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Exhibits include the 1906 earthquake and fire, Loma Prieta and the Oakland Hills fire, among many others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there's something captivating both about seeing what we've built get taken down and in viewing others' fascination with the process. I once went to Las Vegas to \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2007/03/22/stardust_2/\" target=\"_blank\">witness the destruction\u003c/a> of the once-iconic Stardust Hotel, and watching the crowd's anticipation and reaction was almost as fun as hearing the exploding dynamite and scurrying away from the billowing cloud of concrete dust that rolled down the Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">There's something captivating both about seeing what we've built get taken down and in viewing others' fascination with the process.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here's a brief list — you might have other local demolitions in mind — of great moments in local structure removal:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Sea Cliff sinkhole (1995):\u003c/strong> I put this at the top of my list because it was shown on live TV. And no, it was not a planned demolition. In December 1995, a storm sewer near 25th Avenue and Lake Street broke during a major winter storm. The water rushing from the sewer excavated a giant sinkhole that swallowed a mansion. Here's how the Associated Press described the scene: \"A three-story house in a neighborhood of million-dollar homes toppled into an enormous sinkhole and broke apart in a spray of timbers, walls and ceilings. ... A neighbor's garage also dropped into the hole, and at least seven other houses in San Francisco's exclusive Sea Cliff neighborhood were evacuated, including the childhood home of photographer Ansel Adams, which was built in 1902.\" And here's video of the collapse:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/GlGs9222JqU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>2. The Embarcadero Freeway (1989): \u003c/strong>The Loma Prieta earthquake was a disaster and a tragedy, destroying dozens of residences and killing more than 60 people, most of whom perished in the collapse of West Oakland's Cypress Freeway. But the quake did bestow one long-term gift: It damaged San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway so badly that the city had little choice but to tear down the double-deck structure that had walled off the Ferry Building and the rest of the northeastern waterfront. 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Onlookers gathered on the hills overlooking the strait and on the Crockett waterfront beneath the three Carquinez bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because of the delicate nature of the operation, it was impossible to see any motion and difficult to see any progress unless you stuck around for a couple of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews on Monday dislodged a 1.4 million-pound section of the bridge and began to lower it — from its position 130 feet above the strait — toward the waters below. From there, it will be placed on a barge and taken to the Mare Island shipyards nearby, where it will be ripped apart and salvaged. Parts of the old span are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and will be saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chunk of steel was lowered 16 inches at a time. Each 16-inch drop took just 15 seconds, with four cranes working simultaneously, said Peter Strykers, senior bridge engineer for Caltrans. But it can take as long as an hour to recalibrate the cranes and get them ready for the next drop.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Golden Gate Bridge torpedo (1946):\u003c/strong> To be honest, we didn't know about this one until we started looking into Bay Area demolition history. But a United Press story in June 1946 recounts what happened after a World War II torpedo was discovered near the span:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Normal traffic resumed over and under the Golden Gate Bridge today after navy demolition experts found that a Japanese torpedo was \"practically a dud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The torpedo was found at the foot of the bridge two days ago by an unidentified person who called police. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers/barttrain102013/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115637\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-115637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/barttrain102013-1024x566.png\" alt=\"The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED). \" width=\"640\" height=\"353\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>BART accident probe\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>National Transportation Safety Board investigators are re-enacting the Saturday BART accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB says the workers had been granted \"simple approval\" to enter the trackway and under BART policy were responsible for their own safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>NTSB says two trainee operators were in control cab along with an \"experienced trainer\" at time of accident.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> BART has closed tracks between its Lafayette and Pleasant Hill station so federal investigators can re-enact the weekend accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek. BART is running a bus bridge between the two stations from noon through 3:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Transportation Safety Board is doing the re-enactment, including a \"sight/distance\" test, to gather more information on the Saturday afternoon incident. Christopher Sheppard, a BART employee, and contractor Laurence Daniels were killed when a four-car train with an operator trainee at the controls hit them while traveling 60 to 70 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB announced yesterday that it has determined there were two trainees and a supervisor in the cab at the time of the accident. BART was apparently conducting the training in case it decided to try to run limited train service during the strike that had begun on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB said Daniels and Sheppard had obtained \"simple approval\" to enter the BART right-of-way. A BART procedures manual from 2001 describes simple approval as permission to enter a restricted area \"with the understanding that personnel shall not interfere with the normal operation of trains or equipment and are not provided any protection from trains or equipment.\" The manual also says \"personnel accessing trackways ... under Simple Approval are individually responsible for providing their own protection.\" In the past, contractors have been informed that simple approvals are not permitted in areas where trains are moving in excess of 50 mph.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-workers-on-tracks-don-t-get-train-warnings-4914319.php#page-2\" target=\"_blank\">Demian Bulwa reports in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> today, \"simple approval\" has come up in previous BART accident inquiries:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The simple-approval procedure was central to the investigation into the death of James Strickland, a BART inspector who was struck from behind by a train Oct. 14, 2008, as he walked east on the westbound track between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART operations managers had granted Strickland simple approval. But they did not tell him that BART had shut down the eastbound track and begun single-tracking trains in the area, state investigators said. Nor were train operators in the area told of Strickland's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators concluded shrubbery may have obscured the train operator's view of Strickland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, issued four citations to BART and levied total fines of $28,685 for serious violations in connection with Strickland's death, including one alleging that the simple-approval system had contributed to the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's appeals board wrote a year after the accident that simple approval \"deprives employees of (information about train travel) intentionally. The proffered reason for depriving workers of this information is so that workers stay alert at all times and expect a train at any time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART countered at the time that simple approval had worked well for more than 30 years, with no accidents. But the appeals board said an employer \"cannot leave it up to the employee to safeguard himself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, agencies must fix problems cited by Cal/OSHA after a case is over. But BART is still fighting the state's findings in the Strickland matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>The NTSB held a press conference about the incident on Saturday when two workers were killed by a BART train. NTSB investigator Jim Southworth said the operator of the train was in training, and that the train was moving at 60-70 miles per hour. He said the operator, who has held other positions with BART, had the train in automatic mode. Six employees were on board at the time. The NTSB said the train recorders are on their way to the NTSB lab in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southworth also said the operator knew that there were people ahead on the tracks. From the Los Angeles Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>He said the trainee operator, whom the NTSB interviewed Monday, had sounded the air horn before the accident. The train was moving at 60 mph to 70 mph when it made an emergency stop, Southworth said. He said the operator had heard a radio report warning of workers on the track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was aware of people on the tracks,” Southworth said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The agency conducted employee interviews today and will interview management tomorrow. It will also schedule a reenactment of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> The Contra Costa County coroner has released the names of two people who were killed on Saturday after being struck by a BART train: Laurence Daniels, 66, from Fair Oaks, and Christopher Sheppard, 58, from Hayward. Bay City News reports that Daniels was a contractor working with BART and that Sheppard was a member of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3993. That union is not striking, and BCN says it represents about 210 BART employees, mostly middle managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>Update, 9:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> BART union members held candlelight vigils in Walnut Creek and Oakland this evening to remember two workers who died Saturday when they were struck by a train while working trackside. