SEPTA and its largest workers union reach deal to avoid a strike in Philadelphia
Source: 6ABC
By6abc Digital Staff
Monday, December 8, 2025 1:38PM
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA and its largest workers union have reached a contract agreement, preventing a strike that would have halted Philadelphia's mass transit in the middle of the holiday season.
The two-year deal includes an across-the-board 3.5 percent wage increase in each year of the agreement, an increase in pension benefits, and improvements to benefits for new employees.
TWU Local 234 issued a statement Monday afternoon that said it was the involvement of Gov. Josh Shapiro that broke the stalemate and averted a walkout.
As recently as Friday it appeared a strike was all but inevitable, with union leaders saying a strike was "imminent" at a late afternoon news conference.
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Now if we can get our Nixon era trains fixed or replaced…