SEPTA and the unions representing suburban and city transit workers have come to a tentative 1-year agreement, avoiding a transit strike in the Philadelphia region.
Action News has learned that the agreement includes a 5% wage increase, as well as a pension increase. However, there were no concessions to healthcare.
SEPTA and the unions representing suburban and city transit workers have come to a tentative 1-year agreementTWU Local 234 represents more than 4,500 SEPTA workers, operating buses, subway lines and trolleys in the city, who have been working on an expired contract. SMART Local 1594 represents 350 workers who operate the Norristown High-Speed Line and the majority of suburban bus routes - mainly in Delaware County - and two trolley lines there.
The potential stoppages could have affect more than 700,000 daily transit riders and services in the city of Philadelphia, including sanitation.SEPTA is facing a $240 million deficit after COVID relief funds expired. A bill to fund SEPTA is stalled in the state Senate, but Gov. Josh Shapiro says his administration may intervene.This is a developing story and will be updated.
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