Listen: Will NJ Transit Strike? More on Baraka Arrest

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By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of "What’s Going On?” we hear from Tom Haas, chairman of the Teamsters Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer and Trainmen who represents 450 NJ Transit engineers. Haas says NJ Transit needs to raise wages to hold on to engineers going to Amtrak, PATH, LIRR and MetroNorth. The union could strike as early as Friday.

We also have a recording of Mayor Ras Baraka’s extemporaneous remarks he gave to the crowd outside the Newark ICE/DHS facility where he was held for five hours after his arrest on Friday.

It’s Monday, so it’s time for our expert panel with Jim Henry, Yale Global Justice Fellow, economist and investigative reporter. He joins Dr. Joe Wilson, labor historian, union consultant and biographer of A. Philip Randolph, the civil rights and labor organizing icon. 

Listen to the entire show below: