'I still have the right to call a strike, but I’m trying to do the honorable thing,” the union president said. “We don’t want to hurt the people of this region if we can avoid it.”
"I still have the right to call a strike, but I’m trying to do the honorable thing,” the union president said. “We don’t want to hurt the people of this region if we can avoid it.”
“I still have the right to call a strike, but I’m trying to do the honorable thing,” he said. “We don’t want to hurt the people of this region if we can avoid it.” SEPTA also said it was willing to redouble efforts at the bargaining table. The talks had seemed stalled over wages. The transit agency opened with an offer of a one-year contract with no increase in wages for union members.Local 234 represents bus, subway, and trolley operators, mechanics, cashiers, maintenance workers and custodians. Members voted unanimously last week to authorize a strike.
Using working capital for pay increases would worsen the fiscal crisis as the cost would compound in the future, the officials said — unless there was another funding source to back up the long-term commitment.
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