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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday/rs6368_001-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114799\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS6368_001-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train pulls in the MacArthur station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114799\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train pulls in the MacArthur station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our latest BART strike deadline update:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\"> Marathon Talks Continue Against Yet Another Strike Deadline\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\">If There's a BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. \u003c/strong> Representatives from BART and its two biggest unions have resumed talks in downtown Oakland. Whether we have to go through another strike deadline drama tonight remains unknown, but union officials say there's still a midnight strike deadline in place. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:40 a.m.:\u003c/strong> No BART strike Tuesday. We're packing in our coverage for the night. Reporters are still staking out the Caltrans building in Oakland, but indications are that BART and union negotiators will be in talks for the rest of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 a.m.:\u003c/strong> George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, appears outside Caltrans building right at 1 o'clock. He says productive negotiations have been going on and that he's authorized to say that talks will continue into the night and that BART service will run as scheduled Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Cohen's full statement, by way of our reporter Alex Emslie:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Under the auspices of our agency the parties have been actively engaged in bargaining. The bargaining has produced some constructive and productive progress. And I'm authorized by the parties to say they are prepared to continue negotiations through the night. And at the request of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and because of all of our concern about the public interests I'm authorized to announce that trains will run tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I will not take any questions because at this moment the three of us are going to resume our intense negotiations with the parties. I thank everybody for your willingness to stand out in this beautiful weather, and we will be delighted to report to you as [to] the progress of these negotiations. That is the only statement I will be making.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So there's one answer for you: You can ride the train to work in the morning. If you're in any shape to get up.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a more serious note, it's simply not known when we'll get word about a result of tonight's talks. Many people have brought up the possibility of a \"stop-the-clock\" scenario that would allow negotiations to continue. Speculating here, but it appears that things began to move when the unions came back to BART with their counterproposal to management's \"last, best and final offer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on this in the morning. And of course, many of you who were up waiting for an announcement felt the \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/nc/72087796/us/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">3.2 earthquake\u003c/a> that rattled things for a few seconds at 1:07 a.m. Quite a way to end the vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Lots of people gathered outside the Caltrans building where the talks are going on, including Chris \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/01/05/video-chris-daly-loses-it-at-supes-meeting/\" target=\"_blank\">It's On Like Donkey Kong\"\u003c/a> Daly, San Francisco publican and former member supervisor. But still: No sign of an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Scene outside \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> talks 2: and cameras trained on the door... You'll know when we do. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/wHmFti2SU2\">pic.twitter.com/wHmFti2SU2\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390014520422174720\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:59 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Well, we're at the deadline. There is a gaggle of media and union members at 111 Grand Avenue, the Caltrans building where the talks are being held. The word informally is that the talks are still going on. I'll just note that at this moment in July, the union leaders appeared and announced that the strike was beginning. The fact that that hasn't happened tonight is a good sign (says me).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch the proceedings here: \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Live Video\u003c/a>. The audio alone of the gathered crowd is kind of entertaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> An announcement of some sort is imminent. One possibility:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Just caught some SEIU reps. Said possibility of a deal. Fed mediator w/ \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23upanddown&src=hash\">#upanddown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390005036522037250\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Pete Castelli, who announced about an hour ago that the unions had made a counteroffer to BART's final offer, wandered out a few minutes ago and made a statement that reporters are trying to decipher: According to our reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie,\u003c/a> he responded to a question about what would happen at midnight by saying, \"We're going to keep bargaining whether we're out or not.\" So, he appears to be raising the possibility, as others have, that the talks may go past midnight without a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Yes, 60 minutes until tonight's BART strike deadline, our sixth since June 30. And beyond the fact that some sort of talks are going on at the Caltrans District 4 headquarter on Grand Avenue in Oakland, that's all we know about whether trains will be running in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:25 p.m.: \u003c/strong>SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli is saying the unions have made a counteroffer to BART's \"last, best and final offer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's comprehensive, it's movement, and it's in their hands,\" Castelli said. He said BART negotiator are considering it, they're meeting.\" But he also emphasized there is no deal yet and midnight remains a firm strike deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Repeating our question from early this afternoon: Will there be a BART strike tonight? There is no firm word yet, but all signs appear to be pointing to a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know from Alex Emslie, manning the Negotiation Watch for KQED News, that BART General Manager has joined the talks. \"Here to work with the unions\" was all she said. But Emslie also says union representatives are making concrete preparations for a walkout -- getting signs ready and making preparations to deploy picketers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a frequently asked question: What happens at midnight if the unions decide to strike? The answer:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>If \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>, last trains tonight will run to their final destinations. Then mechanics will \"put them to bed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/389984385279066112\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>OK — here's a slightly more optimistic view of how the evening may turn out. Chris Finn, an official with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, told reporters in Oakland there's still a chance a strike could be averted. The caveat: BART management needs to come off its \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/14/bart-strike-tactics-whats-a-last-best-and-final-offer/#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>.\" And as we all know by now, BART management has resisted any suggestion they would do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there's this little nugget, publicized by SEIU Local 1021 and retweeted many times in the last hour, including by the San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/seiu1021\">@seiu1021\u003c/a> says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> negotiator Tom Hock not at table, is at Disneyland, speaking at transit forum. