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Negotiators for 4,300 bus drivers and rail operators in Los Angeles reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to end a monthlong strike that has crippled the nation’s second-largest transit system. Both sides refused to discuss details of the proposed pact until it is ratified by United Transportation Union drivers, who will be presented with the proposal at 5:30 p.m. The drivers’ union and Metropolitan Transportation Authority had bargained through the night at the behest of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who began mediating the talks last week. The strike that began Sept. 16 stranded an estimated 450,000 commuters. At 32 days, the strike is the third-longest in Los Angeles history.
