Negotiations continue as a New Jersey Transit strike looms

Negotiations continue as a New Jersey Transit strike looms.

Transit officials met with the engineers union and mediators in Washington D.C. on Monday.

Transit leaders called the discussion constructive.

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The union for the engineers is calling for a higher salary for its members.

A deadline to make a deal is 12:01 a.m. Friday.

NJ Transit has already canceled train and bus service to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concerts on Thursday and Friday due to the possibility of a strike.