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate\">@sfgate\u003c/a> cal \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ArPFUMMt5r\">http://t.co/ArPFUMMt5r\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/389945633492041728\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We don't know where Hock is tonight -- reporters say he is not at the talks. We tracked down links to two different versions of the conference program, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calact.org/assets/Fall%20Conf%20Addl%20Programs9-20-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://caltransit.org/cta/assets/Fall%20Conference/CTA%202013%20Reg%20Broch%209-23-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. Both indicated that BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, is scheduled to speak tomorrow afternoon on \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" The program contents describe Hock, who's drawn unceasing criticism from the labor side of the BART negotiations for several absences during the past three months of talks, as \"one of the public transit industry’s foremost labor attorneys, having been involved in labor relations for 40 years.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 5:40 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Two new developments, neither of them good if you're hoping BART avoids a strike:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1.\u003c/strong> Responding to union criticism that members of BART's elected board are \"hiding out\" while management employs hardball tactics with unions, board President Tom Radulovich told reporters that the board authorized yesterday's \"last, best and final\" offer to the unions. Radulovich said calls to the transit agency are running 3:1 in favor of the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2.\u003c/strong>Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU 1021, said a strike tonight is a virtual certainty. Castelli said he wanted to notify the public a walkout will happen \"unless there's a Hail Mary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Still nothing of substance from the BART labor talks. But here's something that will make life more complicated for East Bay residents if BART does go on strike: AC Transit confirms it's been notified that its unionized drivers will strike as early as Thursday night. AC Transit is the main bus system for Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and nearby communities, and it had announced it was adding extra transbay service in case of a BART walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Will there be a BART strike tonight? We don't know yet. But here's one sign: Earlier this afternoon, SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli told KGO-AM that despite tonight's midnight strike deadline, unions were evaluating the situation \"hour by hour.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those comments came as BART's two biggest unions meet with BART representatives in downtown Oakland as that deadline nears. Negotiations hit a wall Sunday when BART General Manager Grace Crunican presented the unions with a \"last, best and final\" offer — essentially a declaration that the agency was done bargaining (see below for the limited public details of the offer). \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cstrong>Key developments\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART presented unions with a \"\u003ca href=\"http://bartlabornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BART-Latest-ProposalV2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>\" at 4 p.m. Sunday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Legislators said they had seen progress in the talks and called on BART management to withdraw its final offer so negotiations could continue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions said they'd postpone a strike for 24 hours, until midnight Monday, to allow talks to go on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee urged both sides to resolve the dispute without a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The long stalemate in contract negotiations has centered on pay, pensions and health benefits. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday/rs6368_001-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114799\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS6368_001-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train pulls in the MacArthur station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114799\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train pulls in the MacArthur station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Our latest BART strike deadline update:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\"> Marathon Talks Continue Against Yet Another Strike Deadline\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\">If There's a BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. \u003c/strong> Representatives from BART and its two biggest unions have resumed talks in downtown Oakland. Whether we have to go through another strike deadline drama tonight remains unknown, but union officials say there's still a midnight strike deadline in place. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:40 a.m.:\u003c/strong> No BART strike Tuesday. We're packing in our coverage for the night. Reporters are still staking out the Caltrans building in Oakland, but indications are that BART and union negotiators will be in talks for the rest of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 a.m.:\u003c/strong> George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, appears outside Caltrans building right at 1 o'clock. He says productive negotiations have been going on and that he's authorized to say that talks will continue into the night and that BART service will run as scheduled Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Cohen's full statement, by way of our reporter Alex Emslie:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Under the auspices of our agency the parties have been actively engaged in bargaining. The bargaining has produced some constructive and productive progress. And I'm authorized by the parties to say they are prepared to continue negotiations through the night. And at the request of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and because of all of our concern about the public interests I'm authorized to announce that trains will run tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I will not take any questions because at this moment the three of us are going to resume our intense negotiations with the parties. I thank everybody for your willingness to stand out in this beautiful weather, and we will be delighted to report to you as [to] the progress of these negotiations. That is the only statement I will be making.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So there's one answer for you: You can ride the train to work in the morning. If you're in any shape to get up.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a more serious note, it's simply not known when we'll get word about a result of tonight's talks. Many people have brought up the possibility of a \"stop-the-clock\" scenario that would allow negotiations to continue. Speculating here, but it appears that things began to move when the unions came back to BART with their counterproposal to management's \"last, best and final offer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on this in the morning. And of course, many of you who were up waiting for an announcement felt the \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/nc/72087796/us/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">3.2 earthquake\u003c/a> that rattled things for a few seconds at 1:07 a.m. Quite a way to end the vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Lots of people gathered outside the Caltrans building where the talks are going on, including Chris \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/01/05/video-chris-daly-loses-it-at-supes-meeting/\" target=\"_blank\">It's On Like Donkey Kong\"\u003c/a> Daly, San Francisco publican and former member supervisor. But still: No sign of an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Scene outside \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> talks 2: and cameras trained on the door... You'll know when we do. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/wHmFti2SU2\">pic.twitter.com/wHmFti2SU2\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390014520422174720\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:59 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Well, we're at the deadline. There is a gaggle of media and union members at 111 Grand Avenue, the Caltrans building where the talks are being held. The word informally is that the talks are still going on. I'll just note that at this moment in July, the union leaders appeared and announced that the strike was beginning. The fact that that hasn't happened tonight is a good sign (says me).