by Staff | Jan 7, 2011 4:39 pm

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Workers at CT Transit have reached a tentative agreement that will avoid the possibility of a strike at midnight on Jan. 11.

The deal was announced on Friday by CT Transit General Manager David Lee. The agreement affects about 750 bus drivers and maintenance workers in Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford.

Just before the expiration of the union workers’ contract on Jan. 1, another deal was struck, pushing the strike back to Jan. 11. Friday’s deal will end the threat of a strike entirely and pave the way for a new contract agreement, Lee said in a release.

“We have been assured that the Union leadership will unanimously recommend the ratification of this new contract,” said Lee.

The union membership has twice before rejected its leaderships’ recommendations on new contracts.

A ratification vote on the new contract is scheduled for Jan. 16. The union has agreed not to strike until after that date, Lee said.

The details of the new contract are not to be made public until they have been presented to union members, Lee said.

Union president Phil Madonna could not be reached for comment.