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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/rs7111_bart_strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115501\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7111_BART_Strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's what I glean from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\">online comments\u003c/a> about our second BART strike in four months: Most feel BART's workers are both overpaid and personally undeserving of the salaries they make. Many express frustration about their apparent lack of ability to do anything to stop the walkout. And some have some ideas for how to change things so that BART can't strike again. (One representative BART comment thread is here:.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the commenters' ideas in a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, let's acknowledge there is a murmur of dissent among the anti-strike comments -- a handful of commenters pleading the case of the BART workers and defending unions for helping some attain a living wage. (See the end of the post for a couple examples.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the volume is a lot louder from the other side. Some commenters state a rational proposition based on reporting that's out there about BART worker salaries -- comments along the lines of \"I've always sympathized with unions, but what they get and what they're asking for is way out of line with labor market realities.\" But though I haven't gone through and made a comment matrix of anti-BART strike commenters to separate all the emotional and ideological strands, I think it's fair to say the frustration that most of them express goes well beyond logical market arguments. Some commenters accuse workers of being greedy, of being lazy, of not being grateful for having jobs in in hard economic times. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-46-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115484\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.46-AM-e1382125833767.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.46 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some comments focus on the modest educational requirements for positions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/Train_Operator_OB160-08.doc\" target=\"_blank\">train operator \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/StationAgent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">station agent\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-18-49-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115486\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115486\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.18.49-AM-e1382125771966.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.18.49 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"167\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now, let's look at suggested remedies from the audience. Here's a list based on my estimate of how frequently the idea has been suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Fire and/or lock out all the workers and replace them.\u003c/strong> We've already heard from this camp above, but here's another comment for good measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-14-12-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115488\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.14.12-AM-e1382125662379.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.14.12 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"119\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Pass laws to ban strikes by workers at BART and other transit agencies. \u003c/strong>This is an idea that's clearly gaining popularity with both Republicans in the state Legislature and an East Bay Assembly candidate pushing for a change in state law:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-17-07-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115487\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115487\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.17.07-AM-e1382125689493.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.17.07 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Automate BART trains so they don't need unionized drivers anymore.\u003c/strong> Commenters like to point out that the Bay Area is the center of universal technological innovation (except for all those bullet trains and cool transit systems in Japan, France, Germany, China and Britain). This idea isn't so far out. Vancouver, B.C., \u003ca href=\"http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/driverless-rapid-transit-why-it-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\">already has such a system\u003c/a>. And as a recent article in TechCrunch \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/17/could-bart-automate-train-drivers/?ncid=twittersocialshare\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a>, Paris has installed a driverless system on one of its Metro lines and London's studying the idea for its underground. Here's a comment that mixes a couple of our themes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-2-26-02-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115526\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115526\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-2.26.02-PM-e1382131612345.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 2.26.02 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Form a riders' union to \"strike back\" against BART workers' union. \u003c/strong>Again, this isn't a wacky idea. For instance, riders' groups have formed in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities. (What's unknown to me, frankly, is how effective they are in influencing transportation policy and whether they have the clout to effectively participate in contract battles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-09-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115485\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.09-AM-e1382125800122.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.09 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"109\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there a counter-trend? Pro-union people coming to the defense of the union's and the idea of collective bargaining? There is, but compared to the volume typically employed by the anti-strikers, they're speaking in a whisper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-32-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115510\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.32-PM-e1382130247630.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.32 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"116\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-43-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115509\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.43-PM-e1382130276832.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.43 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/rs7111_bart_strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115501\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7111_BART_Strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's what I glean from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\">online comments\u003c/a> about our second BART strike in four months: Most feel BART's workers are both overpaid and personally undeserving of the salaries they make. Many express frustration about their apparent lack of ability to do anything to stop the walkout. And some have some ideas for how to change things so that BART can't strike again. (One representative BART comment thread is here:.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the commenters' ideas in a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, let's acknowledge there is a murmur of dissent among the anti-strike comments -- a handful of commenters pleading the case of the BART workers and defending unions for helping some attain a living wage. (See the end of the post for a couple examples.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the volume is a lot louder from the other side. Some commenters state a rational proposition based on reporting that's out there about BART worker salaries -- comments along the lines of \"I've always sympathized with unions, but what they get and what they're asking for is way out of line with labor market realities.\" But though I haven't gone through and made a comment matrix of anti-BART strike commenters to separate all the emotional and ideological strands, I think it's fair to say the frustration that most of them express goes well beyond logical market arguments. Some commenters accuse workers of being greedy, of being lazy, of not being grateful for having jobs in in hard economic times. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-46-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115484\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.46-AM-e1382125833767.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.46 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some comments focus on the modest educational requirements for positions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/Train_Operator_OB160-08.doc\" target=\"_blank\">train operator \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/StationAgent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">station agent\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-18-49-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115486\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115486\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.18.49-AM-e1382125771966.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.18.49 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"167\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now, let's look at suggested remedies from the audience. Here's a list based on my estimate of how frequently the idea has been suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Fire and/or lock out all the workers and replace them.\u003c/strong> We've already heard from this camp above, but here's another comment for good measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-14-12-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115488\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.14.12-AM-e1382125662379.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.14.12 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"119\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Pass laws to ban strikes by workers at BART and other transit agencies. \u003c/strong>This is an idea that's clearly gaining popularity with both Republicans in the state Legislature and an East Bay Assembly candidate pushing for a change in state law:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-17-07-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115487\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115487\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.17.07-AM-e1382125689493.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.17.07 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Automate BART trains so they don't need unionized drivers anymore.\u003c/strong> Commenters like to point out that the Bay Area is the center of universal technological innovation (except for all those bullet trains and cool transit systems in Japan, France, Germany, China and Britain). This idea isn't so far out. Vancouver, B.C., \u003ca href=\"http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/driverless-rapid-transit-why-it-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\">already has such a system\u003c/a>. And as a recent article in TechCrunch \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/17/could-bart-automate-train-drivers/?ncid=twittersocialshare\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a>, Paris has installed a driverless system on one of its Metro lines and London's studying the idea for its underground. Here's a comment that mixes a couple of our themes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-2-26-02-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115526\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115526\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-2.26.02-PM-e1382131612345.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 2.26.02 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Form a riders' union to \"strike back\" against BART workers' union. \u003c/strong>Again, this isn't a wacky idea. For instance, riders' groups have formed in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities. (What's unknown to me, frankly, is how effective they are in influencing transportation policy and whether they have the clout to effectively participate in contract battles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-09-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115485\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.09-AM-e1382125800122.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.09 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"109\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there a counter-trend? Pro-union people coming to the defense of the union's and the idea of collective bargaining? There is, but compared to the volume typically employed by the anti-strikers, they're speaking in a whisper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-32-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115510\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.32-PM-e1382130247630.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.32 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"116\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-43-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115509\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.43-PM-e1382130276832.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.43 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115421\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/striking.jpg\" alt=\"striking\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\">BART workers on strike\u003c/a> showed up to their 4 a.m. shift on Friday, October 18, and took to the street in front of Lake Merritt BART station to picket. Unions and BART management made progress during this week's negotiations on pay, pensions and health benefits, but work rules and conditions remained a sticking point. The Bay Area had been watching the negotiations all week with a sense of foreboding after BART unions gave notice they could strike as early as Sunday night, October 13. (Deborah Svoboda / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115403\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/charter-bus.jpg\" alt=\"charter bus\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003cbr>\nEarly morning commuters board BART charter buses in El Cerrito for their commute to San Francisco. (Isabel Angell / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115407\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/PhotoWeek131018vallejoline.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek131018vallejoline\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\nBefore the sun had fully risen commuters in Vallejo lined up for the ferry to San Francisco. 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AC Transit union workers had planned to strike on Thursday, but Gov. Brown stepped in to initiate what is likely to be a 60-day cooling-off period. (Molly Samuel / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115410\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/PhotoWeek131018bikecommute.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek131018bikecommute\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\nFor those not commuting over the Bay Bridge Friday morning, the commute was calmer. Cyclists waited to cross Stanyan Street leaving Golden Gate Park headed towards downtown. As the morning fog lifts, there's no sense that this commute is any different from other days. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102446\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-Strike.jpg\" alt=\"(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 18:\u003c/strong> We're republishing our colleague Jon Brooks' post from the July BART strike. The question asked here is still one that's central to the BART labor dispute. The financial segment of the BART contract is separate from the dispute over work rules that brought the agency's contract talks with unions to an end yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (July 3, 2013): \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's just something about a three-hour commute that lends itself to the casting of blame. To that end, we're guessing that as you've sat in stop-and-crawl traffic or waited in an interminable ferry line, you may have caught yourself contemplating whom you most want to fall to their knees and admit to a heinous crime against you, personally: management or labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\">\u003cstrong>Current and average projected wages of striking BART workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area?Entity=Bay%20Area%20Rapid%20Transit&appSession=11716134716685&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=asc&CPIorderby=TCOE&cbCurrentPageSize=250\" target=\"_blank\">Compensation for all BART employees\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> Well, here's some data to help you figure that out, if you're so inclined. Daniel Willis of the Bay Area News Group, using the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2012\" target=\"_blank\">2012 public employee salary database\u003c/a>, has put together its \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>best estimates\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> of current average salaries by bargaining unit ... as well as the projected future salaries under both proposed contracts as of 8 pm on July 2.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> to not only see the average and median base and gross salaries of the employees represented by the two big unions on strike, ATU and SEIU, but also what they'd make under their own latest proposal and BART's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind the info does not include health and pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area News Group says it will keep updating the page as new contracts are proposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows employees from the two striking unions make around $78,000 to $81,000, including overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Census Bureau said the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-income-beats-state-U-S-census-shows-2309174.php\" target=\"_blank\">2010 median household income\u003c/a> in San Francisco was $71,745, or $76,644 in 2013 inflation-adjusted dollars. In Marin it was $83,867 ($89,593); Alameda County $67,169 ($71,755); Contra Costa $83,867 ($89,593); San Mateo County $82,745 ($88,395).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#%21/on-air/as-seen-on/Reality-Check--Breaking-Down-BART-Negotiation-Claims/213923141\" target=\"_blank\">report by NBC Bay Area\u003c/a> Monday night examining the specifics of what the unions have been asking for and what BART has offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in public employee pay, the Sacramento Bee has posted \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2013/07/what-california-state-workers-earn-the-grand-finale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&\" target=\"_blank\">salary information for state workers\u003c/a>, sorted by bargaining unit. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The dispute\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART workers have not had a raise in five years. They say that they have taken a hit during the financial crisis, which decimated government coffers, and now they are trying to make that up. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with having employees contribute to rising health care and pension costs. Workers pay $92 per month for health insurance, regardless of how many dependents are on the plan. They do not contribute to their pensions, and they do not receive social security benefits.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nOn KQED Radio's \"Forum\" program on Monday, Randy Rentschler, director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), said that the dispute between BART employees and management is part of a larger conflict going on between public workers and governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over time, public agencies have sought to protect their workers from increasing health care costs that have really snarled our economy for decades,\" he said. \"I think that both sides are really stuck in this kind of national issue of rising health care costs, pensions that are difficult; and you can see that those are the two sticking points. .... Whether or not the two sides can find a middle ground on that subject is still an open question.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Chronicle political columnist Phil Matier agrees. He said on \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/show/phil-matier/#\" target=\"_blank\">KCBS\u003c/a> Monday ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bottom line (if) you listen to both sides, is that this is not just about BART — it’s about all the municipal unions. These public employees feel like they have been furloughed and they have been dealt spending cuts repeatedly over the years. With the economy on the mend, the money is coming back and the boards of directors are finding other ways to spend it because they say there are other needs. Union leaders, I don’t think, can sell the membership a package that continues to what appears to be a net loss—whether it’s the city of Oakland, BART, or any public service.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Alicia Trost, spokeswoman for BART, said on the \"Forum\" show that the agency is \"trying to figure out a balance between investing in our employees and investing in our system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping the strike allows our employees to let off some steam,\" she said. \"Maybe that’ll help get us back to the table and come up with a reasonable compromise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, chief negotiator for SEIU 1021, said that what BART characterized as an offer of a wage increase really amounted to no net benefit for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I give you a quarter in Paragraph 1 and then I take it away in Paragraph 2, that still amounts to zero,\" she said. \"So while BART management has put a 5 percent raise on Page 1 ... they've taken it away on Page 4.\" Mooney said that means the gains in salary that \u003cem>\u003c/em>workers would win under BART's proposal would be effectively nullified by a requirement that workers contribute an equivalent amount to their pensions. Citing \"millions of dollars of surplus,\" Mooney said that BART's offer does not acknowledge that \"the system is in great shape\" and that \"ridership is up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART's Alicia Trost, however, said, \"We don't have a surplus. We have a tremendous unfunded capital need.\" She said in coming years, BART wants to buy 1,000 new train cars and a new train-control system, costs to which the agency will have to contribute 25 percent.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind the info does not include health and pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area News Group says it will keep updating the page as new contracts are proposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows employees from the two striking unions make around $78,000 to $81,000, including overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Census Bureau said the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-income-beats-state-U-S-census-shows-2309174.php\" target=\"_blank\">2010 median household income\u003c/a> in San Francisco was $71,745, or $76,644 in 2013 inflation-adjusted dollars. In Marin it was $83,867 ($89,593); Alameda County $67,169 ($71,755); Contra Costa $83,867 ($89,593); San Mateo County $82,745 ($88,395).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#%21/on-air/as-seen-on/Reality-Check--Breaking-Down-BART-Negotiation-Claims/213923141\" target=\"_blank\">report by NBC Bay Area\u003c/a> Monday night examining the specifics of what the unions have been asking for and what BART has offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in public employee pay, the Sacramento Bee has posted \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2013/07/what-california-state-workers-earn-the-grand-finale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&\" target=\"_blank\">salary information for state workers\u003c/a>, sorted by bargaining unit. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The dispute\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART workers have not had a raise in five years. They say that they have taken a hit during the financial crisis, which decimated government coffers, and now they are trying to make that up. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with having employees contribute to rising health care and pension costs. Workers pay $92 per month for health insurance, regardless of how many dependents are on the plan. They do not contribute to their pensions, and they do not receive social security benefits.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nOn KQED Radio's \"Forum\" program on Monday, Randy Rentschler, director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), said that the dispute between BART employees and management is part of a larger conflict going on between public workers and governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over time, public agencies have sought to protect their workers from increasing health care costs that have really snarled our economy for decades,\" he said. \"I think that both sides are really stuck in this kind of national issue of rising health care costs, pensions that are difficult; and you can see that those are the two sticking points. .... Whether or not the two sides can find a middle ground on that subject is still an open question.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Chronicle political columnist Phil Matier agrees. He said on \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/show/phil-matier/#\" target=\"_blank\">KCBS\u003c/a> Monday ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bottom line (if) you listen to both sides, is that this is not just about BART — it’s about all the municipal unions. These public employees feel like they have been furloughed and they have been dealt spending cuts repeatedly over the years. With the economy on the mend, the money is coming back and the boards of directors are finding other ways to spend it because they say there are other needs. Union leaders, I don’t think, can sell the membership a package that continues to what appears to be a net loss—whether it’s the city of Oakland, BART, or any public service.