SEPTA and Transportation Workers Union Local 234the transportation agency’s largest union, has reached a tentative labor agreement that could avert a strike, members of both parties tell CBS News Philadelphia.
A press conference will be held at SEPTA headquarters at 12:30 p.m
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Members of TWU 234 have worked without a contract. The members had voted to authorize a strike but continued to negotiate with SEPTA. The union wants a long-term agreement with wage increases, while SEPTA had wanted a one-year contract extension.
Terms of the tentative agreement were not immediately released.
Negotiations continue between SEPTA and Smart Local 1594, which represents bus, trolley and train operators in the suburbs.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
