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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday -- Can Rendell Resolve SEPTA Strike Today?

And that's it for the Phillies. Until next year...

Gov. Rendell is expected to meet with striking SEPTA workers today.

How Philadelphians got to work and school yesterday.

John Baer ponders the Obama presidency after the GOP won some mid-term elections.

Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 8:22 AM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 09:08 AM, 11/05/2009
bill at
Hopefully Rendell brings an interpreter. Those workers are the dumbest people in the city and aren't likely to understand plain English.
Posted 09:33 AM, 11/05/2009
concerns25
We can wait them out, if pension and the repairs are the only problem, then let them stay on strike. Willie Brown should be voted out of office in 10 months, he is a horrible negotiator. If the companies that make repairs don't do a great job, that is wonderful, the sleeping night mechanics can wake up and do their jobs. Move the pensions to 401ks and let them decide how to invest just like the rest of us, some of us lost no money or very little because we did not rely on someone else doing our investing. This should be the last offer before a State takeover and firing of all current employees. If a strike goes on for 30 or more days that is enough time to put a new plan in place and hire all new people, preferably no unions.
Posted 10:13 AM, 11/05/2009
concerns25
They are at will employees at this point, no contract, they are like everyone else. The State can takeover Septa or Septa can declare bankruptcy and restructure. Why do you need a union in this day and age, OSHA is for work rules and EEOC is for wage/discrimination disputes, you are paying union dues for what. As long as they are paid with State and Federal funds, they can be let go.
Posted 12:14 PM, 11/05/2009
heynow
Fire the Septa workers. It would be politically difficult, but the public would be better off.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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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.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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