri said they may meet again on Sunday to talk more.

The main problem is money in talks between the company and the train workers' group. The group wants its workers to get paid like other train workers nearby. The group says its workers get about $113,000 each year. They say they can agree if the company boss, Kris Kolluri, says yes to about $170,000 each year.

But the people in charge at NJ Transit say the union's numbers are wrong. They say the engineers earn $135,000 each year, and some earn more than $200,000.

Kolluri and Murphy said on Thursday that it's not just about higher pay. The problem is if other groups ask for the same pay. This could cost NJ Transit too much money.

The government can stop the strike and make the workers agree to a plan. But this time, the government does not want to do this, like they did in 2022 for the train strike.

Many workers are leaving the union at NJ Transit. They are going to other train jobs that pay more. Now there are fewer engineers at NJ Transit, about 450 now, down from 500 before.