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Contract talks resumed Sunday in an effort to end a two-week transit strike that has left Los Angeles County without most bus and rail service and stranded about 450,000 people who rely on public transportation.
Mayor Richard Riordan met individually with negotiators for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and union leaders, conducting shuttle diplomacy between rooms of the hotel where the talks were under way.
Gov. Gray Davis weighed in on the talks Saturday as well, signing a bill union leaders said could remove one obstacle to a contract agreement. The new law keeps workers’ collective bargaining agreements intact for at least four years if the MTA decides to split up into smaller transit zones.
