SEPTA union avoids strike with tentative one-year agreement

Transit workers avoided a strike by ratifying their new contract agreement with SEPTA.

Union members voted throughout the day on Friday at worksites and bus depots by using secret ballots.

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The president of the Transit Workers Union Local 234 says the current tentative agreement adds 7% wage increases for workers.

"I want to emphasize that it is very much a work in progress. It is only a one year agreement. Much work remains, especially as it relates to compensation, safety and security issues," TWU Local 234 president Brian Pollitt said in a statement.

Each union-represented employee will get a $3,000 bonus along with other added benefits as well.

Improvements have been made to retain skilled workers while recruiting new ones.

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This contract is good for one year.

The final vote with the SEPTA board is scheduled for Thursday and the new contracts will take effect following the board's approval.