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Alicia Trost, spokeswoman for BART, said on the \"Forum\" show that the agency is \"trying to figure out a balance between investing in our employees and investing in our system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping the strike allows our employees to let off some steam,\" she said. \"Maybe that’ll help get us back to the table and come up with a reasonable compromise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, chief negotiator for SEIU 1021, said that what BART characterized as an offer of a wage increase really amounted to no net benefit for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I give you a quarter in Paragraph 1 and then I take it away in Paragraph 2, that still amounts to zero,\" she said. \"So while BART management has put a 5 percent raise on Page 1 ... they've taken it away on Page 4.\" Mooney said that means the gains in salary that \u003cem>\u003c/em>workers would win under BART's proposal would be effectively nullified by a requirement that workers contribute an equivalent amount to their pensions. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue/rs7071_007-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115417\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115417\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7071_007-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"BART workers picket at the system's Lake Merritt station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART workers picket at the system's Lake Merritt station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/bart-strike-update-day-1\" target=\"blank\">Friday BART Strike Update: Monster Commute, No Talks Planned\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guide:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/02/if-theres-a-bart-strike-here-are-your-options/\" target=\"_blank\">During the BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Current status, 8:30 a.m. Friday\u003c/strong> The commute into San Francisco has been, as expected, pretty awful. Interstate 880, the Nimitz Freeway, has backed up at times all the way from Hayward up to the Bay Bridge -- nearly 20 miles. Interstate 580, the MacArthur Freeway, has been backed up to Highway 24. Speaking of 24, it's back up to speed after having been slow in long stretches all the way from Walnut Creek to the 580 interchange. The Eastshore Freeway, I-80, has been backed up to Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, after years of occasional Bay Bridge closures and last July's BART strike, disruptions are nothing new to Bay Area commuters and commute services. BART is running bus service, AC Transit and other agencies are operating extra buses, and the San Francisco Bay Ferry system is sailing extra runs. All of those are crowded but operating smoothly this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:01 a.m.:\u003c/strong> For the second time in 2013, BART is on strike. Union pickets are ready to take up positions at stations throughout the Bay Area. We have no indication yet when union and management negotiators will attempt to resume talks, which broke down Thursday afternoon in a dispute over work rules at the transit agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First response\u003c/strong> The California Republican Party marked the beginning of the strike by \u003ca href=\"http://www.cssrc.us/news.aspx?id=14334&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">renewing its call \u003c/a>for a law to stop BART workers from walking out. That idea was first floated last month by Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, who asked Gov. Jerry Brown to call a special session of the Legislature to pass the bill. Brown declined, citing opposition from most legislators, unions and even BART. He \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leaders-try-to-forbid-transit-workers-from-4874289.php\" target=\"_blank\">has signaled some interest\u003c/a> in legislation that would submit transit disputes to binding arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Major points:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The breakdown:\u003c/strong> Talks broke down this afternoon after a 30-hour negotiation marathon. The federal mediator in charge of the talks said significant progress was made on many issues but ultimately the differences between the two sides could not be bridged. He said mediators are exiting the talks for now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Work rules dispute:\u003c/strong> Unions say they had reached agreement with the agency on pay, pension and medical benefits, but the talks foundered on BART's insistence on changes in work rules. BART management says it wants changes in work rules to help assure the transit system's future \"efficiency and effectiveness.\" Unions say the agency refused an offer to submit the work rules dispute to outside arbitration. BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the offer was rejected because unions were willing to submit only part of the contract to arbitration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Final contract offer:\u003c/strong>BART made an offer that was very close to the \"last, best and final offer\" first presented last Sunday and said it wants union leadership to submit that proposal to a rank-and-file vote. Union officials say they believe the offer has no chance of acceptance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Governor out of moves:\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown's office says the governor, who moved to impose the cooling-off period that expired last week, has no more legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The details:\u003c/strong> SEIU Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez appeared outside the Caltrans building in Oakland after 30 straight hours of talks to announce that BART's unions intend to strike at midnight. Federal mediators confirmed that talks had broken up, and BART management said it had repeated its \"last, best and final\" offer after unions refused to accept changes in work rules. BART General Manager Grace Crunican again called on union leaders to submit the offer to a rank-and-file vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appearing outside Caltrans headquarters in Oakland, Sanchez accused BART management of forcing the dispute to a strike. Sanchez apologized to the public for what she acknowledged will be very difficult transit conditions if the walkout occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said her union had agreed \"100 percent\" with BART's proposals for pay, for new pension contributions and for increased health-insurance payments. But she said BART had taken a \"radical, hardline ... harsh, entrenched and unjustified position\" on work rules and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said that the unions had been willing to submit the work rules provisions to outside arbitration, but BART management refused the offer. She said that unless BART changed its tack in bargaining, a strike will begin at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"God willing, the general manager and BART board will move our unresolved conflict to an interest arbitration table instead of to the street,\" Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez's appearance was the first in a parade of the principals in this week's talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed the negotiations are over and mediators are withdrawing from the talks. Despite significant progress in some areas, Cohen said, \"In the final analysis, certain issues remained. The parties were unable to bridge the gap. Our efforts to do that at this point in time was not successful.\" Cohen said mediators are \"willing, ready and able\" to re-enter the talks at the parties' request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the talks broke down over work rules that the district could not bend on. \"The district made it very clear that we have certain rights that we need to maintain in this package, that we had a level we could afford if some of these rights were included in the package,\" Crunican said after the talks broke down. \"These were work rules that were essential to maintaining the future efficiency and effectiveness of the agency.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When reporters asked for an example of the work rules at stake, Crunican mentioned \"beneficial past practices,\" a provision that she said gives workers a veto over new technology the district wants to introduce. \"One example is pay stubs,\" she said. \"We all receive electronically our pay stubs online, but because back in history everyone received their pay stub in an envelope, we now use our foreworkers' time to hand-deliver a pay stub to each individual worker. They waste their time doing something that could be done with automation. There are a number of things like that that go on at BART and it is time for management to be able to manage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone in the crowd called out, \"We're going on strike for pay stubs!