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie \u003c/a>covered the Walnut Creek gathering and talked to some of the BART workers in attendance: Fannie Pettis said she knew one of the workers who died Saturday and says BART managers should have ensured the safety of her friend. \"I am very angry because I just feel like we should have rules in place to protect our employees at all times regardless of who they are, what they’re doing, and obviously something went wrong,\" Pettis said Richard Stingily said Saturday's accident shows why unions have tried to highlight safety issues in their contract negotiations. \"The safety rules, and the work rules, are very important\" Stingily said. \"That is one of the most important things here. And situations like this is what we were talking about.\" Saturday, BART General Manager Grace Crunican and Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier extended their condolences to the families of the victims. When asked whether the accident highlighted the safety issues unions have raised, Oversier said \"I'm not going to go there right now.\" He said sorting out how the accident happened and helping the victims' families was foremost in his mind. \"We're dealing with a situation here where the labor issues, the negotiations, are not in the forefront of our mind. We've just lost two members of the BART family.\" The two people who died Saturday were the seventh and eighth workers to die on the job in BART's 41-year history and the first since 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 5:15 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> National Transportation Safety Board investigators have taken over the investigation of the accident that killed two workers along BART tracks in Walnut Creek on Saturday afternoon. An NTSB team arrived on the scene of the incident, in which a four-car train operated by a BART manager struck the workers early Sunday afternoon. The victims, one BART employee and one contract worker, were inspecting tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Jim Southworth, the NTSB's chief railroad accident investigator, is leading the inquiry. He said during a press conference in Walnut Creek this afternoon that only a limited amount of data was available from the train involved in the accident — not as much, say, as would be available from a freight train. Southworth said the train was not equipped with a forward-facing camera that might have captured the scene on the tracks as the accident unfolded. He added that the lead car did have an inward-facing camera in the cab that could shed light on the operator's actions. Southworth said his team could be in the East Bay from four to 10 days and that the investigation could take six to 12 months or more before it's final. \"We are at the very start of this investigation,\" Southworth said. \"These accidents occur in an instant but they take a great deal of time to investigate.\" He declined to speculate on any aspect of the incident, including whether the strike played a role or whether the two workers killed were currently certified to work along the tracks. Southworth said BART, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Transit Administration and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are all participating in the investigation. \u003c!--more--> \u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> One of the questions that will arise in the aftermath of today's fatal accident: the credentials of the train operator. BART's statement calls the as-yet-unnamed person driving the train \"an experienced operator.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24345866/bart-train-strikes-two-people-near-walnut-creek\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times cites sources\u003c/a>as saying the driver was \"an operator supervisor who drove trains two decades ago.\" The Times also notes that BART General Manager Grace Crunican visited the site of the accident: \"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the two workers killed on the BART track,\" she said. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 tweeted in the aftermath of the deaths:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Due to the recent tragedy at Walnut creek station, and out of respect for the families involved ATU's members will not be picketing tomorrow — BART ATU LOCAL 1555 (@ATU_1555) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ATU_1555/statuses/391696823099731968\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> BART just posted \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131019a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this statement\u003c/a>on the accident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>BART officials are responding to the scene of a fatal accident involving two employees who were struck by an out-of-service BART train. The names of the deceased are not being released at this time.The accident occurred at approximately 1:53 pm between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations, approximately one mile north of the Walnut Creek Station. The employees were performing track inspections in response to a report of a dip in the track at the time of the accident. The deceased include one BART employee and a contractor. Both people had extensive experience working around moving trains in both the freight train and the rapid transit industry. The procedures involved in track maintenance require one employee to inspect the track and the other to act as a lookout and notify of any oncoming traffic. The train was on a routine maintenance run with an experienced operator at the controls. At the time of the accident the train was being run in automatic mode under computer control. No further details are available at the moment. Updates will be provided as they become available.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:55 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Audio of BART radio traffic from the time of the incident has been posted online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>AUDIO: BART radio transmission from the moment a maintenance train struck employees on track (warning: graphic) - \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\">http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\u003c/a> — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/statuses/391688263737413632\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:50 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>BART has confirmed a train struck and killed two employees working along the system's tracks between Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The Contra Costa Times reports:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Two BART employees were hit and killed by one of the transit agency's trains between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations Saturday afternoon, a BART police deputy chief confirmed. Sources say the two dead workers were non-union engineers performing track inspections when a manager operating a four-car train hit them. ... ... A BART employee, who wished to remain anonymous due to the ongoing strike, said he was monitoring BART transmissions when he heard a manager who was operating a train report an emergency. He said the manager reported that two unrepresented engineers who were performing track maintenance were hit. BART trains have not been running for commuters since Friday due to a labor strike, however some managers have moved trains for other purposes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Two-BART-workers-killed-by-train-running-during-4909974.php\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco Chronicle adds\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>The two workers, whose names weren't immediately released, died at the scene after they were hit by an eastbound train, sources close to the investigation said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to BART emergency radio traffic immediately after the incident, there were six people aboard the train. BART police told KTVU that it was not yet clear who was operating the train at the time of the accident. After July's BART strike, the agency said it ran trains every day to ensure everything in the system worked correctly and to keep rust off the rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Alex Emslie/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>BART accident probe\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>National Transportation Safety Board investigators are re-enacting the Saturday BART accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB says the workers had been granted \"simple approval\" to enter the trackway and under BART policy were responsible for their own safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>NTSB says two trainee operators were in control cab along with an \"experienced trainer\" at time of accident.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> BART has closed tracks between its Lafayette and Pleasant Hill station so federal investigators can re-enact the weekend accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek. BART is running a bus bridge between the two stations from noon through 3:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Transportation Safety Board is doing the re-enactment, including a \"sight/distance\" test, to gather more information on the Saturday afternoon incident. Christopher Sheppard, a BART employee, and contractor Laurence Daniels were killed when a four-car train with an operator trainee at the controls hit them while traveling 60 to 70 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB announced yesterday that it has determined there were two trainees and a supervisor in the cab at the time of the accident. BART was apparently conducting the training in case it decided to try to run limited train service during the strike that had begun on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB said Daniels and Sheppard had obtained \"simple approval\" to enter the BART right-of-way. A BART procedures manual from 2001 describes simple approval as permission to enter a restricted area \"with the understanding that personnel shall not interfere with the normal operation of trains or equipment and are not provided any protection from trains or equipment.\" The manual also says \"personnel accessing trackways ... under Simple Approval are individually responsible for providing their own protection.\" In the past, contractors have been informed that simple approvals are not permitted in areas where trains are moving in excess of 50 mph.