{"id":26199,"date":"2016-03-03T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=26199"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:03:48","slug":"stand-brothers-sisters-nj-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/stand-brothers-sisters-nj-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand With Our Brothers and Sisters At NJ Transit","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/14489074794_f7195f96a5_h-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"14489074794_f7195f96a5_h\" \/>After five years of working without a contract and receiving hostility from management, our brothers and sisters employed at New Jersey Transit are facing a March 13 deadline for a strike or lockout. This would affect 150,000 people who commute daily on trains and 280,000 who take buses.<br \/>\nNJ Transit has ignored a Presidential Emergency Board recommendation for common sense and modest annual pay increases and better health care coverage.\u00a0 These proposals would cover the next six years.<br \/>\nNJ Transit has also ignored a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans across the state\u2019s congressional delegation, which sent a letter urging NJ Transit to seriously consider the board\u2019s recommendations.<br \/>\nInstead, NJ Transit wants to impose a significant increase in health care costs that would wipe out any wage increases for its own employees.<br \/>\nThe International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) urges every local union and supporter who can make it to attend an important rally this Saturday, March 5th.<br \/>\nThey need our support and solidarity now, more than ever.\u00a0 Wear your union colors, show your union pride and take a stand for your brothers and sisters!<br \/>\nFraternally,<br \/>\nJoseph Sellers, Jr.<br \/>\nSMART General President<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Time and Location<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Marion &amp; Norman Tanzman Recreational Area<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Across the street from Woodbridge Train Station<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>405 Pearl Street<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Woodbridge, NJ\u00a0 07095<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After five years of working without a contract and receiving hostility from management, our brothers and sisters employed at New Jersey Transit are facing a March 13 deadline for a strike or lockout. 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