\", Crunican added that \"bidding,\" the system by which many unions member receive job assignments, also needs to be overhauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said a walkout would be \"a management strike, brought on by absolute arrogance and the fact that they thought that they could take workers’ rights away. We were close on two separate occasions to closing this deal. We had come together on areas of wages, of pension, of everything that they were asking for. We were this close. And yet at the last minute they threw in a management rights clause to take away our rights as workers. Everything else was done, and it should have been done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican called on union leaders to submit the district's proposal to a rank-and-file vote, just as she had last Sunday. But the SEIU's Sanchez said that would only lead to a vote rejecting the contract and could lead to an even more protracted dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown acted in August to impose a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. Evan Westrup, Brown's spokesman, said tonight the governor has no further legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier updates: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.: \u003c/strong> Trains are running on a normal schedule. The BART labor negotiations have continued all night and all day and are now in their 30th consecutive hour. BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, has returned to the talks after a two-day absence. He was in Disneyland speaking to a transportation industry conference \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" He's quoted as saying earlier this afternoon \"this should be in the final stretch\" for the talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> of the San Jose Mercury News has a question about the marathon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have now been going nonstop for 27 hours. Think about the last time you stayed up that long. Can they even think straight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/390933340246659072\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The prelude to the second all-nighter in the talks this week came at 10:30 Wednesday night, when the now-familiar figure of George Cohen, the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, announced that BART would run Thursday. He said unions and management are \"totally engaged\" in bargaining and progress was being made. He declined — \"as is my custom\" — to make a statement. He headed back into the Caltrans building after telling reporters and TV crews assembled outside the Caltrans building, \"It's lovely to see each of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting \"at least one person seems comfortable betting that a strike won't happen. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee left for Asia after delaying the trip for two days to ready the city for a possible strike, according to his spokeswoman.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Leaders of SEIU Local 1021, which represents BART station agents janitors and some other workers, are gathering in the lobby of the Caltrans building in Oakland — an announcement of some kind appears imminent. Talks have continued all day between BART and its two biggest unions, again with the possibility of a strike being called for tomorrow. Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, announced early this afternoon the unions will do their best to announce the status of negotiations and Thursday train service by 10 p.m. tonight. By way of a mini-development in the saga, Antonette Bryant, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said later her union had not been consulted about the promise to make an early strike/no strike call this evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And by way of our reporter Alex Emslie, here's the scene outside the Caltrans District 4 headquarters this evening as the media hunkers down for its nightly BART vigil:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> nightwatch beginning. Reporter I relieved said no guarantee of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> yes or no by 10, despite earlier info. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ktP6F4wQGE\">pic.twitter.com/ktP6F4wQGE\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390664196108476416\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Talks adjourned just after midnight and are scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. Last night, the wait for word on the negotiations ended just after 10 p.m. when George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed there would be no strike today. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First response\u003c/strong> The California Republican Party marked the beginning of the strike by \u003ca href=\"http://www.cssrc.us/news.aspx?id=14334&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">renewing its call \u003c/a>for a law to stop BART workers from walking out. That idea was first floated last month by Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, who asked Gov. Jerry Brown to call a special session of the Legislature to pass the bill. Brown declined, citing opposition from most legislators, unions and even BART. He \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leaders-try-to-forbid-transit-workers-from-4874289.php\" target=\"_blank\">has signaled some interest\u003c/a> in legislation that would submit transit disputes to binding arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Major points:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The breakdown:\u003c/strong> Talks broke down this afternoon after a 30-hour negotiation marathon. The federal mediator in charge of the talks said significant progress was made on many issues but ultimately the differences between the two sides could not be bridged. He said mediators are exiting the talks for now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Work rules dispute:\u003c/strong> Unions say they had reached agreement with the agency on pay, pension and medical benefits, but the talks foundered on BART's insistence on changes in work rules. BART management says it wants changes in work rules to help assure the transit system's future \"efficiency and effectiveness.\" Unions say the agency refused an offer to submit the work rules dispute to outside arbitration. BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the offer was rejected because unions were willing to submit only part of the contract to arbitration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Final contract offer:\u003c/strong>BART made an offer that was very close to the \"last, best and final offer\" first presented last Sunday and said it wants union leadership to submit that proposal to a rank-and-file vote. Union officials say they believe the offer has no chance of acceptance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Governor out of moves:\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown's office says the governor, who moved to impose the cooling-off period that expired last week, has no more legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The details:\u003c/strong> SEIU Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez appeared outside the Caltrans building in Oakland after 30 straight hours of talks to announce that BART's unions intend to strike at midnight. Federal mediators confirmed that talks had broken up, and BART management said it had repeated its \"last, best and final\" offer after unions refused to accept changes in work rules. BART General Manager Grace Crunican again called on union leaders to submit the offer to a rank-and-file vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appearing outside Caltrans headquarters in Oakland, Sanchez accused BART management of forcing the dispute to a strike. Sanchez apologized to the public for what she acknowledged will be very difficult transit conditions if the walkout occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said her union had agreed \"100 percent\" with BART's proposals for pay, for new pension contributions and for increased health-insurance payments. But she said BART had taken a \"radical, hardline ... harsh, entrenched and unjustified position\" on work rules and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said that the unions had been willing to submit the work rules provisions to outside arbitration, but BART management refused the offer. She said that unless BART changed its tack in bargaining, a strike will begin at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"God willing, the general manager and BART board will move our unresolved conflict to an interest arbitration table instead of to the street,\" Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez's appearance was the first in a parade of the principals in this week's talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed the negotiations are over and mediators are withdrawing from the talks. Despite significant progress in some areas, Cohen said, \"In the final analysis, certain issues remained. The parties were unable to bridge the gap. 