With talks deadlocked, SEPTA to keep running And as the University's biggest party comes to a head this weekend, students from neighboring universities will have a way to fling to Penn. Leaders from the suburban United Transportation Union Local 1594 reached a quick 3-year contract deal with SEPTA two weeks ago, which included a 1 percent pay increase in May and three percent in each of the following three years. The deal, which also contains pension improvements, an early retirement program and a no-lay-off clause, was ratified April 2 by UTU members. Leaders from the Transport Workers Union Local 234 have been negotiating with SEPTA management since March 14, when the old contract expired. The negotiations are an effort to avert a potential strike which would close down the city's public transit system and leave the system's 450,000 weekday passengers searching for other ways to get around the city. -- Lindsay Faber
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