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-workers-on-tracks-don-t-get-train-warnings-4914319.php#page-2\" target=\"_blank\">Demian Bulwa reports in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> today, \"simple approval\" has come up in previous BART accident inquiries:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The simple-approval procedure was central to the investigation into the death of James Strickland, a BART inspector who was struck from behind by a train Oct. 14, 2008, as he walked east on the westbound track between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART operations managers had granted Strickland simple approval. But they did not tell him that BART had shut down the eastbound track and begun single-tracking trains in the area, state investigators said. Nor were train operators in the area told of Strickland's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators concluded shrubbery may have obscured the train operator's view of Strickland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, issued four citations to BART and levied total fines of $28,685 for serious violations in connection with Strickland's death, including one alleging that the simple-approval system had contributed to the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's appeals board wrote a year after the accident that simple approval \"deprives employees of (information about train travel) intentionally. The proffered reason for depriving workers of this information is so that workers stay alert at all times and expect a train at any time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART countered at the time that simple approval had worked well for more than 30 years, with no accidents. But the appeals board said an employer \"cannot leave it up to the employee to safeguard himself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, agencies must fix problems cited by Cal/OSHA after a case is over. But BART is still fighting the state's findings in the Strickland matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>The NTSB held a press conference about the incident on Saturday when two workers were killed by a BART train. NTSB investigator Jim Southworth said the operator of the train was in training, and that the train was moving at 60-70 miles per hour. He said the operator, who has held other positions with BART, had the train in automatic mode. 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It will also schedule a reenactment of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> The Contra Costa County coroner has released the names of two people who were killed on Saturday after being struck by a BART train: Laurence Daniels, 66, from Fair Oaks, and Christopher Sheppard, 58, from Hayward. Bay City News reports that Daniels was a contractor working with BART and that Sheppard was a member of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3993. That union is not striking, and BCN says it represents about 210 BART employees, mostly middle managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>Update, 9:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> BART union members held candlelight vigils in Walnut Creek and Oakland this evening to remember two workers who died Saturday when they were struck by a train while working trackside. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie \u003c/a>covered the Walnut Creek gathering and talked to some of the BART workers in attendance: Fannie Pettis said she knew one of the workers who died Saturday and says BART managers should have ensured the safety of her friend. \"I am very angry because I just feel like we should have rules in place to protect our employees at all times regardless of who they are, what they’re doing, and obviously something went wrong,\" Pettis said Richard Stingily said Saturday's accident shows why unions have tried to highlight safety issues in their contract negotiations. \"The safety rules, and the work rules, are very important\" Stingily said. \"That is one of the most important things here. And situations like this is what we were talking about.\" Saturday, BART General Manager Grace Crunican and Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier extended their condolences to the families of the victims. When asked whether the accident highlighted the safety issues unions have raised, Oversier said \"I'm not going to go there right now.\" He said sorting out how the accident happened and helping the victims' families was foremost in his mind. \"We're dealing with a situation here where the labor issues, the negotiations, are not in the forefront of our mind. We've just lost two members of the BART family.\" The two people who died Saturday were the seventh and eighth workers to die on the job in BART's 41-year history and the first since 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 5:15 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> National Transportation Safety Board investigators have taken over the investigation of the accident that killed two workers along BART tracks in Walnut Creek on Saturday afternoon. An NTSB team arrived on the scene of the incident, in which a four-car train operated by a BART manager struck the workers early Sunday afternoon. The victims, one BART employee and one contract worker, were inspecting tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Jim Southworth, the NTSB's chief railroad accident investigator, is leading the inquiry. He said during a press conference in Walnut Creek this afternoon that only a limited amount of data was available from the train involved in the accident — not as much, say, as would be available from a freight train. Southworth said the train was not equipped with a forward-facing camera that might have captured the scene on the tracks as the accident unfolded. He added that the lead car did have an inward-facing camera in the cab that could shed light on the operator's actions. Southworth said his team could be in the East Bay from four to 10 days and that the investigation could take six to 12 months or more before it's final. \"We are at the very start of this investigation,\" Southworth said. \"These accidents occur in an instant but they take a great deal of time to investigate.\" He declined to speculate on any aspect of the incident, including whether the strike played a role or whether the two workers killed were currently certified to work along the tracks. Southworth said BART, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Transit Administration and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are all participating in the investigation. \u003c!--more--> \u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> One of the questions that will arise in the aftermath of today's fatal accident: the credentials of the train operator. BART's statement calls the as-yet-unnamed person driving the train \"an experienced operator.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24345866/bart-train-strikes-two-people-near-walnut-creek\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times cites sources\u003c/a>as saying the driver was \"an operator supervisor who drove trains two decades ago.\" The Times also notes that BART General Manager Grace Crunican visited the site of the accident: \"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the two workers killed on the BART track,\" she said. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 tweeted in the aftermath of the deaths:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Due to the recent tragedy at Walnut creek station, and out of respect for the families involved ATU's members will not be picketing tomorrow — BART ATU LOCAL 1555 (@ATU_1555) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ATU_1555/statuses/391696823099731968\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> BART just posted \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131019a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this statement\u003c/a>on the accident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>BART officials are responding to the scene of a fatal accident involving two employees who were struck by an out-of-service BART train. The names of the deceased are not being released at this time.The accident occurred at approximately 1:53 pm between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations, approximately one mile north of the Walnut Creek Station. The employees were performing track inspections in response to a report of a dip in the track at the time of the accident. The deceased include one BART employee and a contractor. Both people had extensive experience working around moving trains in both the freight train and the rapid transit industry. The procedures involved in track maintenance require one employee to inspect the track and the other to act as a lookout and notify of any oncoming traffic. The train was on a routine maintenance run with an experienced operator at the controls. At the time of the accident the train was being run in automatic mode under computer control. No further details are available at the moment. Updates will be provided as they become available.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:55 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Audio of BART radio traffic from the time of the incident has been posted online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>AUDIO: BART radio transmission from the moment a maintenance train struck employees on track (warning: graphic) - \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\">http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\u003c/a> — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/statuses/391688263737413632\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:50 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>BART has confirmed a train struck and killed two employees working along the system's tracks between Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/06/ac-transit-strike-deadline-update/actransit20130806-640/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105881\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105881\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit20130806-640.jpg\" alt=\"An AC Transit bus waits at Macarthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus waits at MacArthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> An Alameda County Superior Court judge has granted Gov. Jerry Brown's request for a 60-day cookling-off period in the AC Transit contract dispute. That gives the East Bay bus agency and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 until Dec. 22 to settle their differences. