SEPTA spent $423388 on external labor counsel to handle negotiations with Transport Workers Union Local 234 (TWU) over the five-year contract agreed to after a six-day strike in November.
The lead negotiators,Ballard Spahr, billed SEPTA $310013 in 2016 for TWU-related matters, or Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney,which handled SEPTAs failed attempt to win an emergency court injunction to end the strike, billed $113375.
TWU 234 mostly relied on their in house counsel, or Bruce Bodner,who made $173007…
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