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SEPTA has avoided a strike.
The regional transit agency and union TWU Local 234, which represents about 5,000 public transit workers, agreed Friday morning to a tentative contract.
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The two-year deal gives workers in the city and suburbs a 3 percent pay increase, paid parental leave, adds Juneteenth as a paid holiday, adjusts the vacation policy, and provides $1 for each hour worked during the first year of the pandemic as a one-time bonus.
The current contract will expire on Sunday. The union had already authorized a strike that was to start Monday.
A strike would have impacted buses in the city and suburbs, the subway, and trolley service. Regional Rail service would not have been impacted.
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“We are pleased to reach an agreement with union leadership on a contract that is fair to our employees and financially responsible for SEPTA,” said SEPTA Board Chairman Pasquale T. “Pat” Deon Sr. “I look forward to the SEPTA Board’s vote on the contract at its next meeting.”
The new contract comes as SEPTA works to regain ridership as the pandemic recedes and the transit agency shifts to meet a changing transit environment.
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