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18275\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Jerry Brown has announced\u003c/a> he'll ask an Alameda County judge to impose a 60-day cooling-off period that would delay a strike at AC Transit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>On Monday, the board of investigation, appointed by the Governor last Wednesday to examine the dispute, issued its findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report concluded that a strike will cause “significant disruption in public transportation services and significant harm to the public’s health, safety, and welfare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County Superior Court will consider the Governor’s request on Wednesday morning. If the court finds that a strike will significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the public's health, safety or welfare, an order will be issued enjoining the strike for a period of 60 days.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>One major Bay Area transit labor dispute has been settled. But another, involving the East Bay's AC Transit, appears to be far from resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown took the first step last week toward imposing a 60-day cooling-off period by appointing a board of inquiry to report on the battle between the bus agency and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192. The union represents drivers, mechanics and other district workers and set a strike deadline last week after rejecting two contract proposals. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>\"Many of our drivers are definitely afraid. ... They don't feel they're being protected\" against violence on the buses.\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Monday, both sides made their case to the three-member board. The panel, meeting at the state building in Oakland, also heard from community groups who said an AC Transit strike would prevent thousands of students from getting to school every day and have a deep impact on poor communities the system serves. More than 60 percent of AC Transit's riders have low incomes and don't own cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Taylor with the West Contra Costa School District told the board that schoolkids, especially those from rough neighborhoods, would be hit hard. \"They are put in harm's way each and every day as they walk, trying to get a place where they feel safe, where many of our kids will receive the only one or two meals they'll have that day,\" Taylor said.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more>-->\u003cbr>\nIn their presentation, AC Transit workers said the issue of violence on buses hadn't been adequately addressed in the two contracts they've rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our operators are definitely afraid,\" ATU 192 President Yvonne Williams said. \"I get calls at the union hall asking us to take operators, to take bus operators, off of different bus lines and different routes because they don't feel they're being protected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union says the need for restroom breaks also hasn't been addressed and that some drivers actually wear adult diapers because of the hours they're required to drive. Pay and medical benefits are other sticking points in the contract dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit said yesterday it's concerned about working conditions at the agency and is optimistic it can reach a new deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board of inquiry has until Wednesday to submit its fact-finding report to the governor, who will then decide whether to ask a court to impose a cooling-off period. AC Transit carries about 100,000 people a day. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This report is based on reporting by KQED's Bryan Goebel. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/29/news-pix-rim-fire-clean-up-bay-bridge-closure-and-berkeley-mourns-family-camp/bartallnight/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109117\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-109117\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/BARTallnight.jpg\" alt=\"A train pulls into Oakland's MacArthur station. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train pulls into Oakland's MacArthur station. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On News Fix:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers\" target=\"_blank\">National Transportation Safety Board investigators say\u003c/a> a trainee was at at the controls of the train that struck and killed two workers in Walnut Creek over the weekend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB said the train was moving at 60 to 70 mph when it hit the two workers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Guide: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/02/if-theres-a-bart-strike-here-are-your-options/\">During the BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/22/barts-runnng-again-but-commutes-not-quite-back-to-normal/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday BART Update: Trains Running, But Commute's Not Quite up to Speed\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:20 p.m. -- More information on the morning commute: \u003c/strong>Even though BART says trains will begin running at 4 a.m., \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">511.org\u003c/a> is saying that BART charter bus service will still be running in the morning to take up slack as rail service gets back to normal. San Francisco Bay Ferry also will continue running extra boats all day tomorrow for commuters from Oakland, Alameda, and Vallejo. If in doubt, our advice is to check \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">511.org \u003c/a> (or our guide, to the right of this post) for information on commute alternatives tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:40 p.m. -- Trains to run Tuesday morning: \u003c/strong>While BART officials and others (including this blog) had said BART service would resume Tuesday afternoon, the transit agency has announced that trains will begin running at 4 a.m. BART adds, though, that early-morning service may be limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>BART service resumes 4am, Tue., Oct. 22 following tentative labor agreement \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/hYqpW5vydk\">http://t.co/hYqpW5vydk\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— SFBART (@SFBART) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART/statuses/392526483668733952\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> BART and its unions have announced a tentative settlement in their contract dispute, an agreement that should have trains running again by early Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Arantes, president of the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021, broke the news of the settlement to a crowd of reporters waiting outside the Oakland headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. He apologized to Bay Area residents for the hardship they've endured during the strike and declared the settlement a victory for the unions' insistence on maintaining safety provisions in their contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were able to stand up for workers' rights, safety -- and the riders' safety,\" Arantes sadi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican signaled that the agency had retreated somewhat from its final offer last week, which included a demand for changes in the agency's work rules as well as a 12 percent pay increase and new pension and medical benefits payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will simply say that this offer is more than we wanted to pay,\" Crunican said. \"But it is also a new path in terms of our partnership with workers and helps us deliver the BART service of the future. We compromised to get to this place, as did our union members.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and union representatives were joined by several elected officials -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Assemblymember Bill Quirk and others. Newsom called on BART and the unions to make sure \"this is the last time this happens. I think everyone's fed up, and no one wants to see this ever happen again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, reminded the gathering of the weekend tragedy in which a BART train with a trainee at the controls struck and killed two workers along the system's right-of-way near Walnut Creek. \"I don't want it to be forgotten that two lives were lost\" during the strike, she said. \"I want those families to be remembered, and I want them to know we continue to extend our heartfelt condolences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>An announcement is about to happen. Officials are gathering and about to address the media. Now there's a debate about whether the announcement should be inside or outside the building. The reporters win -- it will be outside, in front of the assembled mics and cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>While we wait into the night once again for word on BART's status, a reminder: It will take BART awhile to get trains up and running if the strike is settled tonight. During the July strike, officials announced around 11 p.m. that the strike was being suspended to allow talks to continue for the next 30 days. But BART wasn't officially open until 3 p.m. the next afternoon, 16 hours after the news broke. With the caveat that I'm not running the trains myself, it's likely the earliest the trains would be running again would be Tuesday afternoon -- again, if the walkout is resolved tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you want to follow along live, \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's live video\u003c/a> is the way to go. One caveat: Having this on flashes back to last week, when we had night after night of waiting followed by late-night announcements of \"we're still talking, no strike tomorrow.\" The \"no strike\" part sure sounds pretty good about now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, here's what Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has to say about what to expect tonight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>At the Metropolitan Transportation Commission where the announcement of a settlement is expected shortly. