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Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 2001 members at New Jersey Transit ratified a new three-year contract with 80% of the vote. The new contract goes into effect on July 1 and covers 180 car inspectors, car mechanics and coach cleaners. It includes 3% pay raises for three years, Veterans Day as a paid holiday, one additional paid sick day and does not include any givebacks to NJ Transit, “ensuring that previously won improvements to pay and benefits stay in place.”
“The TWU is proud to secure an agreement that improves the lives of workers at NJ Transit,” said TWU International President John Samuelsen.