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PATH Unions' Push for Contract Gets N.J. Governor's Support

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 9/14/20

A campaign to jump start stalled contract talks by the PATH Labor Council, which represents workers that run the Port Authority Trans-Hudson mass-transit line, has gained traction with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and members of that state's Congressional delegation, but has yet to produce results in New York.

The group consists of eight unions that represent the 1,000 workers who run the bi-state transit line serving Manhattan, Hoboken, Jersey City and Newark. The unions have been working under contracts that expired in 2011 and 2012. Because they are covered under the National Railway Labor Act, the terms of those pacts remain in effect until new ones are reached.

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