SEPTA continues negotiations with 2 unions after strike authorization
Contract negotiations resumed Wednesday between SEPTA and the union representing thousands of workers, more than three weeks after the union voted to authorize a strike.
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Contract negotiations resumed Wednesday between SEPTA and the union representing thousands of workers, more than three weeks after the union voted to authorize a strike.
TWU Local 234 represents approximately 5,000 SEPTA employees, including bus, subway, and trolley operators and mechanics.
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A possible SEPTA strike is looming as the authority negotiates with a union that represents thousands of workers. While SEPTA has claimed that negotiations were successful, Transit Workers Union Local 234 says that's not true.
SEPTA leaders say they hope to have around 200 railcars that were pulled from service for safety inspections back on the tracks by late December. Part of the nearly $220 million in capital funding allocated to SEPTA by Gov. Josh Shapiro on Monday will go toward maintaining the agency's fleet over the next decade.
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SEPTA is resuming express service on Regional Rail trains starting Monday night. However, morning rush trains will continue to make all local stops.
Starting Monday, SEPTA says it will add more cars to the evening commute on the Regional Rail. That means the transit authority can restore the express service, but only in the evening.
Members of Smart Local 1594 on Friday voted to authorize a strike after their contract expired Nov. 18. It's the second union to do so after Transport Workers Union Local 234 did so earlier this week.
SEPTA and its largest union, TWU Local 234, will meet again Monday after a strike was authorized.
Talks will continue Thursday between SEPTA and TWU 234, the transit authority's largest union. Workers are seeking a new contract and have authorized a strike in the event the union and SEPTA cannot agree on terms. Jim Donovan has your latest morning headlines with the forecast from NEXT Weather Meteorologist Kate Bilo.
After a day of negotiating Tuesday, SEPTA and its largest workers union, TWU Local 234, still don't have a deal.
Contract negotiations between SEPTA and the union representing thousands of its workers will resume Tuesday, two days after the union voted to authorize a strike. Meanwhile, more cancellations and delays will impact some SEPTA Regional Rail trains today as the agency continues work on its Silverliner IV rail cars.
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SEPTA says trains on the Chestnut Hill West and Fox Chase lines will be canceled in the morning and later in the day Tuesday.
A union representing bus, subway and trolley operators could soon walk off the job. In the meantime, the agency is working on a deadline to meet safety requirements and keep riders on schedule.
The union representing about 5,000 bus, subway and trolley operators and mechanics voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations with SEPTA break down.
SEPTA canceled select trips along the Chestnut Hill West and Fox Chase lines Monday as the agency works to complete repairs to its Silverliner IV fleet. The continued disruptions come as the largest union representing SEPTA workers voted Sunday to authorize a strike.
The union representing thousands of SEPTA workers voted to authorize a strike Sunday, raising the possibility of more transit disruptions across the Philadelphia region.
SEPTA officials are meeting Sunday to determine if more cancellations will impact Regional Rail riders this week after completing inspection of all its Silverliner IV railcars train cars.
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