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10/24/2023
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members who operate trains for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Regional Rail service will begin voting for a proposed strike authorization at the agency.
Results will be announced Nov. 20 by the BLET, the union announced yesterday.
SMART-TD, which represents SEPTA conductors on regional commuter trains, also recently announced a strike authorization vote.
SEPTA's locomotive engineers are the lowest paid engineers working in commuter-rail service in the nation and have not received a raise since 2019, BLET officials said in a news release.
If BLET members vote in favor of a strike authorization, it doesn't mean a strike will immediately occur, they said. The rules of the Railroad Labor Act, which pertain to those working in regional rail at SEPTA, are a different set of rules from those that govern operators of buses or trolleys, or other transit agency positions, BLET officials said.