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APNewsBreak: Union extends deadline for Philly transit strike hours before World Series game

APNewsBreak: Philly transit talks to continue

By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Associated Press | Oct 30, 09 11:52 PM CDT in Sports 

A union representing more than 5,000 transit workers is extending the deadline for a strike that could disrupt bus and subway services during the World Series games in Philadelphia.

People walk by the SEPTA Pattison subway station with Citizens Bank Park on the right, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
People walk by the SEPTA Pattison subway station with Citizens Bank Park on the right, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)   (Associated Press)
A man walks to the SEPTA Pattison subway station, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A man walks to the SEPTA Pattison subway station, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)   (Associated Press)
A SEPTA transit map is shown outside the Pattison subway station near the Wachovia Spectrum, left, and the Wachovia center, right, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A SEPTA transit map is shown outside the Pattison subway station near the Wachovia Spectrum, left, and the Wachovia center, right, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)   (Associated Press)
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The union had threatened to go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Saturday if talks with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority did not reach some accord. But Allison Cooper of Transport Workers Local 234 said Saturday the union agreed to a request from Gov. Ed Rendell that it continuing negotiations until 6 p.m. Saturday.

The new deadline would be about two hours before the start of Game Three of the Series between the Phillies and the New York Yankees.

The union and SEPTA are discussing issues related to wages, pensions and health care.

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