BART, union reach tentative agreement on family leave and final contract

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24772276/bart-union-reach-tentative-agreement

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and labor union leaders announced a new deal early Saturday, saying the controversial family medical leave issue in their ongoing contract dispute has been resolved and a final agreement is ready for a vote.

The transit system and its two largest unions had a tentative deal in October that was approved by workers after months of negotiations and two strikes, only to have BART management say that a provision granting six weeks of paid leave to care for sick family members never should have been in the document. The BART board refused to approve the contract, setting off another round of finger-pointing and negotiations.