Media Howls as Philly Transit Workers Strike

Daniel Denvir, Evan Rohar
November 21, 2009
Several local columnists framed SEPTA workers as a labor aristocracy insensitive to the recession’s effect on other working-class Philadelphians. Reporting on the strike’s impact on riders far overshadowed discussion of worker issues, including deeply underfunded pensions. Photo: TWU Local 234

Ending a dispute that underscored the need for stronger bonds between public workers and the communities they serve, Philadelphia’s transit workers went back to work in early November after a six-day strike.

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