SEPTA’s transit union has taken another step towards a potential work stoppage, as workers voted unanimously Sunday to authorize a strike if a new contract can’t be agreed upon over the next week. More than 1,000 members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 gathered Sunday for the vote at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall in South Philly, according to KYW Newsradio. A vote to authorize a strike doesn’t guarantee that all 5,000 members of SEPTA’s transit union will be walking off the job. Rather, it gives union leadership the power to call for a work stoppage if a new deal can’t be reached with SEPTA by the end of the month.

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