With the threat of an NJ Transit strike looming large​, both sides have been called to Washington, D.C. to meet with a mediator.

The National Mediation Board has called representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades.

NJ Transit reaches a tentative four year contract with its largest union representing thousands of bus drivers and mechanics.