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发帖数: 1193 | 1 The largest city in the battleground state of Pennsylvania may have no mass
transit running on Election Day.
Philadelphia transit workers remain on strike, after a judge in state court
on Friday evening declined the transit agency's request to issue an
injunction to force an end to the work stoppage for Election Day.
But the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, will
have another chance to press its case for the injunction when the hearing
resumes Monday.
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But Jamie Horwitz, a spokesman for the Transportation Workers Union Local
234 has told ABC News that the union does not expect the strike to affect
voter turnout in the city.
"Our members are really solid; nothing is moving in this city," he said of
the workers' unity and the strike's effect on bus, subway and trolley
transportation.
Horwitz told ABC News today that while talks have progressed between SEPTA
and the union, no agreement has been reached.
"There's been movement on all issues, but there's no tentative agreement on
anything," Horwitz said.
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Megan Sweeney, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Republican Party, told ABC
News last week that its staffers are monitoring the transportation strike
but haven't taken any specific actions yet to accommodate voters who might
be hindered by it.
"We always have a really aggressive plan to make sure people get to the
polls, and we always have contingency plans," she said, adding that she
believed that enthusiasm for Donald Trump in the traditionally Democratic-
leaning city appeared "very strong." |
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