A representative from local Amalgamated Transit Union 85 confirmed that the Allegheny County Port Authority Board of Directors  rejected a last-ditch contract proposal offered by the union today.

The proposal was meant to stave off a 15 percent service reduction cut and 180 employee layoffs for the Port Authority. The cuts are scheduled to begin Sunday.

The board adjourned a contentious meeting earlier today to allow union members to vote on the concession proposals. The board will reconvene the meeting at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Marty Marks, spokesman for the AFL-CIO, said that union will not vote on alternative proposals offered by Onorato's office. 

"The offer was disingenuous and unacceptable," Marks said. "There was $18 million on the table and they walked away from it. It's unheard of." 

Union President Patrick McMahon said the union, which represents Port Authority workers, offered County Executive Dan Onorato a proposal under which members would take a 10 percent wage cut and forgo a 3 percent wage increase. He said that offer, if accepted, would have saved $18.6 million for the transit agency.

Marks said the union is still open to further negotiations. 

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