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch the proceedings here: \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Live Video\u003c/a>. The audio alone of the gathered crowd is kind of entertaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> An announcement of some sort is imminent. One possibility:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Just caught some SEIU reps. Said possibility of a deal. Fed mediator w/ \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23upanddown&src=hash\">#upanddown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390005036522037250\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Pete Castelli, who announced about an hour ago that the unions had made a counteroffer to BART's final offer, wandered out a few minutes ago and made a statement that reporters are trying to decipher: According to our reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie,\u003c/a> he responded to a question about what would happen at midnight by saying, \"We're going to keep bargaining whether we're out or not.\" So, he appears to be raising the possibility, as others have, that the talks may go past midnight without a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Yes, 60 minutes until tonight's BART strike deadline, our sixth since June 30. And beyond the fact that some sort of talks are going on at the Caltrans District 4 headquarter on Grand Avenue in Oakland, that's all we know about whether trains will be running in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:25 p.m.: \u003c/strong>SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli is saying the unions have made a counteroffer to BART's \"last, best and final offer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's comprehensive, it's movement, and it's in their hands,\" Castelli said. He said BART negotiator are considering it, they're meeting.\" But he also emphasized there is no deal yet and midnight remains a firm strike deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Repeating our question from early this afternoon: Will there be a BART strike tonight? There is no firm word yet, but all signs appear to be pointing to a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know from Alex Emslie, manning the Negotiation Watch for KQED News, that BART General Manager has joined the talks. \"Here to work with the unions\" was all she said. But Emslie also says union representatives are making concrete preparations for a walkout -- getting signs ready and making preparations to deploy picketers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a frequently asked question: What happens at midnight if the unions decide to strike? The answer:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>If \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>, last trains tonight will run to their final destinations. Then mechanics will \"put them to bed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/389984385279066112\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>OK — here's a slightly more optimistic view of how the evening may turn out. Chris Finn, an official with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, told reporters in Oakland there's still a chance a strike could be averted. The caveat: BART management needs to come off its \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/14/bart-strike-tactics-whats-a-last-best-and-final-offer/#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>.\" And as we all know by now, BART management has resisted any suggestion they would do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there's this little nugget, publicized by SEIU Local 1021 and retweeted many times in the last hour, including by the San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/seiu1021\">@seiu1021\u003c/a> says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> negotiator Tom Hock not at table, is at Disneyland, speaking at transit forum. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate\">@sfgate\u003c/a> cal \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ArPFUMMt5r\">http://t.co/ArPFUMMt5r\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/389945633492041728\">October 15, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We don't know where Hock is tonight -- reporters say he is not at the talks. We tracked down links to two different versions of the conference program, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calact.org/assets/Fall%20Conf%20Addl%20Programs9-20-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://caltransit.org/cta/assets/Fall%20Conference/CTA%202013%20Reg%20Broch%209-23-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. Both indicated that BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, is scheduled to speak tomorrow afternoon on \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" The program contents describe Hock, who's drawn unceasing criticism from the labor side of the BART negotiations for several absences during the past three months of talks, as \"one of the public transit industry’s foremost labor attorneys, having been involved in labor relations for 40 years.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 5:40 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Two new developments, neither of them good if you're hoping BART avoids a strike:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1.\u003c/strong> Responding to union criticism that members of BART's elected board are \"hiding out\" while management employs hardball tactics with unions, board President Tom Radulovich told reporters that the board authorized yesterday's \"last, best and final\" offer to the unions. Radulovich said calls to the transit agency are running 3:1 in favor of the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2.\u003c/strong>Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU 1021, said a strike tonight is a virtual certainty. Castelli said he wanted to notify the public a walkout will happen \"unless there's a Hail Mary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Still nothing of substance from the BART labor talks. But here's something that will make life more complicated for East Bay residents if BART does go on strike: AC Transit confirms it's been notified that its unionized drivers will strike as early as Thursday night. AC Transit is the main bus system for Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and nearby communities, and it had announced it was adding extra transbay service in case of a BART walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Will there be a BART strike tonight? We don't know yet. But here's one sign: Earlier this afternoon, SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli told KGO-AM that despite tonight's midnight strike deadline, unions were evaluating the situation \"hour by hour.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those comments came as BART's two biggest unions meet with BART representatives in downtown Oakland as that deadline nears. Negotiations hit a wall Sunday when BART General Manager Grace Crunican presented the unions with a \"last, best and final\" offer — essentially a declaration that the agency was done bargaining (see below for the limited public details of the offer). \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cstrong>Key developments\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART presented unions with a \"\u003ca href=\"http://bartlabornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BART-Latest-ProposalV2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>\" at 4 p.m. Sunday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Legislators said they had seen progress in the talks and called on BART management to withdraw its final offer so negotiations could continue.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions said they'd postpone a strike for 24 hours, until midnight Monday, to allow talks to go on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee urged both sides to resolve the dispute without a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The long stalemate in contract negotiations has centered on pay, pensions and health benefits. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/16/bart-strike-deadline-jerry-brown-unions/rs6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111413\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-e1379366884127.