COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Central Ohio Transit Authority has
ratified a contract agreement with its bus drivers, mechanics and
maintenance workers that effectively ends a three-day strike.
COTA’s Board of Trustees ratified the contract Wednesday afternoon, and fixed-route bus services will
resume Thursday.
Transport
Workers Union of America Local 208 voted on the contract earlier in the
day, which gives workers a 7 percent pay increase over three years but
requires more contribution toward pensions. They had rejected the same
one Monday night but met again over the Fourth of July holiday to
reconsider it.
The deal ends a strike that’s affected commuters
who take about 60,000 bus rides daily. It halted public transportation
Tuesday for a popular fireworks event in downtown Columbus.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Central Ohio Transit Authority has
ratified a contract agreement with its bus drivers, mechanics and
maintenance workers that effectively ends a three-day strike.
COTA’s Board of Trustees ratified the contract Wednesday afternoon, and fixed-route bus services will
resume Thursday.
Transport
Workers Union of America Local 208 voted on the contract earlier in the
day, which gives workers a 7 percent pay increase over three years but
requires more contribution toward pensions. They had rejected the same
one Monday night but met again over the Fourth of July holiday to
reconsider it.
The deal ends a strike that’s affected commuters
who take about 60,000 bus rides daily. It halted public transportation
Tuesday for a popular fireworks event in downtown Columbus.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.