Posts tagged with SEPTA strike 2016

Last Updated: Mar. 09, 2018 · 12:40 p.m.

SEPTA spent $423K on white shoe law firms during the November strike

The contract agreement that ended the SEPTA strike might not get union approval

Internal TWU 234 email suggests the union backed out of strike early out of fear of a SEPTA injunction

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Have a SEPTA pass you didn’t use during the strike?

Here's how you can get some cash money back.

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Subway turnstiles remain locked during the Transit Workers Union Local 234 strike. The union operates SEPTA's buses, trolleys and subways in Philadelphia.

What we know about fare hikes to fund the SEPTA strike deal

They were already going to go up next year, anyway.

Transit Workers Union Local 234, which operates SEPTA's Philadelphia bus, trolley and subway lines, went on strike Nov. 1, 2016.

SEPTA strike 2016 is over; transit to resume in Philadelphia

Limited service today on the MFL, the BSL, trolleys and buses -- back to normal for Election Day.

Gov. Tom Wolf joins SEPTA strike court fight: ‘Time for it to end’

The city also filed a motion in state court seeking an injunction to temporarily halt the SEPTA strike for Election Day.

SEPTA strike means big money for Uber and taxis. One driver: ‘I want the strike to continue’

The SEPTA strike’s ‘designated bad guy’: A state-appointed mediator

In between labor and management, a "teller of inconvenient truths."

Hondu Brown, a strike captain, has been a bus operator for 29 years.

SEPTA’s striking bus drivers are tired of being tired

Why driver fatigue and bathroom breaks are at the forefront of negotiations.

SEPTA strike Market Frankford Line station closed 2

Philly judge denies SEPTA request to end strike, sets Monday hearing

Barring a deal at the negotiating table, this thing's still going.

Mike Cichonke, a bus operator, has been picketing with colleagues outside the 26th and Allegheny bus depot

SEPTA goes to court to try to stop the strike

Work stoppage "constitutes a clear and present danger" to Philly, the transit agency says.

Election 2017

SEPTA strike through Election Day? Johnny Doc’s vans to the rescue

It's a "non-partisan" effort to GOTV.

SEPTA strike: Shuttles for City of Philadelphia employees cost roughly $20k per day

Yes, this is coming out of the city's budget. Employees are chipping in.

SEPTA strike could end Friday, Philly’s bartenders hear

The beer-fueled rumor surfaced at a Graduate Hospital TWU watering hole.

Willie Brown, president of TWU Local 234

SEPTA union president Willie Brown, the ‘most hated man in Philadelphia’

The saga of the once and future president of the TWU 234, a self-confessed fighter.

SEPTA Strike Day Two: Regional Rail is less late and Uber rides are spiking

An injunction is keeping picketers off Regional Rail tracks, but trains are still delayed. Numbers indicate many people are using Uber and Indego instead.

“The (SEPTA) strike is a nightmare for everyone, but it’s becoming a hellscape for people in need.”

Rendell: Legislature should consider re-classifying transit workers so they can’t strike

Locations where SEPTA workers are picketing

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