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TWU local OKs SEPTA pact

Members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 on Friday ratified a two-year contract with SEPTA that will provide a 5 percent pay raise over that span.

    by Robert Moran, Inquirer Staff Writer
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Members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 on Friday ratified a two-year contract with SEPTA that will provide a 5 percent pay raise over that span.

The sides reached a tentative agreement late last week after the union threatened to strike.

The union represents 5,000 bus drivers, subway and trolley operators, cashiers, and mechanics. The two-year deal allowed both sides to postpone decisions on pension and health-care issues.

The terms are expected to set the pattern for other unions representing SEPTA employees.

Local 234 is the largest of SEPTA's 17 unions. Its members had been working without a contract since March and April.