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SAN FRANCISCO Union delivery drivers at the San Francisco Chronicle have approved an agreement that will allow the cash-strapped newspaper to cut up to 100 positions.

Rome Aloise, secretary-treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 853, says members voted 179-10 on Sunday in favor of a contract that will reduce the total number of drivers to 130.

Aloise says the agreement keeps union drivers delivering to homes in San Francisco, but allows the paper hire subcontractors outside of the city. He says the agreement would save the paper $5 to $6 million a year.

Chronicle publisher Frank Vega says he appreciates the willingness of drivers to make a difficult, yet vital, decision to help the paper.

Members of the newspaper's largest union — California Media Workers Guild Local 39521 — agreed last month to 150 job cuts.