AFSCME District Council 33 is the largest union representing Philadelphia employees, covering over 9,000 members including sanitation workers. The union is looking for a long-term deal that includes salary increases while the city is looking for a 1-year contract extension.

Local 234 unilaterally overturned the will of transit workers to strike as their one-year contract expired last week.

SEPTA bus, trolley and subway operators in Philadelphia have been working without a contract since last Thursday.

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The union that represents thousands of Philadelphia mass transit system workers has agreed to delay a potential strike, saying progress was being made in ongoing contract talks.

SEPTA and its union workers represented by Transit Workers Union Local 234 are scheduled to continue talks on Monday with the hope of preventing a strike. The two sides met early on Sunday as negotiations continued with the transit agency.