San Francisco transit, union leaders reach deal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and union leaders have announced a new labor agreement, saying the final issue in their ongoing dispute has been resolved.
The transit system and its two largest unions have been involved in months-long negotiations that stalled recently over paid medical leave time for employees.
BART said in a statement early Saturday that the deal will be recommended to the board of directors for approval as soon as possible.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Union leaders also are expected to take the matter to their members for a vote.
BART officials and union leaders had approved a deal in October after six months of negotiations and two strikes that caused problems for hundreds of thousands of people who ride the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system. That deal fell apart last month.