Gov. Brown To Seek 60-Day Cooling Off Period For BART
California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that he planned to seek a court order for 60-day cooling off period on Sunday if the Bay Area Rapid Transit contract dispute is not resolved by then.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that he planned to seek a court order for 60-day cooling off period on Sunday if the Bay Area Rapid Transit contract dispute is not resolved by then.
BART managers and union leaders are scheduled to resume negotiations Friday, but their proposals remain tens of millions of dollars apart on wages, pensions and health care benefits.
Negotiations are scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Chris Daly, the political director for Service Employees International Union Local 1021, said a strike is possible on Monday.
Negotiators for BART and unions representing about 2,400 employees didn't meet Tuesday and instead prepared for a hearing that a fact-finding panel appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown will hold on Wednesday.
A board created to investigate Bay Area Rapid Transit's ongoing labor fight will hold a public hearing to examine the contract dispute between BART's management and unions.
A man accused of stripping naked and harassing people while doing acrobatic moves at a San Francisco BART station in May was ordered to stand trial on seven felony and misdemeanor charges.
Negotiators for BART and unions representing about 2,400 employees are taking a breather Monday after Gov. Jerry Brown intervened to at least temporarily avert a strike.
Leah Berlanga, a negotiator for Service Employees International Union Local 1021, which represents 1,430 mechanics, custodians and clerical workers, was one of many union members who spoke to BART board members at a special meeting of the directors in Oakland this morning.
Even without a transportation strike, about half of Bay Area commuters drive solo to work every day, according to a new survey out Thursday which shows that overall two-thirds of Californians drive to work alone.
Union leaders for Bay Area Rapid Transit workers said they would deliver a 72-hour strike notice at the end of the day if major progress isn't made Thursday in contract talks.
Bay Area Rapid Transit riders passing through San Francisco were experiencing 15- to 20-minute delays Wednesday morning because of police activity at the Embarcadero station, a BART spokeswoman said.
BART management met with union leaders again Tuesday to try to reach an agreement before the contract for the transit agency's employees expires Sunday night but a union official said the talks weren't productive.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and other officers by the father of Oscar Grant III and five of Grant's friends.
With another BART strike looming, commuters may have to find an alternate way of getting around.
BART management met with union leaders again Monday to try to reach an agreement before the union employees' contract expires at midnight Sunday, a management spokesman said.
A power outage disrupted service Sunday morning on BART's Richmond-Fremont line, a spokesman said.
Union leaders working to strike a deal with BART on a new contract are accusing BART's lead negotiator, Tom Hock, of having a "blatant conflict of interest" and have asked BART to remove him from his position.
Representatives from Bay Area Rapid Transit and its two largest unions were scheduled to meet at the same time Friday morning -- the first time that has happened in several days.
An equipment problem on the BART tracks outside the West Oakland BART station caused major delays system wide Thursday morning, a BART employee said.
As negotiations are currently at a stalemate, issues like pension, health care and payback for unused sick days are coming to the forefront.
Less than two weeks before BART workers could resume their strike, union leaders alleged Monday that management's chief negotiator has a long history of engaging in hardball tactics and accused him of engaging in unfair bargaining.
You can see a full-sized model of the new BART trains at MacArthur Station through Friday.
Michael B. Jordan, director Ryan Coogler discuss their award-winning film about the last day of Oscar Grant, the young man fatally shot by a BART transit cop...
Several BART stations that were shut down Thursday afternoon because of a fire near BART's Richmond train yard have reopened.