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They waste their time doing something that could be done with automation. There are a number of things like that that go on at BART and it is time for management to be able to manage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone in the crowd called out, \"We're going on strike for pay stubs!\", Crunican added that \"bidding,\" the system by which many unions member receive job assignments, also needs to be overhauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said a walkout would be \"a management strike, brought on by absolute arrogance and the fact that they thought that they could take workers’ rights away. We were close on two separate occasions to closing this deal. We had come together on areas of wages, of pension, of everything that they were asking for. We were this close. And yet at the last minute they threw in a management rights clause to take away our rights as workers. Everything else was done, and it should have been done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican called on union leaders to submit the district's proposal to a rank-and-file vote, just as she had last Sunday. But the SEIU's Sanchez said that would only lead to a vote rejecting the contract and could lead to an even more protracted dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown acted in August to impose a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. Evan Westrup, Brown's spokesman, said tonight the governor has no further legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier updates: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.: \u003c/strong> Trains are running on a normal schedule. The BART labor negotiations have continued all night and all day and are now in their 30th consecutive hour. BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, has returned to the talks after a two-day absence. He was in Disneyland speaking to a transportation industry conference \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" He's quoted as saying earlier this afternoon \"this should be in the final stretch\" for the talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> of the San Jose Mercury News has a question about the marathon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have now been going nonstop for 27 hours. Think about the last time you stayed up that long. Can they even think straight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/390933340246659072\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The prelude to the second all-nighter in the talks this week came at 10:30 Wednesday night, when the now-familiar figure of George Cohen, the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, announced that BART would run Thursday. He said unions and management are \"totally engaged\" in bargaining and progress was being made. He declined — \"as is my custom\" — to make a statement. He headed back into the Caltrans building after telling reporters and TV crews assembled outside the Caltrans building, \"It's lovely to see each of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting \"at least one person seems comfortable betting that a strike won't happen. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee left for Asia after delaying the trip for two days to ready the city for a possible strike, according to his spokeswoman.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Leaders of SEIU Local 1021, which represents BART station agents janitors and some other workers, are gathering in the lobby of the Caltrans building in Oakland — an announcement of some kind appears imminent. Talks have continued all day between BART and its two biggest unions, again with the possibility of a strike being called for tomorrow. Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, announced early this afternoon the unions will do their best to announce the status of negotiations and Thursday train service by 10 p.m. tonight. 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(Chase Thomas/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 18:\u003c/strong> Here's what you need to know to get around during the strike:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Basic transit information:\u003c/strong> If you don't find what you need here, the best source in the region is 511.org's \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">BART Strike Info\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Telecommuting:\u003c/strong> During the July BART strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission urged residents to work from home if possible and asked employers to offer flexible schedules. That's still the agency's advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carpooling\u003c/strong>: If you really have to drive, Bay Area transportation officials are encouraging carpooling. Carpool lane hours on I-80, I-880 and I-680 will be expanded to run from 5 a.m. through 7 p.m. The West Grand Avenue on-ramp in Oakland will be converted to exclusive carpool and public transit use from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If carpooling with neighbors or co-workers isn't an option, casual carpooling allows strangers to meet up and share rides. Check out \u003ca href=\"http://traffic.511.org/#bartstrike\" target=\"_blank\">511's casual carpooling map\u003c/a> for places to meet with other commuters. Or, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.ridenow.org/carpool/\" target=\"_blank\">RideNow\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://sfcasualcarpool.com\" target=\"_blank\">SF Casual Carpooling\u003c/a> for places to find a ride, pick-up other commuters, and get more information.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART replacement bus service\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: As it did in the July strike, BART is planning limited weekday round-trip bus service. This time around, buses will run from the El Cerrito del Norte, West Oakland, Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Dublin/Pleasanton, San Leandro, Hayward, and Fremont stations into San Francisco from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and back to the East Bay from a stop near the San Francisco Transbay Terminal from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at no charge. (For full schedules during a strike check \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\">here\u003c/a>.) Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at each station. People without a round-trip ticket will not be allowed to board in San Francisco to return to the East Bay in the evening. In the event a strike continues into the weekend, BART will have three buses at each of the stations named above and will offer limited round-trip direct service into San Francisco in the morning and then back in the afternoon/evening: Saturday buses will run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m; Sunday buses will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/10/01/BART-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The East Bay transit agency says it will supplement its regular service with buses to San Francisco \"to the extent possible.\" Bus stops inside BART stations will be moved to streets outside the stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> According to 511.org, SamTrans buses will serve temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. The agency will provide a temporary shuttle from Colma and Daly City BART stations to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. Passengers must pay a fare for this service, unlike the free rides offered during the July strike. Daly City BART bus stops will be located on DeLong Street, adjacent to the Daly City BART Station. Colma BART bus stops will be located at Colma Park and Ride lot, behind the Colma BART station.The shuttle will operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain: \u003c/strong>According to 511.org, Caltrain will operate regular service. \"All trains, including the Baby Bullet express, will stop at the Millbrae station to pick up passengers, who can park for free at the BART station, and also to provide transfers to the connector bus shuttle to SFO.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amtrak/Capitol Corridor:\u003c/strong> Trains to and from Sacramento to the South Bay will run on their normal schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\">San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will add supplemental service between Oakland, Alameda, Vallejo and San Francisco. Details of the service's plans: \u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\" target=\"_blank\">BART Strike Service Info\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Muni has an an extensive list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">transit, traffic and parking resources\u003c/a> during a potential BART strike. According to 511.org, Muni plans to operate enhanced and supplemental bus services during peak hours with high priorities being: the Mission Corridor (Lines 14-Mission, 14L-Mission Limited, and 14X-Mission Express); between Caltrain Depot (4th and Townsend) and downtown/Financial District; and J-Church Line (to/from Balboa Park).