SEPTA's new deal with its workers should be finalized by the end of next week.
Transport Workers Union Local 234 spokesman Bob Bedard said that union workers will vote on whether to ratify the four-year contract on Tuesday, while SEPTA executives will officially ratify the 153-page document Thursday.
"It's taken this long to arrange for the vote," Bedard said, "because it has taken time to produce and distribute printed materials on the new deal to union members."
Those materials -- which point out the highlights of the deal -- are expected to be delivered to union members today.
The Local 234 executive board has already endorsed the contract, and the union is expected to approve it.
Still, Bedard cautioned, "It's never a done deal until it's a done deal."
-- Jason Schwartz
