Transit is running after the Transit Service and the Drivers Union reached a last minute contract deal to avoid a strike. Abc7 News Reporter matt keller is at the terminal in San Francisco. Matt . I dont want you to be discoupled, empty. But the buses will run this morning, a welcome reprieve from transportation concerns for people in the bay area. The deal was made an hour before midnight when a strike could have started. Union Officials Say the agreement gives 1,800 bus drivers and mechanics and dispatchers and workers 9. 5 percent race over three years but they will ticket to medical benefits. Longer process, longer than we wanted, but because the issues were difficult, that is why. In the end, both sides are happy. Those moments come when you know you have done your best, you have stayed there and you have negotiated the best contract you can negotiate with whomever you negotiate with. Unions have to approve the deal and will vote later this month but this morning is business as us
Reached. Ac Transit Union announced it and that means buses will run tomorrow. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. Lets get to john alston live at headquarters in oakland. John. Reporter minutes ago we received an email from the Transit Union announcing there was a tentative deal reached and that buses would roll in the morning. They came to a Common Ground after many hours of negotiation today. Up until a few minutes ago ac transit said they made progress and things were very, very close. We found out a short time ago that a tentative agreement had been reached. It has been a long side trying to keep both buses running. We definitely want to bargain a contract. We are here in hopes that we can get this accomplished this evening. I want to thank everyone on the board for their tenacity. Since this morning there has been movement. We are as always optimistic about our chances for averting the strike. The transit board met briefly behind closed doors as a mediator shuttled between eac
Reached. Ac Transit Union announced it and that means buses will run tomorrow. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. Lets get to john alston live at headquarters in oakland. John. Reporter minutes ago we received an email from the Transit Union announcing there was a tentative deal reached and that buses would roll in the morning. They came to a Common Ground after many hour negotiat of negotiation today. Up until a few minutes ago ac transit said they made progress and things were very, very close. We found out a short time ago that a tentative agreement had been reached. It has been a long side trying to keep both buses running. We definitely want to bargain a contract. We are here in hopes that we can get this accomplished this evening. I want to thank everyone on the board for their tenacity. Since this morning there has been movement. We are as always optimistic about our chances for averting the strike. The transit board met briers as closed doors as a mediator shuttled between
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. This is our western edition. The news came suddenly and cut like a dagger. After three days of searching, debris and bodies from air asia flight 8501 were located today off borneo, not far from where the a320 vanished from radar screens with 162 people on board. Many of their families were overcome with sorrow as they saw the television footage. Allen pizzey begins our coverage tonight in surabaya, indonesia where the flight originated. Reporter as the search resumed in the java sea, there was a grim discovery a body floating in the water. For the families, it shattered all hope that their loved ones would be found alive. The picture was shown on Indonesian Television in a room where families and relatives have waited since sunday. For many, the news was more thanai they could bear. At least two people collapsed and had to be taken away on stretche
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