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Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell spent much of Thursday trying to get the union representing striking Philadelphia transit workers and management to sit back down at the negotiating table. Jesse Russell reports:

The strike against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority enters day four today and during a press conference Transport Workers Union Local 234 President Willie Brown knows he is likely “the most hated man in Philadelphia,” but he hopes people understand the strike is about fairness preserving the future of transport workers. Brown said while worker pensions are funded at 52 percent management pensions are funded at nearly 90 percent.

[Brown]: SEPTA puts twice as much away for managers as they do for members.

Brown said members plan on staying on the strike lines until pensions are secured.

[Brown2]: We will stay out as long as it takes to secure our pensions. The last thing we want to do is wake up one, one morning, twenty days down the road and our pensions are gone.

Brown said that he would be happy to meet with Rendell, but as far as he was concerned negotiations where finished if they include Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter:

[Brown3]: In my opinion, he has destroyed any good faith he had in trying to negotiate a contract and he is cut out.