San Francisco's famed cable cars were not running Monday morning and the rest of the city's transit system was experiencing rush-hour delays after workers called in sick. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was running a third of its normal morning service, spokesman Paul Rose said.

The system's operators, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, voted Friday on a contract that would give them a raise of more than 11 percent over two years. However, it also would require them to cover a 7.5 percent pension payment currently paid by the agency. The 2,200 operators who work for the agency are not allowed to strike, but can call in sick.

- Associated Press