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: No supplemental service planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco International Airport\u003c/strong>: SFO will run free\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/flight-info/alerts-advisories\"> buses\u003c/a> between the airport and the Millbrae Caltrain station. Free buses are also going to the ferry terminal in South San Francisco, which runs to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> The AirBART bus shuttle from Coliseum BART to the airport will suspend service if there's a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car-sharing and ride-hailing apps: \u003c/strong>Services like \u003ca href=\"http://car.ma/bartstrike\">Carma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\">Sidecar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\">Lyft\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/cities/san-francisco\">Uber\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://relayrides.com/\">RelayRides\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.getaround.com/\">Getaround \u003c/a>saw surges in use during the July strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">The \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bike Coalition\u003c/a> has resources for finding bike routes, maps, and bike parking. 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In the event a strike continues into the weekend, BART will have three buses at each of the stations named above and will offer limited round-trip direct service into San Francisco in the morning and then back in the afternoon/evening: Saturday buses will run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m; Sunday buses will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/10/01/BART-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The East Bay transit agency says it will supplement its regular service with buses to San Francisco \"to the extent possible.\" Bus stops inside BART stations will be moved to streets outside the stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> According to 511.org, SamTrans buses will serve temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. 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Colma BART bus stops will be located at Colma Park and Ride lot, behind the Colma BART station.The shuttle will operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain: \u003c/strong>According to 511.org, Caltrain will operate regular service. \"All trains, including the Baby Bullet express, will stop at the Millbrae station to pick up passengers, who can park for free at the BART station, and also to provide transfers to the connector bus shuttle to SFO.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amtrak/Capitol Corridor:\u003c/strong> Trains to and from Sacramento to the South Bay will run on their normal schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\">San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will add supplemental service between Oakland, Alameda, Vallejo and San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.09.05-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115264 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.09.05-AM-1024x638.png\" alt=\"Victor Powell's visualization of the total cost of BART employees lays out each individual's salary with colored dots.\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visualization of the total cost of BART employees lays out each individual’s salary with colored dots — dark blue represents management, orange and light orange are the two unions currently negotiating their contracts, and other colors are other unions and other positions. The bigger the dot, the more money.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the BART dispute entering its fourth month and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the BART strike watch\u003c/a> becoming a nightly Bay Area activity, nearly every commuter has opinions about how much the transit workers and management are paid, how much they deserve to be paid and how much BART costs or benefits the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, how much do you really know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-d3-User-Group/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">group of software developers\u003c/a>, the Bay Area d3 User Group, teamed up with the \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visualizing Urban Data IdeaLab (VUDlab)\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley to create a number of handy visualizations of BART data, which they’re calling \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hack the BART Strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ian Johnson does data visualization for Lever, a web app company based in San Francisco. During the first BART strike, he struggled with his commute from Berkeley into the city and started to think about how he could find public data and use it to make sense of an issue that was affecting him personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson enlisted some of his friends to help craft \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/enjalot/bart#sketches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rough sketches\u003c/a>. Those sketches caught the attention of Lewis Lehe, a Ph.D. student at Cal and one of the founders of VUDlab. Lehe invited them to co-host a hackathon at Berkeley’s Skydeck startup accelerator. Twenty-five people showed up to work on projects and source data (and eat pizza). They followed up a few days later with a second event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the days went on and the strike was delayed again and again, we were able to pull together the projects into one page, and everyone refined their individual projects too,” said Johnson. Now, all the projects using \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers being referenced in the BART strike talks are grouped together\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most popular of the Hack the BART Strike visualizations is a tool that allows you to sort the salaries of all BART workers — union, management, unions not involved in the disputes — by total cost, base pay, overtime or pension contributions. In the visualization, the orange and light orange dots represent the two unions negotiating their contracts, while the dark blue dots represent management. The other colors are other unions and positions. The bigger the dot, the more money. These are all the employees by base pay — the top dot is General Manager Grace Crunican at $312,461:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115268 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM-1024x637.png\" alt=\"Salaries organized by base pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee salaries organized by base pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are all the employees by overtime pay — the biggest dot is Senior Operations Foreworker Carl Oliver, who made $121,452 in overtime:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115269 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM-1024x493.png\" alt=\"Employees sorted by overtime pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employees sorted by overtime pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The visualization was created by \u003ca href=\"http://vctr.me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Powell\u003c/a>, a 24-year-old freelance developer who is part of the d3 group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell says that he didn’t start with a particular goal or motivation, but just “played around with” the data set of salary information. He was a little surprised with what he ended up with, though. He expected the variation in salaries would be more pronounced visually and he didn’t realize overtime would play such a big role in total compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was eye-opening to see it like that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people, he said, have criticized his choice to leave the names of employees in his visualization. But he criticizes media reports that have dealt just in base salaries to compare numbers, or condense everything into an average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to compress it all into one number,” he said — not when we can see it all in one graphic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the rest of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vctr.me/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his interactive visualization tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Powell’s visualization has struck a nerve — money always does — the Hack the BART Strike group produced other projects. Lehe \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracked and mapped the number of riders going to and from each station\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://athst.github.io/bart-ridership-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another tool\u003c/a> shows that Embarcadero is the most popular station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115272 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership-1024x591.png\" alt=\"The map measures destination and origins of trips.