NJ Transit, engineers reach deal to end strike
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New Jersey Transit trains will begin running again on Tuesday after the agency reached a tentative deal on Sunday with striking rail engineers on wage increases, ending a three-day work stoppage that had left tens of thousands of commuters to New York scrambling to find alternative transportation.
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Union members cited five years without wage increases and said the new contract aims to bring NJ Transit wages closer to regional norms, which average around $113,000 a year for NJ Transit engineers, with union demands aiming as high as $170,000 a year.