Originally Posted by kf5nd
What is the strike about? Labor contract?
Yes. Health care costs are skyrocketing and SEPTA wants its employees to bear some of the cost. The Union says no.
This is more legit than the strike engineered by the Union back in 1998 over a 1% difference in salary increases. The drivers ended up losing all the money from their raises to lost pay from striking. That was Union thuggery at its worst.