Cable cars are running again

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's famous cable cars are running again today, and service on the city's light rail trains and buses is almost at full strength.

The cable cars were shut down for three days, and other transit services saw delays, after drivers called in sick in large number starting on Monday.

The sickout came after workers rejected a contract proposal that union officials had said would have resulted in a pay cut.

Transit officials have said workers who reported being sick must confirm that they were ill, in order to get sick pay. And the city filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union, saying its contract forbids strikes and work stoppages.

The union says it had nothing to do with the sick calls.

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APPHOTO CAER107: Shuttle buses used in place of idled cable cars make their way up Jackson Street Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in San Francisco. San Francisco's famed cable cars remained idle on Wednesday morning on the third day of a worker sickout, but light-rail trains and buses returned to their regular routes as service improved. Workers and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency are at odds over a new contract. Workers overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal on Friday that union officials said would have resulted in a pay cut. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (4 Jun 2014)

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