Thank you karen, breaking right now. Septa Officials Say they are supposed to reveal with Union Leaders to end the strike disrupting the commutes of hundreds of thousands of people. And anticipate is Annie Mccormick is live at septa headquarters with what they are saying right now. This is not a done deal were hearing both partys have come to an agreement nothing has been signed just yet. This is video of chairman of the septa board he walked into headquarters ten minutes ago, we asked him how things were looking if he believed anything was signed. He said looking good so far. Typically in these types of negotiations the chairman does not arrive until ins something to put in front of him and signed. Septa officials huddled in the lobby negotiating all night and yesterday morning. The meeting had to be halted because power went out in the sheraton where they were hole l holding the negotiations. Through email and meade yairmt going back and forth to both locations it was around 2 00 a.
Respectful headquarters. The latest proposal had salary increases and enhanced pension plan, to off set the costs, the union would have to pay 120 more a month for human being. The chairman of septa would not give specifics, but they said they needed to go to the union and both sign before they say it is done. We spoke to him about an hour ago when he arrived at septa met quarts, heres what he had to say. We agree in principle. Without dwight evans, we would still be sitting around. Dwight was the catylist getting this done. Our guys on staff did a magnificent job negotiating and willie worked hard he wanted a settlement and it is great for our riders. Reporter give giving credit to a lot of leaders that were around the table. An injunction would force the worker to go back to work, but that was denied on friday. They were going to go back to court today to force the workers back to work, but thats a moot point. Annie mccormick channel 6 action news back to you. Thanks so much, annie.
Sigh of relief that the deal is done. Were at local 234 where septa leaders came to talk to Union Leaders they finally agreed to an agreement. I want you to take a listen to the chairman about what he had to say during a press conference they held a few minutes ago. We pleased to announce an agreement with local 234, this will end the strike City Transit Division will be phased back in today. We believe the agreement is fair to all employees and customers and taxpayers. We know the strike has caused hardship for thousands of our riders and we regret this disruption. Reporter now, the tentative five Year Contract would put 4700 employees back to work. Both sides of leaders would not release details. The Union Members have to vote on the contract. Septa said that this deal provides for wage increases, pension improvements and maintains healthcare coverage levels while addressing costs. Septa said they stayed within there budget and no new money came into the deal. They will vote on the t
Transit division. Its stressful getting a ride all the way from germantown to downtown. Im happy its over now. Reporter the plan today for the Transit System to return to life. Beginning at 9 00 a. M. , the biggest people movers in the city the subway and market frankford line are beginning running limited Service Every quarter hour. Riders should not expect full service to resume tomorrow morning. It was 5 30 a. M. , when the exhausted adversary announced a settlement. We believe the agreement is fair to all our employees and customers and taxpayers we know the strike caused heartache for thousands of rides and we apologize for the disruption. Reporter neither would talk about how the deal was ratified so its not known how much the sticking points were dealt with. Septa was due back in court this morning to get an emergency injunction to get strikers back to work. They backed the move to force the strikers back by tomorrow election. Did that impact the negotiations . No, we were there
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