SAN FRANCISCO - Transportation workers approved a four-year contract Friday night, according to a spokeswoman for the city's Municipal Transportation Agency.
Muni spokeswoman Maggie Lynch said members of the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A approved the contract by a large margin, but she did not immediately have a final tally. Union members - some 2,000 city railway bus, trolley, cable car and light rail drivers - had already rejected to prior contract offers. Lynch said she could not discuss details of the contract until Saturday afternoon. She said that the seven member board must wait for 30 days of public comment before voting on the contract. The deal will be retroactive to July 1, Lynch said. Under the city's charter, operators' pay is mandated to be the second highest in the nation, which means they were eligible to get a 5.5 percent raise to $22.44 an hour.
Union members had rejected prior offers, citing rules regarding discipline and absentee and starting pay.
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