Striking SEPTA workers are manning the picket lines. The transit strike that began on Tuesday has halted Philadelphia's buses, trolleys and subways. Here what the scene was like on Friday at the Fern Rock Transportation Center.
Alexis Cobbs has been operating trains on the Broad Street line for five years. But today she's spending the day [...]
Transit union workers on picket lines
By Elizabeth Fiedler - November 6th, 2009
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