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During months and months of negotiations, BART management and its biggest labor unions moved slowly, acrimoniously and messily closer together in their contract talks. For example, the unions started out seeking something like a 23 percent wage increase over four years, while the agency countered with a 4 percent offer. Hard to see how that gap would be closed, right? But those were opening positions in the weeks before workers struck for five days in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a 30-day extension of talks and a 60-day cooling-off period, several more strike deadlines and a couple of slow-motion rounds of on-again, off-again talks, the landscape looks a little different. By the end of last week, management had upped its offer to a bit more than 10 percent over four year; the unions had come down to 12 percent over three years. That by itself wasn’t enough to get a deal done, but it does demonstrate some force of compromise at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast forward to yesterday, as BART and the unions worked against their latest deadline. There was virtually nothing to report — and by report, I mean blog what I was distilling from tweets and various newscast nuggets — except meal deliveries to the negotiating site. Then at 10 p.m., a contingent of state legislators emerged from the talks and announced that discussions had been stopped cold six hours earlier when BART management had presented a “\u003ca href=\"http://bartlabornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BART-Latest-ProposalV2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>” to the unions. The way the legislators and union leaders described it — and what BART General Manager Grace Crunican seemed to confirm — the proposal amounted to a take-it-or-leave it offer. Although \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the unions agreed to keep talking\u003c/a> through today, a strike suddenly seemed not only possible, but likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what exactly is a “last, best and final offer” and how might it fit into the overall tactics of the BART negotiations? KQED’s Mina Kim talked to \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatedisputeresolution.com/about-paul-roose/paul-roose-biography/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Roose\u003c/a>, a professional mediator who oversaw difficult BART negotiations in 2009, about BART’s bargaining strategy. He described the agency’s move as “a strong bargaining signal and it should be taken seriously by everybody involved.” He added the offer could be a prelude to even tougher action by BART:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A last best and final offer on a legal standpoint is a basis for the employer to implement terms and conditions on the unions should they be unable to reach an agreement. But it doesn’t mean that the efforts to get a tentative agreement acceptable to both sides has stopped.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On a historical note, close observers of the BART negotiations point out that BART announced a “last, best and final offer” in talks with the Amalgamated Transit Union during talks in 2009. Then, the principal dispute was over a long list of concessions the transit agency wanted from the union. The BART “final” offer prompted the ATU to issue a strike notice. But the two sides kept talking and eventually settled without an imposed contract or a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s all of Mina Kim’s conversation with Paul Roose, accompanied by a full transcript.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\u003c!--more-->\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F115378676&show_artwork=true&maxwidth=900\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\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=\"//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://soundcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mina Kim:\u003c/strong> Will there be a BART strike tomorrow? That’s the question on many commuters’ minds, as yet another walkout deadline nears. BART representatives and union leaders are currently hunkered down in talks in Oakland, and details of the negotiation are thin, as both parties seem to be honoring a media blackout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks appeared to skid to a halt yesterday, when BART General Manager Grace Crunican presented the unions with a “last, best and final offer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here to help us understand the latest developments is Paul Roose, a professional mediator who oversaw BART negotiations in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Roose, “last, best and final offer” suggests that BART management is done bargaining. Yet, the two sides still seem to be talking? What should we make of that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Roose:\u003c/strong> The fact that they’re still talking is a good sign. A “last, best and final offer” on a legal standpoint is a basis for the employer to implement terms and conditions on the unions should they be unable to reach an agreement, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the efforts to get a tentative agreement acceptable to both sides has stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> I see. So it’s sort of like a shot across the bow?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose\u003c/strong>: It is a strong bargaining signal, and it should be taken seriously by everybody involved. This “last, best and final offer” is the best it’s going to get. It’s not going to get any better than that unless they can reach an agreement with the union that the union will put out and recommend a “yes” vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> Few details of the final offer have emerged, but BART’s website did mention it included a 12 percent raise over four years. What are the unions’ options now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose\u003c/strong>: The union can continue to try to keep BART in the bargaining process, and the way they can do that is to continue to move from their positions — soften some of their positions and give BART an incentive to stay in the process. The unions have also kept the strike option on the table, as everyone is concerned about. And a third option they have is to take the “last, best and final offer” — put it out to a vote of their membership without a recommendation, or with a negative recommendation — and the most likely outcome of that is that the union’s members will vote it down, and they will then go back to the bargaining table where the process will renew in some way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> So many people in the Bay Area, their very livelihoods rely on the transit system. It just would be a lose-lose for all sides, including the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose:\u003c/strong> A strike has no winners. The public certainly is inconvenienced in a great way. The union members lose a day of pay for every day of the strike. The ridership goes down, and it’s very difficult for management to recover that. So, it would not be a good outcome or a good development at this point for anyone involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> What will you be watching for in the next few hours? We talked last week about hopeful signs. Are you seeing any now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose:\u003c/strong> The fact that they’re still talking. Although there is a formal offer out there, they’re not really talking about their positions that they may have exchanged informally. The fact that there has been more involvement from the local elected officials, the BART board, the general manager. Those are all hopeful signs. The national head of the federal mediation service has gotten involved. I think it’s all pointing toward some hopeful signs for a settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> Mr. Roose, thank you for talking to us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose:\u003c/strong> You’re very welcome, and thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> Paul Roose is a mediator with Golden Gate Dispute Resolution who oversaw previous BART negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don Clyde and Chad McClymonds contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/16/bart-strike-deadline-jerry-brown-unions/rs6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111413\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-e1379366884127.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During months and months of negotiations, BART management and its biggest labor unions moved slowly, acrimoniously and messily closer together in their contract talks. For example, the unions started out seeking something like a 23 percent wage increase over four years, while the agency countered with a 4 percent offer. Hard to see how that gap would be closed, right? But those were opening positions in the weeks before workers struck for five days in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a 30-day extension of talks and a 60-day cooling-off period, several more strike deadlines and a couple of slow-motion rounds of on-again, off-again talks, the landscape looks a little different. By the end of last week, management had upped its offer to a bit more than 10 percent over four year; the unions had come down to 12 percent over three years. That by itself wasn’t enough to get a deal done, but it does demonstrate some force of compromise at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast forward to yesterday, as BART and the unions worked against their latest deadline. There was virtually nothing to report — and by report, I mean blog what I was distilling from tweets and various newscast nuggets — except meal deliveries to the negotiating site. Then at 10 p.m., a contingent of state legislators emerged from the talks and announced that discussions had been stopped cold six hours earlier when BART management had presented a “\u003ca href=\"http://bartlabornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BART-Latest-ProposalV2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last, best and final offer\u003c/a>” to the unions. The way the legislators and union leaders described it — and what BART General Manager Grace Crunican seemed to confirm — the proposal amounted to a take-it-or-leave it offer. Although \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the unions agreed to keep talking\u003c/a> through today, a strike suddenly seemed not only possible, but likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what exactly is a “last, best and final offer” and how might it fit into the overall tactics of the BART negotiations? KQED’s Mina Kim talked to \u003ca href=\"http://goldengatedisputeresolution.com/about-paul-roose/paul-roose-biography/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Roose\u003c/a>, a professional mediator who oversaw difficult BART negotiations in 2009, about BART’s bargaining strategy. He described the agency’s move as “a strong bargaining signal and it should be taken seriously by everybody involved.” He added the offer could be a prelude to even tougher action by BART:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A last best and final offer on a legal standpoint is a basis for the employer to implement terms and conditions on the unions should they be unable to reach an agreement. But it doesn’t mean that the efforts to get a tentative agreement acceptable to both sides has stopped.