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San Francisco rail workers approve labor contract
Source: Reuters
San Francisco rail workers approve labor contract
BY LAILA KEARNEY
SAN FRANCISCO Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:01am EST
(Reuters) - Unionized workers in the United States' fifth-largest commuter rail system overwhelmingly approved an amended labor agreement on Monday, ending a nine-month contract dispute that saw two paralyzing transit strikes and legal wrangling.
Mechanics, custodians, and clerical workers of the roughly 1,400-member Service Employees Union Local 1021 (SEIU) voted 87 percent in favor of the four-year contract, which will take effect immediately, the labor group said on Monday.
"In California, we believe in workers having a voice in the workplace in order to improve working conditions and services to the public," SEIU Executive Director Pete Castelli said in a statement.
The SEIU was the last group to vote on the deal. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union 1555 and the BART Board of Directors gave approval to the contracts earlier this month.
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BY LAILA KEARNEY
SAN FRANCISCO Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:01am EST
(Reuters) - Unionized workers in the United States' fifth-largest commuter rail system overwhelmingly approved an amended labor agreement on Monday, ending a nine-month contract dispute that saw two paralyzing transit strikes and legal wrangling.
Mechanics, custodians, and clerical workers of the roughly 1,400-member Service Employees Union Local 1021 (SEIU) voted 87 percent in favor of the four-year contract, which will take effect immediately, the labor group said on Monday.
"In California, we believe in workers having a voice in the workplace in order to improve working conditions and services to the public," SEIU Executive Director Pete Castelli said in a statement.
The SEIU was the last group to vote on the deal. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union 1555 and the BART Board of Directors gave approval to the contracts earlier this month.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-usa-bart-sanfrancisco-idUSBREA0D0CS20140114
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