Pa. governor says tentative agreement reached that would end 4-day ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
PHILADELPHIA - Gov. Ed Rendell says buses, subways and trolleys in Philadelphia may be rolling again soon. Rendell said late Friday night that negotiators for the city's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation...
Rail Worker Killed as Strike Snarls Philadelphia
Wall Street Journal
The strike, which began Tuesday after labor-contract talks broke down, has idled subways, buses and trolleys in the nation's sixth most populous city. Regional commuter rails continue to operate because their workers are in a different unio...
All Stars
Chicago Tribune
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday. "I'm very optimistic tha...
Striking Philly transit union mulls new proposal
Seattle Times
The city's largest transit union on Friday was reviewing a new contract proposal that Gov. Ed Rendell hoped could end a four-day-old strike that has idled subways, trolleys and buses and snarled the commutes for thousands of people. The uni...
Campus community remembers David Crawford
Flagler College
These essentially involved recording strangers’ behavior in public places – subways, for example – in order to get their reactions when they finally noticed Dr. Crawford filming them. “I knew right from there we had a real artist,” Moser .....
Klaxons' album update, Chapman Family's JLS pledge - what we've learnt ...
Entertainment.uk.msn.com
It's Friday again, which means it's time to take a look back at what our favourite musicians have been up to on Twitter over the past seven days. This week, Klaxons' Jamie Reynolds gives fans an update on the band's new album, The Subways r...
Jeep ads to tout new look
Detroit News
In addition to traditional television and print advertising, Jeep ads are finding their way into crowded subways and train stations to tantalize a captive audience with the freedom Jeep can offer, Manley said in a release. New York's Penn S...
SEPTA strike drives commuter to protest
Philadelphia Daily News
At evening rush hour, commuters who had hoped to be back on buses and subways were instead back on their feet - walking home from work, to parking lots, or ... Workers Union Local 234, SEPTA's largest union, this week rejected a contract of...
$5 footlongs turbocharges Subway
MSNBC
Charlie Serabian, the owner of 50 South Florida Subways, decided to launch the promotion in some of his stores. To advertise, he slapped crude homemade signs in the windows that spelled out "ALL FOOTLONGS $5." DeLuca joked that they looked ...
Sounders FC 'superfans' will be cheering in Houston
Seattle Times
Seeing the Sounders FC fans walking around the nation's capital, on subways and at historical sites and gathered together in an upper-deck area of seating isolated from the home fans in the lower deck showed how Seattle had truly fallen hea...
GM offers moves to soon-to-be idled UAW workers
Miami Herald
... Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days. Negotiators for Transpo...
Both sides set to vote on Philly transit contract
Forbes
PHILADELPHIA -- Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days. Negotiators...
TWU: Binding arbitration would end SEPTA strike
Philadelphia Daily News
So the region's first work week without buses, subways or trolleys ended as it had begun, with commuters and students clambering onto overcrowded Regional Rail trains, driving into traffic jams, and walking or riding bicycles.
