SEPTA, Union Reach Tentative Deal, Averting Strike
- SEPTA and Transport Workers Union reach tentative 1-year deal, avoiding potential strike
- Deal includes wage and benefit increases for 5,000 TWU employees
- Comes after bus driver was tragically killed on the job amid contract negotiations
- Strike would have impacted over 650,000 daily SEPTA riders and Philadelphia students
- SEPTA cites financial uncertainty as reason for only 1-year deal