\" width=\"448\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map measures destinations and origins of trips.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group sliced up the \u003ca href=\"http://imgur.com/a/jVpBt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salary data different ways\u003c/a> and tried to answer: \u003ca href=\"http://antonycourtney.github.io/bart-salaries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does an employee cost\u003c/a>? They compared \u003ca href=\"http://sxywu.github.io/80k/#default/2P2C/SF/August/Station_Agent/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost of living to the contract proposals\u003c/a>. They even \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/traffic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measured traffic before, during and after the BART strike this summer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The interactive nature of the visualizations allows people to ask the questions they are interested in and dig as deep as they like,” said Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Here are the hackers hard at work:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/_D-7Wbrt0Ws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\n",
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Now, all the projects using \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers being referenced in the BART strike talks are grouped together\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most popular of the Hack the BART Strike visualizations is a tool that allows you to sort the salaries of all BART workers — union, management, unions not involved in the disputes — by total cost, base pay, overtime or pension contributions. In the visualization, the orange and light orange dots represent the two unions negotiating their contracts, while the dark blue dots represent management. The other colors are other unions and positions. The bigger the dot, the more money. 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He was a little surprised with what he ended up with, though. He expected the variation in salaries would be more pronounced visually and he didn’t realize overtime would play such a big role in total compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was eye-opening to see it like that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people, he said, have criticized his choice to leave the names of employees in his visualization. But he criticizes media reports that have dealt just in base salaries to compare numbers, or condense everything into an average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to compress it all into one number,” he said — not when we can see it all in one graphic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the rest of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vctr.me/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his interactive visualization tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Powell’s visualization has struck a nerve — money always does — the Hack the BART Strike group produced other projects. Lehe \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracked and mapped the number of riders going to and from each station\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://athst.github.io/bart-ridership-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another tool\u003c/a> shows that Embarcadero is the most popular station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115272 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership-1024x591.png\" alt=\"The map measures destination and origins of trips.\" width=\"448\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map measures destinations and origins of trips.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group sliced up the \u003ca href=\"http://imgur.com/a/jVpBt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salary data different ways\u003c/a> and tried to answer: \u003ca href=\"http://antonycourtney.github.io/bart-salaries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does an employee cost\u003c/a>? 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"disqusTitle": "No AC Transit Strike for Now; Gov. Brown Steps In",
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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, 4:40 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Gov. Jerry Brown just announced that he is appointing a board to investigate the contract dispute between AC Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 – ending the immediate threat of a strike. The three-person board is to report back to Brown in seven days. After receiving the report, and based on its findings, Brown can then petition a court to call a 60-day cooling-off period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown's letter to both AC Transit and ATU Local 192 said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At the request of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, I am appointing a board to investigate the strike noticed by ATU Local 192 that threatens to disrupt public transportation services in the Bay Area. This board is appointed under the authority of Government Code section 3612, subdivision (a), because a strike will, if permitted to occur, significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the public’s health, safety, or welfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three individuals appointed to the board of investigation are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Southworth, Chairperson\u003cbr>\nJosie Camacho\u003cbr>\nMicki Callahan\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Government Code prohibits any strike or lockout while the board completes its investigation. (Gov. Code, § 3612, subd. (b).)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board is directed to provide me with a written report within seven days. For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge both sides to take this matter seriously and to continue working to find a fair solution.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Southworth has been deputy secretary and general counsel at the California Transportation Agency since 2013. He held multiple positions at the California Attorney General’s Office from 1997 to 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camacho has been executive secretary-treasurer at the Alameda Labor Council since 2010. She was director of constituent services in the Office of Mayor Ron Dellums from 2007 to 2009. She is a founder of the national Asian Pacific Islander constituency group and has served on the board of Asian Immigrant Women Advocates and Congresswoman Barbara Lee's advisory committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Callahan has been director of Human Resources for the City and County of San Francisco since 2007, where she served as employee relations director in 2005. She held multiple positions at the State Mediation and Conciliation Service from 1996 to 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 3:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Officials with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 say they will return to negotiations with AC Transit later today. Gov. Jerry Brown still hasn't announced whether he will grant the district's request to initiate a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. ATU 192 has notified AC Transit it could strike as early as midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Still no word from Gov. Jerry Brown's office on whether he will start the process for a cooling-off period. AC Transit officials said this morning they've sent a letter to Yvonne Williams, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 president, seeking a resumption of talks in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post (Tuesday):\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to act on a week-old request from the East Bay's AC Transit for a 60-day cooling-off period to head off what could be a transit nightmare for many in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, the union representing the district's 1,800 bus drivers, mechanics and other workers gave notice they could strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Thursday. That would force the 100,000 or so people who ride AC Transit every weekday, including 7,000 or so transbay riders, to seek alternate transportation. And with a BART strike also possible, a bus strike would eliminate a key option for stranded train riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit contract dispute has been simmering for months, with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/AC-Transit-workers-reject-2nd-contract-offer-4863342.php\" target=\"_blank\">twice rejecting contract offers\u003c/a> from the district. 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