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On a historical note, close observers of the BART negotiations point out that BART announced a “last, best and final offer” in talks with the Amalgamated Transit Union during talks in 2009. Then, the principal dispute was over a long list of concessions the transit agency wanted from the union. The BART “final” offer prompted the ATU to issue a strike notice. But the two sides kept talking and eventually settled without an imposed contract or a walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That’s the question on many commuters’ minds, as yet another walkout deadline nears. BART representatives and union leaders are currently hunkered down in talks in Oakland, and details of the negotiation are thin, as both parties seem to be honoring a media blackout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks appeared to skid to a halt yesterday, when BART General Manager Grace Crunican presented the unions with a “last, best and final offer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here to help us understand the latest developments is Paul Roose, a professional mediator who oversaw BART negotiations in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Roose, “last, best and final offer” suggests that BART management is done bargaining. Yet, the two sides still seem to be talking? What should we make of that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Roose:\u003c/strong> The fact that they’re still talking is a good sign. A “last, best and final offer” on a legal standpoint is a basis for the employer to implement terms and conditions on the unions should they be unable to reach an agreement, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the efforts to get a tentative agreement acceptable to both sides has stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> I see. So it’s sort of like a shot across the bow?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose\u003c/strong>: It is a strong bargaining signal, and it should be taken seriously by everybody involved. This “last, best and final offer” is the best it’s going to get. It’s not going to get any better than that unless they can reach an agreement with the union that the union will put out and recommend a “yes” vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> Few details of the final offer have emerged, but BART’s website did mention it included a 12 percent raise over four years. What are the unions’ options now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose\u003c/strong>: The union can continue to try to keep BART in the bargaining process, and the way they can do that is to continue to move from their positions — soften some of their positions and give BART an incentive to stay in the process. The unions have also kept the strike option on the table, as everyone is concerned about. And a third option they have is to take the “last, best and final offer” — put it out to a vote of their membership without a recommendation, or with a negative recommendation — and the most likely outcome of that is that the union’s members will vote it down, and they will then go back to the bargaining table where the process will renew in some way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> So many people in the Bay Area, their very livelihoods rely on the transit system. It just would be a lose-lose for all sides, including the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose:\u003c/strong> A strike has no winners. The public certainly is inconvenienced in a great way. The union members lose a day of pay for every day of the strike. The ridership goes down, and it’s very difficult for management to recover that. So, it would not be a good outcome or a good development at this point for anyone involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim:\u003c/strong> What will you be watching for in the next few hours? We talked last week about hopeful signs. Are you seeing any now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roose:\u003c/strong> The fact that they’re still talking. Although there is a formal offer out there, they’re not really talking about their positions that they may have exchanged informally. The fact that there has been more involvement from the local elected officials, the BART board, the general manager. Those are all hopeful signs. 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"disqusTitle": "BART's Saturday Talks End With Promise of 'Long Day Tomorrow' ",
"title": "BART's Saturday Talks End With Promise of 'Long Day Tomorrow' ",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Katharine Fong and Dan Brekke\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/bart-strike-deadline-update-new-poll-numbers-contract-gap-narrows/rs5460_172490917-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114039\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114039\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS5460_172490917-scr-e1381171181363.jpg\" alt=\"Pickets during July's BART four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pickets during July's four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\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\">If There's a BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunday update:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday\" target=\"_blank\">BART, union negotiators return to table with growing cast of public officials in attendance\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 10:20 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>The talks are over for the night. Principal negotiators for both sides left the bargaining site at Caltrans District 4 headquarters. Pete Castelli, an official with SEIU Local 1021, told reporters that members of the union's costing committee is continuing work on contract details tonight. \"Frankly, we have a long day tomorrow,\" Castelli said as he left the talks. \"We're going to be back here early in the morning to get back to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> \u003cstrong>Key developments\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART, unions resumed negotiations Saturday afternoon.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART running normal service over the weekend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions have given notice they will strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday if there's no agreement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pay, health benefits appear to be major obstacles to agreement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Earlier, BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock said the agency had reached a tentative agreement with the SEIU on some of the supplemental issues — details of working conditions, for instance. On the tougher issues, including pay, health benefits and pensions, Hock said the two sides are \"still trading 'supposals.