SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A majority of Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Operators and Operations Supervisors employees -represented by Teamsters Local 186- have voted to approve a tentative, three-year collective bargaining agreement Friday.
The agreement secures a cumulative wage increase of 11.25 percent over the length of the contract detailed the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District in a press release about the vote Friday.
Last minute extensions during the negotiation process in early and late June narrowly avoided a strike and higher fares for the transit network were implemented last month…