Christie administration may cut free rides for nonunion NJ Transit workers
The Christie administration wants to eliminate free rides for NJ Transit employees.
Making nonunion workers and retirees pay for their commutes and other trips could generate $1.6 million a year, NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said Monday.
The proposal, which is expected to be approved by the NJT board Monday, would not affect the agency’s union workers, whose free rides are part of their labor contracts. But contracts for all 28 NJT bargaining units have expired, Snyder said, and Gov. Christie has made it clear he wants free rides eliminated.
“The organization’s travel policy must be consistent as to how our customers and taxpayers commute and travel – they pay for their expenses,” said NJ Transit executive director James Weinstein. (Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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