PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia's buses, trolleys and subways
are running again during the morning rush now that a six-day
transit strike is over.
Commuters awoke early Monday to news that the union had reached
an agreement with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority.
About 5,000 Transport Workers Local 234 workers walked off the
job last Tuesday.
Some commuters found out the strike was over early enough to be
waiting at bus and subway stops during the early morning commute.
Sixty-two-year-old Teddy Stansbury was glad to be back on the
subway, heading to work at his job at the naval yard in South
Philadelphia.
He had been hitching rides from friend to get to work from his
home in northeast Philadelphia.
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