– Transport Workers Union Local 234 members have voted in favor of ratifying a new, two-year contract with SEPTA.

It’s been a week since SEPTA officials and union leaders reached the agreement, avoiding a strike that would have affected buses, subways and trolleys.

Workers will get a five-percent raise for the duration of the contract.

Union leaders encouraged TWU members to vote yes for the new deal.

Voting for the union’s three bargaining units took place in 20 locations and concluded at 7 p.m. Friday.

The voting results:

City: 2,478 voted in favor of the contract, 791 voted no

Frontier: 144 voted in favor to 23 opposed

Red Arrow: 61 voted in favor, 40 cast no votes

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/11/07/union-members-vote-in-favor-of-new-2-year-contract-with-septa/

(PODCAST) 11/5 – Today In PhillyLabor Radio Podcast Featuring Dennis Pagliotti, President/Business Manager! Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 PA-DE! , Congressman-Elect Brendan Boyle and Joe Lurie, President Peggy Browning Fund

Featured Topic – Our 2014 Post Election Show

To Listen To the Podcast, Go To: http://wwdbam.com/2014/11/05/jk110514_mono/

– Maintenance Repairman make skilled repairs for all of our liquor stores.

– Skills include carpentry, electrical, plumbing, roofing, HVAC, etc. These are good, stable, union (AFSCME) jobs with benefits, paid time off, and a pension

How To Apply:

– Interested candidates should go to the PA Civil Service Commission’s web site and register an account. The web site is www.scsc.state.pa.us. They will need to search for job code 2014-055. It will be listed under the “Trades & Maintenance” heading. This test announcement closes in early December, so interested candidates should act now.

– Desperate times have called for desperate measures and that’s what the GOP of Delaware
County (Delco GOP) has brought to the 26th Legislative District of Pennsylvania with their
smear campaign of respected Union Leader, John Kane.!

As President and Business Manager of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 PA/DE, I
continuously honor commitments to my membership to support political parties and candidates
that have the best interests of area workers at heart, regardless of party affiliation. The bottom
line is we support those that ultimately provide a better standard of living for the middle class.

Over the past couple of years, the Delco GOP has accepted over 1.5 million dollars from OrganizedLabor. It’s ironic, that these same unions are now being unjustly attacked, and the same Union Leadership that has supported these parties and candidates is being negatively referred to as “Union Bosses” by Tom McGarrigle and the Delco GOP.

The recent attacks by Tom McGarrigle against John Kane, PA State Senate candidate, and the
Labor Union Movement in general, are unwarranted, untruthful and downright despicable. After
decades of Republican leadership in Delaware County, the GOP has succumbed to sleaze tactics
when facing a strong Democratic challenger. What does this say about our “Labor-friendly”
GOP politicians of Delaware County? What does it say when not one Republican politician in
Delco has stood up to defend Organized Labor? Instead, the Delaware County Republican
Leadership has been silent rather than denouncing McGarrigle and his obviously negative campaign tactics.

John Kane has been a trusted colleague of mine for many years. I have witnessed the challenges
he has faced as a journeyman plumber, as a ader of Plumbers Union Local 690, and
now as a candidate for PA State Senate. He’s accepted this challenge because he knows it is
the right thing to do for working people throughout Delaware County. John has the courage and
passion to be your voice in Harrisburg. He will show up for the working people of Delaware
County; I hope the 26th District will show up for him on November 4th.

Dennis J. Pagliotti!
President and Business Manager!
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 PA-DE!
2706 Black Lake Place!
Philadelphia, Pa.

Attention: Philadelphia Area Labor Community,

As we know today, Nov. 4, 2014 is Election Day and most importantly the day we in the labor movement vote to support those candidates who support the rights and standards of working families, the middle class and those striving to be part of the middle class.

Therefore, before you go in or after you get home from work, please take 5 minutes and get out to the poles and do the most powerful thing you can do for yourself, your family and working men and women across Philadelphia and Pennsylvania and vote like your union livelihood depends on it because it does!!!!

Your Friends at Phillylabor and Today in Phillylabor Radio!