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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 3:50 pm - by Alan Tu. Filed under: Community.
It’s Our Money blog reports that the Transport Workers Union Local 234 has a made a counter proposal to SEPTA’s latest offer. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who is part of the negotiations, said earlier today that the two sides reached a tentative deal.
TWU members went on strike on Tuesday halting bus, trolley and subway service in Philadelphia. The SEPTA board and the union members were scheduled to vote on the tentative deal this afternoon.
But it appears the union wants something better. Now, SEPTA has to decide whether to accept the union’s latest demands.
November 8th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
It gives me hope to see that some workers still have a little power over their own lives. I support the strikers and hate to see other working-class people getting down on them. They deserve an honorable wage just like all of us do. And just because most of us get s*#t on by our employers doesn’t mean the strikers are wrong. We should all support and learn from their brave actions. Sometimes striking is the only alternative to living on less and less and less. Point your misguided fingers at SEPTA management. Point your fingers at the billionaire bankers whose bailout is the reason public agencies can’t get the funds they need to continue operating properly. Seriously, unions help keep wages up across the board. They should be respected.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Hooray for the Unions!! Most of the crybabies complaining about the union wouldn’t be getting the wages and benefits that they get now if it wasn’t for the many Union workers that fought for and suffered for all those years past!!!!! Enjoy what you get crybabies; Thank your fellow union workers; because your employers aren’t giving what they do because they’re nice guys.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:26 am
When unions were first created, they undoubtedly were a necessity for the abuse that employers put on their workers. Today though, I feel they have become a crutch for those who want to get more for doing less.
In this economy, a bus driver should consider him/herself lucky to have a job that pays what it pays (14-24 per hour) and includes ANY sort of benefits.
Let’s all get back to work. You too, SEPTA.