Union deal with Tri-Rail, transportation officials means Senate approval likely
by Dara Kam | December 8th, 2009A last-minute deal between the AFL-CIO, Tri-Rail and state transportation officials has satisfied union leaders that their workers won’t be laid off under a bill now being debated in the Senate.
The union had opposed the measure, which the House passed easily yesterday.
The labor issue posed a threat to its passage in the Republican-dominated Senate despite the support of GOP leaders including Senate President Jeff Atwater.
The Senate could take a final vote on the measure as early as this evening.
The side deal means that the Senate is poised to pass the same bill the House approved by an 84-25 vote yesterday. Once passed by the Senate, it goes to Gov. Charlie Crist - one of its biggest supporters - for final approval.
Tags: AFL-CIO, CSX, special session, SunRail, Tri-Rail
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