SEPTA Reaches Deal with SMART Local 1594 to Avert Strike

SEPTA reaches deal with SMART Local 1594 to avert strike

The union says the two-year deal provides upgrades to safety, pay, health benefits, and work rules.

SEPTA reaches tentative deal with SMART union members Thursday

Another union has reached a tentative agreement with SEPTA this week. According to information shared on the SMART-TD Local 1594 (Upper Darby, Pa.) website, union members agreed to an agreement with SEPTA on Dec. 11. The new agreement reportedly includes safety, pay increases, benefits and work rules among other items. Officials with the union say that this agreement also includes a promise that members of SMART will not be replaced by automated…