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A bus passes SEPTA offices at 1234 Market St., where most of the affected workers are located.

SEPTA is cutting back on remote work for its administrative workers

The transit agency is cutting back on the number of remote work days available to its office employees beginning in November.

Unite Here organizer Ryan Nissim-Sabat (second from right) and union member John Dezio (far right) count the strike authorization ballots cast by Aramark workers at Lincoln Financial Field Friday before the watch party for the season opener between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, being played in Brazil. Union officials said 84% of those who voted approved going on strike if and when Unite Here Local 274 calls for it as contract negotiations continue. Strike authorization votes have also passed at Citizens Bank Park and Wells Fargo Center.

As Eagles season kicks off, Aramark workers at Lincoln Financial Field vote to authorize a strike

Ariana Perez-Castells

City department issued — then quickly retracted — an order banning workers from eating at their desks

Unite Here Local 274 members and Aramark workers Randi Trent (left) and Samantha Spector look on as coworkers place their ballots in the ballot box during a strike authorization vote prior to Sunday's game at Citizens Bank Park between the Phillies and the Braves.

Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park approve strike authorization vote; voting continues through the week at Lincoln Financial Field

Mike Newall and Henry Savage

Philly Shipyard, next to the mouth of the Schuylkill as it dumps into the Delaware River, as seen from southbound I-95. The two ships, Patriot State (left) and State of Maine (closest to the Delaware), that are still under construction are federally funded National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) for the U.S. Maritime Administration. The shipyard, whose owners led by the Norway-based Aker industrial group have agreed to sell the yard for $100 million to the South Korea-based Hanwha group, is building five such vessels. It expects to lose money on the contract, due partly to a scarcity of skilled U.S. shipyard labor.

New owner wants to bring back Navy shipbuilding at Philly Shipyard

Joseph N. DiStefano

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