Talks continue between SEPTA and the Transport Workers with no contract and no strike.
management and Transport Workers Union Local 234 negotiators met for several hours Thursday without reaching agreement on a new labor contract but planned to continue talks.Advertisementin the early morning of Nov. 8. The union represents about 5,000 bus, subway, and trolley operators, mechanics, cashiers, maintenance workers, and custodians.
to come to the rescue with an infusion of cash to help SEPTA get by without taking actions that it said could cause a “death spiral.” SEPTA entered the year facing a recurring $240 million annual deficit caused in part by the exhaustion of its share of federal pandemic relief for transit agencies, as well as its slow recovery from ridership losses.$283 million a year in new state aid to public transit by increasing its share of sales-tax revenue
State Rep. Ben Waxman wrote to Shapiro asking him to allocate available highway funds to transit systems soon to provide short-term relief. He said the state has redirected about 2% of such money to transit since 2013.
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