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bottom line: We're once again facing a regional transit strike deadline that's now a little more than 24 hours away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Negotiators for the BART and its unions are taking a dinner break and have made some guardedly optimistic comments about the progress of contract talks since the two sides began their latest bargaining session about 7 p.m. The delay in starting today's talks (originally advertised as starting at 9:30 a.m.) was due to both sides deciding to meet separately to discuss their contract proposals. Here's the latest we're hearing by way of tweets from reporters on the scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> UPDATE: Union member says many details have been agreed upon, but major issues (pay) continue to be a struggle \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tCJpufdYW1\">pic.twitter.com/tCJpufdYW1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Chase Cain (@ChaseCainTV) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCainTV/statuses/389229210968920064\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>DEVELOPING: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> negotiator tells \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KTVU&src=hash\">#KTVU\u003c/a> they're \"more than halfway there\" on talks to avert strike. Now taking dinner break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KenWayne (@KenWayne) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KenWayne/statuses/389224901879427072\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>RT \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCainTV\">@ChaseCainTV\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> UPDATE: Negotiator says progress is being made, both sides respectful -- but no deal yet. Latest \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/11\">@11\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea\">@NBCBayArea\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/statuses/389222539022835714\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:45 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Talks resumed \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">late Saturday afternoon\u003c/span> about 7 p.m. Saturday with neither side saying much about how close, or how far, they are from getting to a contract. The talks had been scheduled to begin at 9:30 this morning after adjourning late Friday night; there was no immediate explanation of the delay. BART's two biggest unions, a unit of SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, served notice Thursday night they'll strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday morning if there's no agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only real news to report: BART General Manager Grace Crunican is reportedly at the talks for a second straight day. Both BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock and Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said Crunican's presence Friday made a difference in the talks. Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Glimmer-of-hope-for-BART-pact-face-to-face-talks-4888961.php\" target=\"_blank\">the summary\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"She's listening and asking questions,\" said Antonette Bryant, president of the ATU local, as negotiators took a dinner break Friday evening. \"She's trying to get an accurate depiction of what our proposals are and why.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Hock, BART's chief negotiator, said he thought Crunican's meetings with the unions were useful because they gave the bargaining teams a chance to speak to her directly. As to how that will affect BART's next proposal, he said: \"We'll talk among ourselves and decide where to go next.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions had been asking for months to have Crunican and the BART Board of Directors be more involved in the negotiations, and union leaders said that having the transit agency's leadership directly involved was a \"significant\" change.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A sign of the times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>New sign outside contract talks. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DearBART&src=hash\">#DearBART\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bart&src=hash\">#bart\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/x06Tc6rjsf\">pic.twitter.com/x06Tc6rjsf\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CornellBarnard/statuses/389076157888360448\">October 12, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 2:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART General Manager Grace Crunican is present at the negotiations, as are several unnamed BART board members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe that these developments can only help bring a resolution to these drawn-out negotiations and for this reason, we will continue bargaining through the weekend,\" said SEIU Local 1021 in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu1021.org/2013/10/11/barts-unions-extend-contract-talks-beyond-end-of-the-cooling-off-period-to-avoid-strike/\">statement \u003c/a>today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A short while ago, Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU Local 2021, emerged from the negotiation table and talked to reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The elements are in place here today, meaning the general manager is here in the building,\" Castelli said. \"People are talking. The elected officials – there’s an assemblage of them facilitating. So we still have a long day ahead. But I believe the elements are here today that are needed for the two parties to come together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> As of last night and early this morning, BART management and the unions are still far apart on pay and health-care benefits. The two sides are talking, but the unions issued a 72-hour notice of a strike, and a walkout could happen as early as Sunday at midnight. See our detailed coverage at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/bart-strike-deadline-update-new-poll-numbers-contract-gap-narrows/\">\"BART Trains Running While Negotiations Continue; New Deadline on Sunday.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning, KQED's Cy Musiker reported on views from both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said BART has \"not been bargaining in good faith.\" She said the unions want to craft a deal, but BART negotiators keep changing their tune, first offering and then withdrawing a \"last, best, final offer\" yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If BART had had its way we would have been on strike with picket signs right now,\" Bryant said. \"Our union stepped up to the plate and said 'No, we're not letting you off the hook — there's a deal to be made, we care about the riding public and the businesses that are impacted and we're going to keep you at the table and get this job done.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Thomas Hock, BART's chief negotiator, and BART spokesman Jim Allison said the offer was not the \"last, best and final,\" (a legal term) but the latest offer, and that BART had not presented it to the unions because the unions had said they were not ready to receive it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musiker also reports that State Assemblymember Bill Quirk is currently attending the negotiations. Quirk told reporters that at various times other legislators, including state Assemblymembers Nancy Skinner of Berkeley and Rob Bonta and state Senator Ellen Corbett have been in attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're just here to listen and be a sounding board,\" Quirk said. \"We're all here to support negotiations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unions have said that local legislators have been present in negotiations, though they have not disclosed specific names. BART management has been close-mouthed on the topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, however, BART's Hock said legislators' participation \"just takes up time that could be used for actual bargaining. It just adds to the theater.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Katharine Fong and Dan Brekke\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/bart-strike-deadline-update-new-poll-numbers-contract-gap-narrows/rs5460_172490917-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114039\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114039\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS5460_172490917-scr-e1381171181363.jpg\" alt=\"Pickets during July's BART four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pickets during July's four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\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\">If There's a BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunday update:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday\" target=\"_blank\">BART, union negotiators return to table with growing cast of public officials in attendance\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 10:20 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>The talks are over for the night. Principal negotiators for both sides left the bargaining site at Caltrans District 4 headquarters. Pete Castelli, an official with SEIU Local 1021, told reporters that members of the union's costing committee is continuing work on contract details tonight. \"Frankly, we have a long day tomorrow,\" Castelli said as he left the talks. \"We're going to be back here early in the morning to get back to work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> \u003cstrong>Key developments\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART, unions resumed negotiations Saturday afternoon.