Office of the Governor | overnor Murphy Designates October 15th as New Jersey Railroad Workers Day

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy in the present day signed a decision (SJR-86/AJR-165) designating October fifteenth of every yr as New Jersey Railroad Staff Day. The decision acknowledges the important significance of railroad employees to the state’s transportation community and economic system, each of which rely on railroad employees to perform effectively. Senators Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. and Andrew Zwicker, Assemblymen Daniel R. Benson and Anthony S. Verrelli, and Assemblywoman Shama A. Haider sponsored the decision. 

All through the COVID-19 pandemic, railroad employees risked their private well being and security to make sure that the state’s rail traces remained operational. In January, Governor Murphy signed the Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Worker Violence Prevention Act to determine new instruments for the safety of pivotal railroad employees throughout the state. Now, on account of the Murphy Administration’s appreciable investments in an array of public infrastructure tasks that may additional develop the state’s public transportation community, railroad employees have change into much more indispensable to the state’s financial vitality. 

“By way of excessive climate occasions and a worldwide pandemic, our state’s railroad employees have demonstrated extraordinary bravery regardless of vital obstacles,” stated Governor Murphy. “Their braveness, in addition to their position because the spine of our state’s increasing transportation community, should not be missed. On October fifteenth – and every single day – we honor the contributions of our employees not simply as staff, however as New Jerseyans dedicated to selling security, effectivity, and financial exercise in our native communities.” 

“In the course of the pandemic, railroad employees continued to make sure the environment friendly transportation of shopper items and commuters. These employees put themselves and their households in danger for the good thing about all the State,” stated Senator Patrick J. Diegnan. 

“This recognition is a token of our appreciation for the dedication and sacrifices of all railroad employees. I’m extraordinarily proud to be part of establishing the annual ‘New Jersey Railroad Staff Day.’” 

“Railroads proceed to serve an important, and sometimes missed, position in our society. Whether or not in transporting shopper items or serving to commuters get to and from work, we depend on rail providers and railroad employees to maintain our economic system afloat,” stated Assemblyman Daniel Benson, Chair of the Meeting Transportation and Impartial Authorities Committee. “By designating October fifteenth as New Jersey Railroad Staff Day, we carve out time to acknowledge the invaluable service railroad employees present for the individuals of New Jersey.” 

New Jersey’s huge railroad community is important to our financial success,” stated New Jersey Division of Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. “At this time and every single day, we rejoice the hard-working women and men on the passenger and freight railroads who preserve New Jersey shifting.” 

“New Jersey railroad employees are definitely deserving of this recognition, and we applaud the Governor and the sponsors of this decision within the State legislature for designating an annual day for these indispensable transit professionals,” stated NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett. “NJ TRANSIT railroad employees, like their counterparts in bus, mild rail and Entry Hyperlink, have earned this distinction after conserving our clients and our economic system shifting all through the pandemic.”

“We thank Governor Murphy and the state Legislature for recognizing the tireless work and sacrifices not simply of conductors, however of all railroad employees in New Jersey,” stated Jerome Johnson, Common Chairman at Good-TD Native 60. “I solely lament the truth that New Jersey Railroad Staff Day couldn’t fall a day in a while my birthday. However then once more, for these of us like Governor Murphy and my fellow union colleagues who intimately perceive the essential significance of our work, every single day is Railroad Staff Day in New Jersey.”