The transit union was fined $1.25 million after an 11-day walkout in 1980.
Philadelphians are accustomed to disputes between transit unions and the transportation authority.
I think the president of the transit union made a huge mistake.
There were also concerns about labor problems, including the possibility of a strike like the one the city almost endured last month with the transit union.
In 1980 you gave away the city's treasury to the transit union.
The transit union is something of a throwback to the era of industrial unions.
The city's transit union has bitterly fought the plan.
The transit union was perhaps the most radical of the bunch, in part because it pre-dated the other municipal unions.
He held his tongue when the head of the transit union told him to shut up.
The transit union was fined $1 million and later lost even more.