With Regional Rail Strike On Hold, Talks With SEPTA City Division Unions Barely Moving
The last face to face negotiations between SEPTA and Transport Workers Local 234 was April 6th in attempts to reach a deal on a two-year contract.
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The last face to face negotiations between SEPTA and Transport Workers Local 234 was April 6th in attempts to reach a deal on a two-year contract.
SEPTA's regional rails were back in business for the Monday morning commute, thanks to a presidential executive order that derailed a strike by some 400 locomotive engineers and electricians.
The sound of trains running was music to the ears of the hundreds of thousands of commuters who rely on SEPTA to get work.
SEPTA announced Sunday that hearings on the labor dispute will take place next week before an emergency board, established by President Barrack Obama.
Riders who rely on the regional rails for their commute were breathing a sigh of relief Sunday after federal intervention forced the end of a short-lived SEPTA strike.
An executive order signed by President Obama Saturday forces train engineers back to work.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is asking President Barack Obama to intervene in the SEPTA transit strike.
The SEPTA strike was inconveniencing riders who had planned to use the regional rails over the weekend, forcing them to make alternate plans to get to their destination.
SEPTA's Regional Rail service interruption plan is now in effect.
CBS 3 has also confirmed that an offer for a two-week extension was presented. It is not yet known how union officials responded.
SEPTA's contingency plans and travel tips in the event of service interruption on June 14.
SEPTA officials are warning 120,000 daily riders on regional rail lines that the threat of a strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday is a growing possibility.
The unions have been working without a contract for four years, and mediation officially failed last month, triggering a 30-day cooling-off period.
Septa has decided to bring back 24-hour weekend service on the Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines.
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man, charged with dumping debris on Septa's Broad Street subway line causing an off-hours accident, has been ordered held without bail pending trial.
The idea of Septa running Patco is a concept that's closer to the "floating the idea" stage than anything definitive.
This year, the transit agency's Safety Awareness Day event puts a focus on the dangers of distracted commuting.
Six months after the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a transportation spending bill, SEPTA is getting down to the business of catching up on a host of capital improvement projects.
A CBS 3 I-Team investigation reveals the dangers when cars and people wind up in the path of trains along SEPTA's Regional Rail Lines.
Officials say a man was shot Saturday night in North Philadelphia, then got on a SEPTA Bus.
With new state capital funding and a pending new lease with the city, Septa says it is about to embark on a major makeover of the concourse tunnels.
CBS 3 has obtained exclusive video that shows what happens when things go wrong.
Nicolas Colon, 23, allegedly roamed the tracks under North Broad Street, between the North Philadelphia and Girard stations, dumping work materials, wooden ties, metal spikes, and other debris onto the tracks.
Two suspects reportedly attempted to take the teen's cell phone, assaulting him in the process.
A woman is now in custody after allegedly assaulting a SEPTA driver on the Norristown High Speed Line.