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oakland&src=hash\">#Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jean Quan (@jeanquan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeanquan/statuses/392497612839858177\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you've been away from the news for awhile, as I have -- I've been \"commuting\" for the last four and a half hours -- here's what you've missed: Lots of elected officials have shown up at \u003cdel datetime=\"2013-10-22T04:11:32+00:00\">Caltrans District 4 Headquarters\u003c/del> Metropolitan Transportation Commission headquarters in Oakland as BART and its two biggest unions resumed contract negotiations with federal mediators today. The list includes Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and state Assemblymember Nancy Skinner of Berkeley. Reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/IsabeltheAngell\" target=\"_blank\">Isabel Angell,\u003c/a> transportation correspondent extraordinaire for KQED, KALW and WNYC's Transportation Nation, says senior officials from SEIU Local 1021 have trooped into the building in the last 15 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can also tell you that Gov. Jerry Brown's in the area -- I saw him doing an interview down at the Clay Street ferry landing in Oakland around 5:30 p.m. Not that he's necessarily directly involved in any of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expectation, in any case: We're close to an announcement about the resolution of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED's Isabel Angell spoke with BART spokesman Jim Allison about the negotiations that are currently underway: \"There are communications ... between the district, the mediator and the unions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison specifically mentioned the work rules, which have been the sticking point in the talks. \"It’s what is primarily known as 'beneficial past practices' that the district is seeking to change. These are practices that are informal, they’re agreed upon by the manager at the scene and the union member. ... We would like more flexibility there — that gif there are things that are inefficient or arcane, that we’re able make sure that we operate more efficiently. The goal here is not to ... erode the unions’ position in any way, the goal is to pay for the wage increases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison gave an example of a beneficial past practice: \"System service workers who do the janitorial work at our stations, they cannot clean above where they can reach, standing on the ground. They cannot use ladders... because of a beneficial past practice. So BART has to hire outside contractors to clean above the reach of our system service workers.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 4:35 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>KTVU's\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JanaKTVU://\"> Jana Katsuyama\u003c/a> just tweeted that the talks are progressing — \"only 2 items unresolved\" vs. the 5-6 on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mercury News' \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> reminds us that even if BART and the unions reach agreement, it'll take time to get the trains ready to roll:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keep in mind even a late-night end to the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> won't lead to trains running until tomorrow afternoon \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\">http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/392433199415963649\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:13 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24356883/bart-strike-update-possible-deal-could-get-trains\">reports\u003c/a>, \"An on-again-off-again gag order is back on, as both sides have declined to discuss any details from the table. The remaining issues are salary increases and various work rules for the system's 2,300 union workers...The unions said they had released a new proposal on Sunday night but details of the offer have been kept under wraps.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press is reporting that BART and its unions are resuming talks this afternoon, reportedly with an aim of getting trains running for the Tuesday morning commute. Here's part of the report from AP's Lisa Leff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OAKLAND — The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train agency and its unions plan to return to the bargaining table Monday, as a crippling transit strike continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Rick Rice said BART and the unions will resume negotiations sometime in the afternoon and BART hopes to reach an agreement by 6 p.m. so trains can begin running Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks had broken down Thursday, and the unions went on strike the following day.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other reports also suggested the two sides would return to bargaining today. Here's Michael Cabanatuan \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Meetings-being-arranged-to-end-BART-strike-4913959.php\" target=\"_blank\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Officials for BART and its striking unions are reportedly working with a federal mediator Monday to work out a settlement to the four-day-old strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the sensitive nature of crafting a deal both sides can live with, few details are available and no one is commenting publicly. Union and management sources say that they were in contact with a federal mediator over the weekend to discuss a possible end to the strike but that no face-to-face meetings had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of small meetings was being arranged Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the unions released a proposal that offered to end the dispute by modifying controversial contract language that BART contends has prevented technological advances and enshrined inefficiencies. The union offer proposed to allow for work rule changes regarding technology but retain rules on safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the same page, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Sovern\u003c/a> of KCBS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Breaking: Face-to-face talks resume amid hope for settlement in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTStrike&src=hash\">#BARTStrike\u003c/a>; BART says if there's a deal by 6pm trains will roll tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/statuses/392406554512609280\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART strike status as of 11 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Walkout is in its fourth day.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Talks:\u003c/strong> No new negotiations planned. The BART board canceled an emergency session planned for 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The commute\u003c/strong>: Lots of traffic out there and long lines for all alternate transit.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The casual commute:\u003c/strong> One exception to the misery: the 6:15 a.m. casual carpool from North Berkeley just sailed into the city.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> BART's two biggest unions say they've sent the agency's management a new proposal aimed at ending the the three-day-old strike. The offer was announced in a press release that contained no detail of the offer, but said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, the two unions representing the majority of BART workers, this evening delivered yet another offer to BART management aimed at ending the strike and getting the parties back into mediation to finish bargaining a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new counterproposal allows for the continued use of new technology in the workplace but protects workers from changes in work rules that would lead to unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, BART workers say, they will insist on retaining work rules to protect their members from workplace accidents, like the one that occurred yesterday, and that safeguard the riding public during normal revenue hours.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the story, you know that contract talks under the auspices of federal mediators broke down last Thursday when the unions rejected BART's demand for sweeping changes in work rules. The principal issue is in the area of \"beneficial practices,\" a contract provision that bars management from unilaterally changing practices that have been in place without consulting the unions. BART says that's prevented it from implementing new technology in some instances — a contention the unions challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight's union message says Saturday's accident in which a BART train struck and killed two workers illustrates the importance of the work rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The job of a BART worker can be very dangerous. That's why we receive a lot of training and it's why there are a lot of work rules,\" said Saul Almanza, who trains workers on wayside safety procedures and protocols. \"Work rules protect our members from the type of accidents that happened yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Workers should have a say in developing the rules and procedures that keep them safe,\" said John Arantes, president of the SEIU 1021 BART Chapter. \"But management has proposed a system by which they could change the rules unilaterally and that's reckless, radical and wrong.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We haven't seen any sign that BART has responded to the latest union message. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hints-BART-unions-in-touch-about-resuming-talks-4911975.php\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that SEIU Local 1021 officials say they've been in contact with federal mediators in hopes of getting talks restarted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> No indication yet that the two sides are getting back together to talk, so it's likely at this point that the work stoppage will continue into a fourth day Monday. BART's board has scheduled a special closed session for 3 p.m. Monday, presumably to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:10 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, says she'll submit BART's final contract offer to a membership vote. But at a rally at BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point station today, Bryant also predicted that the 900 BART employees in the local will reject the contract with \"a resounding no.