AC TRANSIT WORKERS GET 10% RAISES

By 11 p.m., an accord was reached for a 9.5 percent raise over three years: 2.75 percent the first year, 3.25 percent the second, 3.5 percent the third. Workers, for the first time, will also start paying health premiums equivalent to $70 monthly in the first year, $140 in the second and $180 in the third. Workers will still not have to make any payment toward their pensions, Johnson said.
Johnson said AC Transit drivers are paid an average salary of $55,000 a year. With benefits that comes out to $103,000 a year, he said.
(WOW, just like Trimet, I thought Trimet had the 'richest benefit package in the industry')