Transport Workers Union has authorized a strike against SEPTA

Members of Transport Workers Union Local 234, SEPTA’s largest, voted unanimously on Sunday to authorize leaders to call a strike against the transit agency, less than two weeks before the local’s current contract expires and with little apparent progress in talks.

At the strike authorization vote, held at the Sheet Metal Workers union hall in South Philadelphia, TWU Local 234 President Brian Pollitt said that safety was the union’s top issue.

“We’re looking for safety and security, for our membership and the riding public, and economic justice,” he said. “What they’re offering so far isn’t satisfactory.”

Local 234 represents bus, subway and trolley operators, mechanics, cashiers, maintenance people and custodians, primarily in the city.




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