PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — SEPTA and members of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 have not been able to come to terms on a new contract.
Negotiations continued Friday after members voted to strike this week. But a mediator sent both sides home before 12 p.m., requesting that they think of creative ways to get a deal done.
Vice President of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 Troy Parham said on Thursday that the two sides were no closer to agreeing on a deal. Parham accused SEPTA of offering a deal that was worse than the one union members rejected on Wednesday.
“They’ve now taken the $3,000 signing bonus, which in their opinion and their proposal, which we told them we don’t like, was contingent upon us not having a work stoppage. Well, we did not agree to that.,” Parham told Action News.
He said the new offer also included the same 13% pay raise over 43 months that was previously offered by SEPTA. However, the union has raised objections to the length of the contract and continues to press SEPTA for a contract with a 36-month term.
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