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Thursday, November 5, 2009

SEPTA Union Leader Visits City Council

Willie Brown, president of Transport Workers Union Local 234, just left City Hall, where he gave an informational briefing to City Council on the state of the SEPTA contract talks.

As he left City Hall, Brown said he regretted the timing of calling the strike. “But I don’t regret the strike,” he said.

Brown said he was meeting with the governor later today, but again said he would not meet with Mayor Nutter. But he bumped in to Nutter on his way out of the building, walking past him at the security checkpoint at the northeast corner entrance. Nutter said “good afternoon.”

Nutter said he wasn’t taking Brown’s comments to heart.

“The gentleman can do whatever he wants, we just met each other for the first time on Friday,” Nutter said. “I’m not personal about any of this. What I’m personal about is that a million and a half people were inconvenienced by a decision that was unilaterally made Monday night into Tuesday morning.”
 
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 2:35 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:56 PM, 11/05/2009
    if the union leader met with city council on the state of the contract talks with septa how come no one has come out and said what was discussed to let the riders know what is going on
    — gohan2302
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:10 PM, 11/05/2009
    I have endured many public transit (i.e. PTC then SEPTA) from the 1960s. All were painful for me whether I was in school or at work. What saved me was regional rail and the my personal car. For those without access to either, it is hell. I just learned today that 48% of private sector workers nationwide do not have even one day of sick leave. That's the reality for many people, but I don't blame people in unions for trying to better their lives. Look at rich lawyers, stock brokers, bond traders, etc: they take what they can get too. This is largely a class issue: the rich have theirs and don't need public transport, the middle class have personal vehicles, unionized working class workers are trying to get more middle-class wages & benefits, and then there's the non-union working & lower classes who no one much cares about.
    — StephenPHL
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics ­– which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002 and has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. After covering the 2007 mayoral election, she moved over to the City Hall bureau where she has been reporting on the Nutter administration.
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans.
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