Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Striking Pennsylvania Turnpike Workers Return To Work...
I don't have the full details of the settlement yet, but I hope this is a sign that a reasonable outcome has been reached and that the union's requests have been honored...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced plans Wednesday morning to resume normal toll collections after a tentative agreement was reached to end a strike that lasted almost a week.
The toll collectors and other employees returned to work shortly after the agreement was reached around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The Turnpike Commission announced early Wednesday morning that normal tolls would be phased in. Tolls on extensions in southwestern Pennsylvania, which had been waived during the strike, would be collected as usual starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, officials said. Turnpike officials said tickets will be issued again to drivers entering the main portion of the turnpike starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday. For the following eight hours, there will be a grace period, in which drivers who entered before 9 p.m. will be allowed to pay the flat fee. By 5 a.m. Thursday, toll collections will be back to normal, officials said.
Terms of the agreement were to be released later Wednesday morning. It is still subject to ratification by the union members, and it was not immediately clear when the membership would vote.
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