New Jersey Transit, train union speak out on first day of strike 

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) -- Negotiations between New Jersey Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are scheduled to resume Sunday with the National Mediation Board. 

Both sides said they are willing to come to the table before then to close a deal. 

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“It did not have to come to this,” said Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday. “It’s frankly a mess of their own making.” 

“This rests at the feet of New Jersey Transit,” said Tom Haas, General Chairman of BLET.