\" The proposal includes a 12 percent pay increase over four years, new pension contributions and increased medical benefit payments and sweeping changes in work rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That dispute over work rules, including issues like scheduling, overtime policies and protection for workers who complain about management conduct, scuttled negotiations on Thursday. ATU 1555 and the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 both want the work-rules dispute submitted to an outside arbitrator. BART has rejected that suggestion, saying it would only consider submitting the entire agreement to arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART management has urged the unions to put its proposal to a vote. Agency officials have also said the offer is retroactive to July 5 — but only if both unions approve it within two weeks (BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced the two-week limit last Sunday, then repeated it when talks broke down on Thursday). Membership of both unions would need to approve the offer to end the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATU's Bryant said she didn't know yet when her members will vote on the proposal. As of early Saturday afternoon, there are no new talks planned in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also of note today: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A new message from BART's Crunican\u003c/a> about what's at stake in the strike. She emphasizes again the work rule changes — a subject that neither side said anything about publicly until the last few days — and says the contract battle \"is about the future\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The BART Board has shown great leadership over the last two years defining the investments necessary for an aging system by agreeing to an essential package of upgrades. A new fleet of train cars is under design with active public participation. A new train control system will allow us to run more trains to meet escalating rush hour demands. We need to expand our maintenance facilities to accommodate a new fleet of cars, and new service to San Jose, the Oakland Airport and eastern Contra Costa County. Our stations need upgrades for technology, energy efficiency and safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 6:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART management has rejected the unions' proposal to end the strike tonight at 10 p.m. Spokesman Jim Allison said management will consider arbitration, but \"only arbitration of the entire package\" and not just of the outstanding work rules. The unions earlier this evening asked that the work rules be submitted to arbitration. (See below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday PM commute report:\u003c/strong> On Friday afternoon, traffic maps show jammed roads in San Francisco that lead to eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Cars were backed up for at least 10 blocks along downtown streets; motorists waiting to cross the bridge reported waiting up to 45 minutes. Lines for the charter buses were long. On social media, people complained of commutes that were one or two more hours than usual. The San Francisco Bay Ferry service was also busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note to carpoolers: Dedicated carpool lanes remained relatively clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said many commuters sought alternative routes, leading to multiple congested corridors such as highways 880, 24 and 37.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 5 and 10 a.m. this morning, Bay Area traffic delays increased around 30 percent above normal, according to Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus. He said that the biggest increase was on Highway 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The carpool lane leading up to the Bay Bridge saw around 50 to 100 percent more traffic than a typical Friday, Haus said. Highways 580 and 880 saw delays around twice as high as normal around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Friday \u003c/strong>Leaders of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 have sent a letter to BART General Manager Grace Crunican and the BART board of directors proposing a \"Rider First Plan\" that could end the strike as early as 10 p.m. tonight. The unions underscore their agreement with management on health care, pensions and wages. On the workplace rules that have proved to be the sticking point, the letter says \"we would submit to and accept the results of a final and binding interest arbitration.\" Here is the letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View BART union letter: SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/177266771/BART-union-letter-SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813\">Letter to BART management from SEIU1021 and ATU1555\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_64862\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/177266771/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercury News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a>, however, noted that the plan offered by the unions is nothing new:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>To recap: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> unions said they had plan that could end strike, submit plan, & it is exactly the same plan as they offered yesterday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/391361576113938432\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:30 p.m. Friday. \u003c/strong>What happened today: Picketing, and a rally and briefing, as both BART management and the striking union workers sought to explain and clarify their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 workers and supporters gathered at noon at Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland for a rally to protest what they say are unfair labor practices by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART workers wore Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 T-shirts. ATU Local 1555 representative and BART train operator Chris Finn spoke at the rally, saying the unions did all they could to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of negotiations, he said, BART management \"brought up a proposal ... to effectively kill unions' rights to bargain.\" Finn also said, \"They are intent on causing a strike. They are hoping the public will not support it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today at BART headquarters in Oakland, General Manager Grace Crunican said that management wants to change work rules for its employees in order to save money and make the transit system operate more efficiently. The unions allege that management derailed contract talks by asking for the work rule changes this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART officials countered that management has been asking for work rule changes since contract negotiations began in April. The management officials, who didn't want to be identified, said the changes they are seeking would save tens of millions of dollars a year and help pay for the wage increases BART is offering employees. The savings would also help pay for future improvements in the transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican refuted statements made by union leadership about how negotiations broke down and lead to the strike. She said management agreed to an economic package tied to work rule reforms, and that the unions \u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">\"grabbed the salary offer, but balked at the work rule changes.\" Union leaders, she said, went on to announce a strike Thursday afternoon and \"falsely announced an agreement on salary.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">Crunican said BART management would consider having arbitration on an overall salary, health care, pension and work rules package. When announcing strike plans Thursday, SEIU Local 1021 chief negotiator Josie Mooney said the unions offered to go to arbitration over proposed work rule changes, but management refused.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(With contributions from Bay City News.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Early this morning, KQED's Scott Shafer asked Nancy Pelosi about her views of the BART strike: \"I hope that they can come back to the table to have a fair resolution of this, that is good for the workers and good for management, and is about safety and about respect for the workers, as well,\" Pelosi said. See the interview below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/sH2GvPU_3dM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> BART's current status, 11:30 a.m. Friday\u003c/strong> Striking BART workers are picketing at stations throughout the transit system after marathon contract talks broke down over how to resolve a dispute over work rules. No new talks have been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The commute:\u003c/strong> Alternate bus and ferry service has been crowded. Some boat passengers at Oakland's Jack London Square have reported waiting over an hour to get aboard. Traffic has been seriously impacted on all the East Bay approaches to the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The backstory (with thanks to The California Report's Rachael Myrow, who wrote it):\u003c/strong> BART workers are on strike again for the second time in four months. Despite a reported deal on wages, pensions and benefits, the talks foundered over changes to work rules proposed by management. Union negotiators claim these requests were intended to sink the talks at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pete Castelli is executive director of SEIU Local 1021, which represents more than 1,400 members. He described management's insistence on extensive changes in work rules as \"a poison pill. Trade your paycheck for your rights. That’s where they left us and that’s when it fell apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What work rule changes are they talking about? Union reps say the sticking points are scheduling flexibility and protections for whistle-blowers reporting favoritism, sexual harassment and so on. What does management say? Here's BART Board President Tom Radulovich: \"I believe we’ve offered our unions the best wage and benefit package in the country. But unfortunately we’re saddled with one of the worst sets of work rules in the country, which create a terrific amount of inefficiency. We need to correct that.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were able to stand up for workers' rights, safety -- and the riders' safety,\" Arantes sadi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican signaled that the agency had retreated somewhat from its final offer last week, which included a demand for changes in the agency's work rules as well as a 12 percent pay increase and new pension and medical benefits payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will simply say that this offer is more than we wanted to pay,\" Crunican said. \"But it is also a new path in terms of our partnership with workers and helps us deliver the BART service of the future. We compromised to get to this place, as did our union members.