by KYW's Karin Phillips
The Septa strike is already endangering the jobs of some people who have just gotten themselves back into the working economy.
David Fair, vice president of community impact for United Way, says people who have just gotten jobs after being on welfare or long-term unemployment are now at great risk of losing their jobs if they can't get there.
He says many of those new workers are employed outside of the city or outside of the neighborhoods where they live:
"We're getting a lot of calls from people who want to know if we know about car pools. And there's this off-the-cuff economy being created among people who have cars who are trying to sell their wares as off-label taxis to get people back and forth to work."
Fair says people have got to learn to be creative and reach out to neighborhood organizations, block captains, or faith-based organizations to set up transportation alternatives.
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