The VTA had offered a compromise of a 10.5 percent raise over three years, and language for arbitration that both sides agreed to. The union was supposed to vote on this new contract Saturday, with union leaders urging their workers to vote a unanimous “no” because they said they’d hit a “deadlock” with the transit agency.

Bus and light rail service in the South Bay will remain at a standstill after union workers rejected a contract offer from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Monday.