SEPTA, workers union reach tentative agreement on new contract: 'It's a really good deal'

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SEPTA and the union representing its workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor deal to avoid a possible strike that would bring the nation's sixth-largest transportation network to a grinding halt.

The two sides announced the tentative agreement Friday during a press conference with SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards and Transportation Workers Union boss Brian Pollitt.

The agreement comes days after SEPTA and Transportation Workers Union representatives moved into a Center City hotel for round-the-clock negotiations ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline. "It anything was learned over the last day and a half, it's that we want to work together closer than ever to make sure that everybody is safe," Richards told reporters.

 

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