TWU Local 234

SEPTA, TWU Local 234 Reach Tentative Agreement

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on Oct. 27 announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with TWU Local 234 on a new contract for employees in the City, Suburban, and Frontier Transit Divisions, allowing for service to continue without disruption.

Report: BLET, SMART-TD Authorize Strike Votes on SEPTA

The national presidents of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD), which represents the conductors, have

Timing of Philly transit strike questioned

As of 12:01 a.m. Nov. 1, one week before Election Day, when thousands of Philadelphia inner-city residents would be using the city’s transit system to get to the polls, 4,738 TWU (Transport Workers Union) Local 234 members walked off the job following expiration of the union’s contract with SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority).