Labor & Economic News Blog

Friday, June 30, 2006

MTA, unions arrive at early agreements in Los Angeles

MTA, unions arrive at early agreements
Source: LA Daily News
After three crippling strikes in the past 12 years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing about 7,000 mechanics, bus drivers and clerks reached agreement Tuesday ahead of their contract deadline, avoiding another employee walkout. Details of the tentative contracts were not released, but the wage increases - which some said could have placed the financially strapped MTA further in the red - were said to be "fiscally responsible" and less than the 5 percent cost-of-living increase.

 



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