SEPTA Workers Union Authorizes Strike, Reports Say

Just when SEPTA's problems seemed to be slowly getting better, something else comes roaring around the bend.

SEPTA's largest workers union, Transport Workers Union Local 234, held a vote on Sunday to determine whether or not they will go on strike beginning November 1, PlanPhilly.com reports.

The vote was "overwhelmingly" in favor of going on strike, 6ABC reports, if a new agreement is not reached with SEPTA.

TWU is lobbying SEPTA for a new deal for bus drivers, cashiers, and subway and trolley operators to replace a two-year agreement signed in 2014, the report states.

“We're talking about a guiding ideology that's at play here, which is that management is the superior class, and that the people driving the bus are inferior," TWU President Willie Brown told PlanPhilly.

TWU has a list of 90 demands for SEPTA in their negotiations, including things like longer bathroom breaks, better healthcare coverage, and, most of all, better pensions, according to the report.

TWU has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. However, they said they would not lift the strike for Election Day.

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