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and union representatives were joined by several elected officials -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Assemblymember Bill Quirk and others. Newsom called on BART and the unions to make sure \"this is the last time this happens. I think everyone's fed up, and no one wants to see this ever happen again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, reminded the gathering of the weekend tragedy in which a BART train with a trainee at the controls struck and killed two workers along the system's right-of-way near Walnut Creek. \"I don't want it to be forgotten that two lives were lost\" during the strike, she said. \"I want those families to be remembered, and I want them to know we continue to extend our heartfelt condolences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>An announcement is about to happen. Officials are gathering and about to address the media. Now there's a debate about whether the announcement should be inside or outside the building. The reporters win -- it will be outside, in front of the assembled mics and cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>While we wait into the night once again for word on BART's status, a reminder: It will take BART awhile to get trains up and running if the strike is settled tonight. During the July strike, officials announced around 11 p.m. that the strike was being suspended to allow talks to continue for the next 30 days. But BART wasn't officially open until 3 p.m. the next afternoon, 16 hours after the news broke. With the caveat that I'm not running the trains myself, it's likely the earliest the trains would be running again would be Tuesday afternoon -- again, if the walkout is resolved tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you want to follow along live, \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's live video\u003c/a> is the way to go. One caveat: Having this on flashes back to last week, when we had night after night of waiting followed by late-night announcements of \"we're still talking, no strike tomorrow.\" The \"no strike\" part sure sounds pretty good about now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, here's what Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has to say about what to expect tonight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>At the Metropolitan Transportation Commission where the announcement of a settlement is expected shortly. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oakland&src=hash\">#Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jean Quan (@jeanquan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeanquan/statuses/392497612839858177\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you've been away from the news for awhile, as I have -- I've been \"commuting\" for the last four and a half hours -- here's what you've missed: Lots of elected officials have shown up at \u003cdel datetime=\"2013-10-22T04:11:32+00:00\">Caltrans District 4 Headquarters\u003c/del> Metropolitan Transportation Commission headquarters in Oakland as BART and its two biggest unions resumed contract negotiations with federal mediators today. The list includes Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and state Assemblymember Nancy Skinner of Berkeley. Reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/IsabeltheAngell\" target=\"_blank\">Isabel Angell,\u003c/a> transportation correspondent extraordinaire for KQED, KALW and WNYC's Transportation Nation, says senior officials from SEIU Local 1021 have trooped into the building in the last 15 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can also tell you that Gov. Jerry Brown's in the area -- I saw him doing an interview down at the Clay Street ferry landing in Oakland around 5:30 p.m. Not that he's necessarily directly involved in any of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expectation, in any case: We're close to an announcement about the resolution of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED's Isabel Angell spoke with BART spokesman Jim Allison about the negotiations that are currently underway: \"There are communications ... between the district, the mediator and the unions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison specifically mentioned the work rules, which have been the sticking point in the talks. \"It’s what is primarily known as 'beneficial past practices' that the district is seeking to change. These are practices that are informal, they’re agreed upon by the manager at the scene and the union member. ... We would like more flexibility there — that gif there are things that are inefficient or arcane, that we’re able make sure that we operate more efficiently. The goal here is not to ... erode the unions’ position in any way, the goal is to pay for the wage increases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison gave an example of a beneficial past practice: \"System service workers who do the janitorial work at our stations, they cannot clean above where they can reach, standing on the ground. They cannot use ladders... because of a beneficial past practice. So BART has to hire outside contractors to clean above the reach of our system service workers.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 4:35 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>KTVU's\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JanaKTVU://\"> Jana Katsuyama\u003c/a> just tweeted that the talks are progressing — \"only 2 items unresolved\" vs. the 5-6 on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mercury News' \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> reminds us that even if BART and the unions reach agreement, it'll take time to get the trains ready to roll:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keep in mind even a late-night end to the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> won't lead to trains running until tomorrow afternoon \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\">http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/392433199415963649\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:13 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24356883/bart-strike-update-possible-deal-could-get-trains\">reports\u003c/a>, \"An on-again-off-again gag order is back on, as both sides have declined to discuss any details from the table. The remaining issues are salary increases and various work rules for the system's 2,300 union workers...The unions said they had released a new proposal on Sunday night but details of the offer have been kept under wraps.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press is reporting that BART and its unions are resuming talks this afternoon, reportedly with an aim of getting trains running for the Tuesday morning commute. Here's part of the report from AP's Lisa Leff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OAKLAND — The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train agency and its unions plan to return to the bargaining table Monday, as a crippling transit strike continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Rick Rice said BART and the unions will resume negotiations sometime in the afternoon and BART hopes to reach an agreement by 6 p.m. so trains can begin running Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks had broken down Thursday, and the unions went on strike the following day.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other reports also suggested the two sides would return to bargaining today. Here's Michael Cabanatuan \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Meetings-being-arranged-to-end-BART-strike-4913959.php\" target=\"_blank\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Officials for BART and its striking unions are reportedly working with a federal mediator Monday to work out a settlement to the four-day-old strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the sensitive nature of crafting a deal both sides can live with, few details are available and no one is commenting publicly. Union and management sources say that they were in contact with a federal mediator over the weekend to discuss a possible end to the strike but that no face-to-face meetings had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of small meetings was being arranged Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the unions released a proposal that offered to end the dispute by modifying controversial contract language that BART contends has prevented technological advances and enshrined inefficiencies. The union offer proposed to allow for work rule changes regarding technology but retain rules on safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the same page, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Sovern\u003c/a> of KCBS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Breaking: Face-to-face talks resume amid hope for settlement in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTStrike&src=hash\">#BARTStrike\u003c/a>; BART says if there's a deal by 6pm trains will roll tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/statuses/392406554512609280\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART strike status as of 11 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Walkout is in its fourth day.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Talks:\u003c/strong> No new negotiations planned. The BART board canceled an emergency session planned for 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The commute\u003c/strong>: Lots of traffic out there and long lines for all alternate transit.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The casual commute:\u003c/strong> One exception to the misery: the 6:15 a.m. casual carpool from North Berkeley just sailed into the city.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> BART's two biggest unions say they've sent the agency's management a new proposal aimed at ending the the three-day-old strike. The offer was announced in a press release that contained no detail of the offer, but said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, the two unions representing the majority of BART workers, this evening delivered yet another offer to BART management aimed at ending the strike and getting the parties back into mediation to finish bargaining a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new counterproposal allows for the continued use of new technology in the workplace but protects workers from changes in work rules that would lead to unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, BART workers say, they will insist on retaining work rules to protect their members from workplace accidents, like the one that occurred yesterday, and that safeguard the riding public during normal revenue hours.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the story, you know that contract talks under the auspices of federal mediators broke down last Thursday when the unions rejected BART's demand for sweeping changes in work rules. The principal issue is in the area of \"beneficial practices,\" a contract provision that bars management from unilaterally changing practices that have been in place without consulting the unions. BART says that's prevented it from implementing new technology in some instances — a contention the unions challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight's union message says Saturday's accident in which a BART train struck and killed two workers illustrates the importance of the work rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The job of a BART worker can be very dangerous. That's why we receive a lot of training and it's why there are a lot of work rules,\" said Saul Almanza, who trains workers on wayside safety procedures and protocols. \"Work rules protect our members from the type of accidents that happened yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Workers should have a say in developing the rules and procedures that keep them safe,\" said John Arantes, president of the SEIU 1021 BART Chapter. \"But management has proposed a system by which they could change the rules unilaterally and that's reckless, radical and wrong.