Christie Takes Vacation as New Jersey Transit Rail Strike Looms
- Unions negotiating with less than 1 week to walkout deadline
- Strike-contingency plan could accommodate 38% of rail riders
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his wife, Mary Pat Christie, arrive for a campaign event on Jan. 31, 2016, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Less than a week before a strike deadline for the nation’s second-busiest commuter railroad, Governor Chris Christie is heading for vacation with his wife.
Christie, the 53-year-old Republican who ended his run for president last month, will be celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary Tuesday, he told reporters in Newark. New Jersey Transit and 11 of its rail unions, meanwhile, were gathering at a hotel in the city to negotiate a labor agreement five years after the most recent one expired.