The initiative by banks and other employers in New York to bring back workers to the office is being undermined by an unexpected roadblock in a neighboring state.

Mark Wallace, the union’s national president, confirmed that the union and NJ Transit didn’t reach an agreement on a new labor contract Thursday night, so the strike began at

In 2016, an agreement was announced in the final hours before a March 11 strike deadline was set by all of NJ Transit’s 15 rail unions.