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We haven't seen any sign that BART has responded to the latest union message. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hints-BART-unions-in-touch-about-resuming-talks-4911975.php\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that SEIU Local 1021 officials say they've been in contact with federal mediators in hopes of getting talks restarted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> No indication yet that the two sides are getting back together to talk, so it's likely at this point that the work stoppage will continue into a fourth day Monday. BART's board has scheduled a special closed session for 3 p.m. Monday, presumably to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:10 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, says she'll submit BART's final contract offer to a membership vote. But at a rally at BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point station today, Bryant also predicted that the 900 BART employees in the local will reject the contract with \"a resounding no.\" The proposal includes a 12 percent pay increase over four years, new pension contributions and increased medical benefit payments and sweeping changes in work rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That dispute over work rules, including issues like scheduling, overtime policies and protection for workers who complain about management conduct, scuttled negotiations on Thursday. ATU 1555 and the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 both want the work-rules dispute submitted to an outside arbitrator. BART has rejected that suggestion, saying it would only consider submitting the entire agreement to arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART management has urged the unions to put its proposal to a vote. Agency officials have also said the offer is retroactive to July 5 — but only if both unions approve it within two weeks (BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced the two-week limit last Sunday, then repeated it when talks broke down on Thursday). Membership of both unions would need to approve the offer to end the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATU's Bryant said she didn't know yet when her members will vote on the proposal. As of early Saturday afternoon, there are no new talks planned in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also of note today: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A new message from BART's Crunican\u003c/a> about what's at stake in the strike. She emphasizes again the work rule changes — a subject that neither side said anything about publicly until the last few days — and says the contract battle \"is about the future\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The BART Board has shown great leadership over the last two years defining the investments necessary for an aging system by agreeing to an essential package of upgrades. A new fleet of train cars is under design with active public participation. A new train control system will allow us to run more trains to meet escalating rush hour demands. We need to expand our maintenance facilities to accommodate a new fleet of cars, and new service to San Jose, the Oakland Airport and eastern Contra Costa County. Our stations need upgrades for technology, energy efficiency and safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 6:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART management has rejected the unions' proposal to end the strike tonight at 10 p.m. Spokesman Jim Allison said management will consider arbitration, but \"only arbitration of the entire package\" and not just of the outstanding work rules. The unions earlier this evening asked that the work rules be submitted to arbitration. (See below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday PM commute report:\u003c/strong> On Friday afternoon, traffic maps show jammed roads in San Francisco that lead to eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Cars were backed up for at least 10 blocks along downtown streets; motorists waiting to cross the bridge reported waiting up to 45 minutes. Lines for the charter buses were long. On social media, people complained of commutes that were one or two more hours than usual. The San Francisco Bay Ferry service was also busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note to carpoolers: Dedicated carpool lanes remained relatively clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said many commuters sought alternative routes, leading to multiple congested corridors such as highways 880, 24 and 37.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 5 and 10 a.m. this morning, Bay Area traffic delays increased around 30 percent above normal, according to Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus. He said that the biggest increase was on Highway 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The carpool lane leading up to the Bay Bridge saw around 50 to 100 percent more traffic than a typical Friday, Haus said. Highways 580 and 880 saw delays around twice as high as normal around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Friday \u003c/strong>Leaders of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 have sent a letter to BART General Manager Grace Crunican and the BART board of directors proposing a \"Rider First Plan\" that could end the strike as early as 10 p.m. tonight. The unions underscore their agreement with management on health care, pensions and wages. On the workplace rules that have proved to be the sticking point, the letter says \"we would submit to and accept the results of a final and binding interest arbitration.\" Here is the letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View BART union letter: SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/177266771/BART-union-letter-SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813\">Letter to BART management from SEIU1021 and ATU1555\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_64862\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/177266771/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercury News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a>, however, noted that the plan offered by the unions is nothing new:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>To recap: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> unions said they had plan that could end strike, submit plan, & it is exactly the same plan as they offered yesterday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/391361576113938432\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:30 p.m. Friday. \u003c/strong>What happened today: Picketing, and a rally and briefing, as both BART management and the striking union workers sought to explain and clarify their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 workers and supporters gathered at noon at Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland for a rally to protest what they say are unfair labor practices by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART workers wore Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 T-shirts. ATU Local 1555 representative and BART train operator Chris Finn spoke at the rally, saying the unions did all they could to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of negotiations, he said, BART management \"brought up a proposal ... to effectively kill unions' rights to bargain.\" Finn also said, \"They are intent on causing a strike. They are hoping the public will not support it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today at BART headquarters in Oakland, General Manager Grace Crunican said that management wants to change work rules for its employees in order to save money and make the transit system operate more efficiently. The unions allege that management derailed contract talks by asking for the work rule changes this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART officials countered that management has been asking for work rule changes since contract negotiations began in April. The management officials, who didn't want to be identified, said the changes they are seeking would save tens of millions of dollars a year and help pay for the wage increases BART is offering employees. The savings would also help pay for future improvements in the transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican refuted statements made by union leadership about how negotiations broke down and lead to the strike. She said management agreed to an economic package tied to work rule reforms, and that the unions \u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">\"grabbed the salary offer, but balked at the work rule changes.\" Union leaders, she said, went on to announce a strike Thursday afternoon and \"falsely announced an agreement on salary.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">Crunican said BART management would consider having arbitration on an overall salary, health care, pension and work rules package. When announcing strike plans Thursday, SEIU Local 1021 chief negotiator Josie Mooney said the unions offered to go to arbitration over proposed work rule changes, but management refused.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(With contributions from Bay City News.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Early this morning, KQED's Scott Shafer asked Nancy Pelosi about her views of the BART strike: \"I hope that they can come back to the table to have a fair resolution of this, that is good for the workers and good for management, and is about safety and about respect for the workers, as well,\" Pelosi said. 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Despite a reported deal on wages, pensions and benefits, the talks foundered over changes to work rules proposed by management. Union negotiators claim these requests were intended to sink the talks at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pete Castelli is executive director of SEIU Local 1021, which represents more than 1,400 members. He described management's insistence on extensive changes in work rules as \"a poison pill. Trade your paycheck for your rights. That’s where they left us and that’s when it fell apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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