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART running normal service over the weekend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions have given notice they will strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday if there's no agreement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pay, health benefits appear to be major obstacles to agreement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Earlier, BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock said the agency had reached a tentative agreement with the SEIU on some of the supplemental issues — details of working conditions, for instance. On the tougher issues, including pay, health benefits and pensions, Hock said the two sides are \"still trading 'supposals.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bottom line: We're once again facing a regional transit strike deadline that's now a little more than 24 hours away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Negotiators for the BART and its unions are taking a dinner break and have made some guardedly optimistic comments about the progress of contract talks since the two sides began their latest bargaining session about 7 p.m. The delay in starting today's talks (originally advertised as starting at 9:30 a.m.) was due to both sides deciding to meet separately to discuss their contract proposals. Here's the latest we're hearing by way of tweets from reporters on the scene:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> UPDATE: Union member says many details have been agreed upon, but major issues (pay) continue to be a struggle \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tCJpufdYW1\">pic.twitter.com/tCJpufdYW1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Chase Cain (@ChaseCainTV) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCainTV/statuses/389229210968920064\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>DEVELOPING: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> negotiator tells \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KTVU&src=hash\">#KTVU\u003c/a> they're \"more than halfway there\" on talks to avert strike. Now taking dinner break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KenWayne (@KenWayne) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KenWayne/statuses/389224901879427072\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>RT \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCainTV\">@ChaseCainTV\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> UPDATE: Negotiator says progress is being made, both sides respectful -- but no deal yet. Latest \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/11\">@11\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea\">@NBCBayArea\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/statuses/389222539022835714\">October 13, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:45 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Talks resumed \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">late Saturday afternoon\u003c/span> about 7 p.m. Saturday with neither side saying much about how close, or how far, they are from getting to a contract. The talks had been scheduled to begin at 9:30 this morning after adjourning late Friday night; there was no immediate explanation of the delay. BART's two biggest unions, a unit of SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, served notice Thursday night they'll strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday morning if there's no agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only real news to report: BART General Manager Grace Crunican is reportedly at the talks for a second straight day. Both BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock and Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said Crunican's presence Friday made a difference in the talks. Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Glimmer-of-hope-for-BART-pact-face-to-face-talks-4888961.php\" target=\"_blank\">the summary\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"She's listening and asking questions,\" said Antonette Bryant, president of the ATU local, as negotiators took a dinner break Friday evening. \"She's trying to get an accurate depiction of what our proposals are and why.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Hock, BART's chief negotiator, said he thought Crunican's meetings with the unions were useful because they gave the bargaining teams a chance to speak to her directly. As to how that will affect BART's next proposal, he said: \"We'll talk among ourselves and decide where to go next.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions had been asking for months to have Crunican and the BART Board of Directors be more involved in the negotiations, and union leaders said that having the transit agency's leadership directly involved was a \"significant\" change.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A sign of the times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>New sign outside contract talks. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DearBART&src=hash\">#DearBART\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bart&src=hash\">#bart\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/x06Tc6rjsf\">pic.twitter.com/x06Tc6rjsf\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CornellBarnard/statuses/389076157888360448\">October 12, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 2:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART General Manager Grace Crunican is present at the negotiations, as are several unnamed BART board members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe that these developments can only help bring a resolution to these drawn-out negotiations and for this reason, we will continue bargaining through the weekend,\" said SEIU Local 1021 in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu1021.org/2013/10/11/barts-unions-extend-contract-talks-beyond-end-of-the-cooling-off-period-to-avoid-strike/\">statement \u003c/a>today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A short while ago, Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU Local 2021, emerged from the negotiation table and talked to reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The elements are in place here today, meaning the general manager is here in the building,\" Castelli said. \"People are talking. The elected officials – there’s an assemblage of them facilitating. So we still have a long day ahead. But I believe the elements are here today that are needed for the two parties to come together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> As of last night and early this morning, BART management and the unions are still far apart on pay and health-care benefits. The two sides are talking, but the unions issued a 72-hour notice of a strike, and a walkout could happen as early as Sunday at midnight. See our detailed coverage at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/bart-strike-deadline-update-new-poll-numbers-contract-gap-narrows/\">\"BART Trains Running While Negotiations Continue; New Deadline on Sunday.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning, KQED's Cy Musiker reported on views from both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said BART has \"not been bargaining in good faith.\" She said the unions want to craft a deal, but BART negotiators keep changing their tune, first offering and then withdrawing a \"last, best, final offer\" yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If BART had had its way we would have been on strike with picket signs right now,\" Bryant said. \"Our union stepped up to the plate and said 'No, we're not letting you off the hook — there's a deal to be made, we care about the riding public and the businesses that are impacted and we're going to keep you at the table and get this job done.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Thomas Hock, BART's chief negotiator, and BART spokesman Jim Allison said the offer was not the \"last, best and final,\" (a legal term) but the latest offer, and that BART had not presented it to the unions because the unions had said they were not ready to receive it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musiker also reports that State Assemblymember Bill Quirk is currently attending the negotiations. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/bart-strike-deadline-update-new-poll-numbers-contract-gap-narrows/rs5460_172490917-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114039\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114039\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS5460_172490917-scr-e1381171181363.jpg\" alt=\"Pickets during July's BART four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pickets during July's four-day BART strike. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/11/114618/BART-strike-update-sunday-deadline\">BART Strike Saturday Update: Talks Resume After Delay\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:55 p.m.\u003c/strong> BART and its two biggest labor unions have just announced that talks are breaking up for the night and will continue tomorrow at 10 a.m. There will be no strike tonight. But the unions issued a 72-hour notice of a strike, meaning a walkout could begin as early as midnight Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cstrong>Key developments\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART running normal service Friday and over the weekend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART, unions will resume talks at 10 a.m. Friday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions says BART General Manager Grace Crunican expected to join negotiations along with two BART directors and other elected officials.