NJ Transit rail engineers are on strike Friday, shutting down train service for more than 100,000 daily riders across the state. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is giving an update on the negotiations, saying "it did not have to come to this.

The workers are striking because of a pay dispute: BLET argues NJ Transit’s wage proposal puts them below their peers at other passenger rail lines in the region, while NJ Transit argues the union’s demands are unreasonably high and would raise prices for commuters.