SEPTA and workers union reach tentative two-year deal, avoiding strike

SEPTA and its largest workers union reached a tentative deal on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, avoiding a strike, NBC10 confirmed.

Transport Workers Union Local 234, which represents about 5,000 SEPTA employees, had been working without a contract since Nov. 7, 2025, when its last contract expired. The union then threatened on Friday, Dec. 5, that a strike was “imminent” unless a deal was reached.

On Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, SEPTA confirmed with NBC10 that both sides reached a tentative two-year deal. A day prior, they also said intervention by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was crucial in their negotiations.

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