APNewsBreak: Union extends deadline for Philly transit strike hours before World Series game
By Maryclaire Dale, APSaturday, October 31, 2009
APNewsBreak: Philly transit talks to continue
PHILADELPHIA — A union representing more than 5,000 transit workers is extending the deadline for a strike that could disrupt bus and subway services during the World Series games in Philadelphia.
The union had threatened to go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Saturday if talks with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority did not reach some accord. But Allison Cooper of Transport Workers Local 234 said Saturday the union agreed to a request from Gov. Ed Rendell that it continuing negotiations until 6 p.m. Saturday.
The new deadline would be about two hours before the start of Game Three of the Series between the Phillies and the New York Yankees.
The union and SEPTA are discussing issues related to wages, pensions and health care.
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