MARTA union gives contract mixed reviews.

From: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA) | Date: February 28, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Paul Donsky

Feb. 28--A DeKalb County judge has imposed a new contract for MARTA's employees union, giving workers a modest wage hike but requiring a range of concessions on everything from health care to overtime.

Under terms of the three-year contract, union workers will get a 2.5 percent pay raise this year and 1.5 percent increases the following two years.

The union had been seeking a 3 percent annual raise, but the new contract is slig...

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