COVID In Philadelphia: SEPTA Union Says Transit Agency Going In Wrong Direction, Putting Workers’, Riders’ Health At Risk

By Howard Monroe, CBS Philadelphia

January 12, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – SEPTA’s workers’ union says the lives of employees and riders are at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic. And now, they’re looking to the courts in order to protect their civil rights.

The president of SEPTA’s workers’ union is calling out the transit agency. He says the agency’s policies are putting workers’ and riders’ health at risk.

“SEPTA is acting as if the pandemic is over, that we’re out of harm’s way. Nothing could be further from the truth,” TWU Local 234 President Willie Brown said.

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