(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2012)
PHILADELPHIA — Workers for SEPTA are seeking an injunction to prevent the transit agency from outsourcing maintenance work on Market-Frankford El cars. Transport Workers Union Local 234 argued in a Common Pleas Court filing that SEPTA was wrongfully taking work from TWU members by paying $13 million to Bombardier Mass Transit Corp. of Plattsburgh, N.Y., to overhaul 176 wheel-assembly units for the cars. The maintenance of those subway “trucks,” which include wheels and gearboxes and motors, is normally done by SEPTA workers.
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