Will SEPTA workers union strike for morning rush hour?
SEPTA’s largest union went on strike early this morning – crippling a transit system that averages more than 928,000 trips every weekday in the city. The strike came after hours of negotiation yesterday that ended when, according to Willie Brown, president of Transport Workers Union Local 234, both sides agreed that they had gone as far as they could go. The strike, Brown said early this morning, would begin at 3 a.m., threatening to cripple this morning’s rush hour. Gov. Rendell, who along with Mayor Nutter addressed reporters in the lobby of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, where negotiations had been under way since 10 a.m. yesterday, called the decision to strike before dawn “irresponsible.” Rendell said the union action would cause chaos with morning transit riders who would not know what is happening until after they wake up. “This is an outrageous action,” Nutter said. All bus, subway, and trolley service in the city, as well as the Frontier Division buses in Bucks, Montgomery, a
SEPTA workers strike for morning rush hour By Robert Moran Inquirer Staff Writer SEPTA’s largest union went on strike early this morning – crippling a transit system that averages more than 928,000 trips every weekday in the city. The strike came after hours of negotiation yesterday that ended when, according to Willie Brown, president of Transport Workers Union Local 234, both sides agreed that they had gone as far as they could go. The strike, Brown said early this morning, would begin at 3 a.m., threatening to cripple this morning’s rush hour. Gov. Rendell, who along with Mayor Nutter addressed reporters in the lobby of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, where negotiations had been under way since 10 a.m. yesterday, called the decision to strike before dawn “irresponsible.” Rendell said the union action would cause chaos with morning transit riders who would not know what is happening until after they wake up. “This is an outrageous action,” Nutter said. All bus, subway, and trolley se
SEPTA’s largest union went on strike early this morning – crippling a transit system that averages more than 928,000 trips every weekday in the city. ยป Full Story on Philly.com Sources: http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AmiO5kzaN8r7ewn0h37jL250fNdF/SIG=11k2bb5cl/**http%3A//www.philly.com/philly/news/68830127.
