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NelsonSpecial for The Arizona Republic A tentative transit pact brought smiles from (foreground, from left) Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, Phoenix Transit's Bob Hocken and union President Don Collins. Also present at Saturday's news conference were (background, from left) Councilman Craig Tribken and Teamsters spokesman Terry Moser. jaae, Cloisonne, rorceiain, Antiques, ana ivory. CHINESE HANDMADE RUGS hundreds to bid on. All sizes all values, 100 wool silk.

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Without it, I'm lost." Sitting at a bus stop at 19th Avenue and Indian School Road, the child-care worker said she was glad that the drivers were finally back to work. "The strike was not fair to people like me," said Salas, who got around thanks to a friend and some foot power. "I'm going to tell the driver that." One woman said the bus drivers' demands were out of line with the times. "They have some nerve, if you ask me," said the woman, who would not give her name. "I make minimum wage and feel lucky to have a job." Also affected were an estimated 550 Phoenix Union High School students who missed class Friday because there were no buses, prompting administrators to prepare an emergency plan to transport the teens to school.

Commuters said they could have at least received some warning that the bus service was on the verge of a strike. But red-faced Phoenix and transit officials admitted that they didn't see the strike coming. City officials also were left in an awkward position during the strike, because they have no formal role in the process. The negotiations technically were between union drivers and the Phoenix Transit System, a private company. Johnson said the city will be meeting with transit officials to try to discuss ways to make sure that Phoenix is not caught off guard again.

BUSES, from page Al noon Saturday. "We tried to apply as much pressure as we could," Mayor Paul Johnson said. "We told them what could happen if they didn't (reach an agreement)." The mayor had planned to use a noon news conference Saturday to announce the city's plan if an agreement had not been reached. Details of the contract reached at 6 a.m. Saturday after all-night negotiations were not made public.

The pact still has to be ratified by the rank and file, with the vote scheduled for 10 a.m. today. However, The Arizona Republic has learned that drivers would receive an increase of roughly $1.05 an hour over the three years of the contract. That would mean annual hikes of 2.1 percent, 2.9 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, according to sources close to the negotiations. There would be no increase in fares to cover the pay hike, officials said.

Union and Phoenix Transit officials refused to confirm the details, pending the ratification vote of the union's 477 full-time and 58 part-time drivers. Officials did say, however, that the deal was for three years. Drivers had sought an increase of $1.25 an hour over the three years, with management offering a 27-cent hourly hike for one year. Top pay for drivers is $12.90 an hour, but union officials said the average driver makes about $8. Both sides said they are satisfied with the tentative contract.

"I think the agreement will sell itself," union President Don Collins said. "It isn't like one side won and the other side didn't get anything." Collins said one of the key components of the deal was that it was for more than one year, adding that it acts "like a security blanket for the drivers and for the public, too." Driver James Walked, a former' part-time worker who went full-time a week before the strike, said he believes the bus-riding public will understand the need for the strike. "All we were asking for was to make a decent wage," Walker said. Bob Hocken, Phoenix Transit's general manager, called the deal "a compromise agreement" that the company could live with financially. "We didn't get everything we wanted and they didn't get everything they wanted," Hocken said.

"That's what negotiations are all about." Disputes over salary and contract length prompted drivers to walk off their jobs late Thursday and onto the picket lines at three sites, leaving those who daily ride the buses scrambling to find a way to get to and from work and school. The strike was particularly paralyzing because it involved Phoenix Transit, which operates 46 of the Valley's 67 transit routes, which serve roughly 120,000 passengers weekday and 42,000 on Saturdays. To such riders as Anna Salas, a single mother, the strike was much more than an inconvenience. "I use the bus all the time," said Ill Travel Aggncy NO MORE GLASSES Thanks to Radial Keratotomy (RK) Great Trips at Great Prices! American guises CRUISE A FAMILY VACATION 1 Free RK Seminar and Surgical Demonstration Wednesday, April 7 7:00 p.m. p.m.

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