The head of SEPTA's largest employees union says workers
will not walk off the job Friday night. The transit agency's contract with TWU
Local 234 expires at midnight.
"Our goal is to get a good contract without disrupting
service to the riding public, but at the end of the day SEPTA must be willing
to do the same," union president Willie Brown said in a statement.
Transit agency officials say there's a contingency plan to
accommodate some passengers on regional rail in case of a partial service
interruption.
"We have no idea whether or not there is going to be a
work stoppage," said SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams. "That is not
up to us. That is in the union's court. And therefore we need to be ready, and
we need our customers to also be listening and ready, for anything to
happen."
The 4,700 members of TWU Local 234 operate and service
buses, trolleys and subways within Philadelphia city limits.
Negotiators also are working on labor agreements for two
smaller union locals with contract set to expire in April.
Brown's statement said any possible strike would only come
after those contracts expire.
Source: NewsWorks
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