Federal workers and labor leaders gathered on Independence Mall today to celebrate America ahead of the Fourth of July.
The union representing more than 5,000 SEPTA workers who operate buses, trolleys and subways in Philadelphia said Friday that a strike is imminent.
SEPTA is getting a shipment of ten rail cars from Maryland on Friday and will lease them for a year while regional rail cars undergo repairs.
Members of the New York City Fire Department and union leaders held an emergency rally in Manhattan on Monday afternoon over the discovery of previously undisclosed records about ground zero.
As the city's transit union fights for better pay and improved working conditions, leaders are sitting down with SEPTA management in hopes of coming to an agreement.
The one-year contract for SEPTA's largest workers union expires Friday, but employees will stay on the job for the time being.