SEPTA, union have positive discussion Because of the meeting scheduled for tomorrow, union officials said they would not go on strike before Thursday. Yesterday's talks came after the United Transportation Union, a suburban union, ratified a contract with SEPTA Sunday night. But TWU officials said the vote would have no effect on their negotiations because UTU adopted a contract very similar to one TWU rejected. The continuing contract negotiations are an effort to avoid a potential strike which would shut down buses, trolleys and subways and leave the system's 450,000 weekday passengers searching for another way to get around the city. The negotiations have made little progress since they started on March 14, when the contract expired. -- Seth Grossman
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