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions gave 72-hour notice that they could go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pay, health benefits appear to be major obstacles to agreement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The announcement means BART will run regular service Friday and over the weekend while negotiators try to settle a contract dispute that has persisted despite more than six months of negotiations. Despite announcing tentative progress on worker pension payments last week, the two sides are apparently still far apart on pay and health-care benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, said the unions were were encouraged that two members of the BART board of directors — who were not named — and other \"Bay Area legislative leaders\" had joined the talks. Sanchez also said that she expected BART General Manager Grace Crunican would join the talks Friday and remain involved until an agreement is reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe that these developments can only help bring a resolution to these long, drawn-out negotiations, and for this reason we will continue bargaining throughout the weekend,\" Sanchez said. She also expressed hope that there's still time for a settlement before the 12:01 a.m. Monday strike deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the board getting involved and the legislative leaders assisting and the general manager willing to sit down at the bargaining table that the unions are continuing to negotiate and hope to avoid a strike,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said she was disappointed that the intensive talks of the last few days have not led to a new contract. \"On behalf of ATU, I am bitterly disappointed that did not take place,\" Bryant said. \"Everything is in place, like I said earlier today, to get that agreement done. The fact of the matter is, the district did not come to the table to take care of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryant said the unions want Crunican directly involved in the negotiations because \"the other people at the table do not have the authority to get the deal done. We want her at the table because she does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the KRON4 video featuring the late-night statements from Sanchez and BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/lcc4HVpDJoo?list=PLFMWhwFgm0Cc6OBglknEdKg24hJWtEHBc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:45 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The BART talks continue in Oakland, with a couple of interesting wrinkles to report. First, despite BART saying more than six hours ago that it was about to present a new offer to the unions, that offer has not yet been presented. Reporter Alex Emslie has been staking out the talks all evening for KQED, and said BART spokesman Jim Allison acknowledged the agency hadn't presented the offer after the earlier announcement. He suggested it was because state and federal mediators control the negotiation agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What everyone wants to know is will the trains be running in the morning. We still don't have a certain answer on that with just half an hour to go before Gov. Jerry Brown's 60-day cooling-off periood, called in August to give BART and the unions time to sort all this out, expires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, KRON4 reports that a court in San Francisco has freed \u003ca href=\"http://news.kron4.com/news/naked-bart-acrobat-freed/\" target=\"_blank\">the infamous naked 16th Street BART gymnast\u003c/a>. Yeiner Perez was arrested at the station in May after a frightening escapade during which he physically accosted several passengers, threatened others, and did an extended impromptu acrobatic routine. Unions publicized a video of the incident (\u003ca href=\"http://bcove.me/pm6udzd6\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>) to highlight their contention that BART management has not paid enough attention to their safety concerns in contract talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Mercury News reporter Mike Rosenberg reports that \"as of 5 p.m., negotiations were continuing, but no deal had been reached and the unions had not announced whether they would strike.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART negotiators were preparing to submit a new offer Thursday afternoon in hopes of averting a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Rosenberg tweeted\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>This graph shows how unions' support in polls, already low a week ago, has gotten even lower \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/kEF5JAwyvf\">http://t.co/kEF5JAwyvf\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/388449470477647872\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The graph is from a new poll by \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/\">SurveyUSA\u003c/a>. It shows that support for the unions has dropped: Fifty-four percent of respondents say that the unions should accept BART management's offer, up from 40 percent on Oct. 4. Sixteen percent say BART should accept the unions' offer, down from 24 percent on Oct. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 2:30 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> With less than 12 hours until another BART strike becomes possible, union representatives appeared at this morning's open BART board meeting in Oakland and repeated charges that the agency has backed away from the terms of a tentative agreement. Union comments also suggest that BART's pay offer — a 10 percent increase over four years, at the same time workers make new pension contributions and increase what they pay for medical benefits — is still a huge stumbling block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Emslie, reporting for KQED from the meeting, says union members called on the board to send General Manager Grace Crunican into the talks as time has grown too short to conduct the back-and-forth through state and federal mediators. But BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said Crunican would enter the talks only when negotiators were \"inches away\" from an agreement, and that hasn't happened yet. The two sides resumed negotiations at Caltrans District 4 headquarters in Oakland at 1:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board unanimously approved a plan to spend up to $400,000 a day on replacement bus service if workers go out on strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the meeting comments live-tweeted by reporters at this morning's session:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"Please fix this train wreck of a negotiation\" BART worker to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> Board \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CBSSF\">@CBSSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Anne Makovec (@AnneMakovec) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AnneMakovec/statuses/388337743375253504\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"Framework for settlement all of a sudden dismantled\" - union leader says at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> meeting \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTtalks&src=hash\">#BARTtalks\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mgafni/statuses/388342376655122432\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/seiu1021\">@seiu1021\u003c/a> told \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bart&src=hash\">#Bart\u003c/a> board- management's 10% wage increase offer is actually .67% decrease w/medical and retirement benefit cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matt Keller (@MattKellerABC7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MattKellerABC7/statuses/388342354190426113\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> unions want board to order GM Grace Crunican to bargaining table. \"There's only 15 hours left.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/388341576272838656\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> unions haven't issued any strike notice. But it sounds like they're issuing one now--15 hrs. Unofficial, but... \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate\">@sfgate\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bartstrike&src=hash\">#bartstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/388343240211968000\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post:\u003c/strong> BART unions are angrily accusing management of backing away from a possible contract agreement while the agency says a \"miscommunication\" is to blame for a new misunderstanding with the unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu1021.org/2013/10/09/bart-general-manager-grace-crunican-shatters-fragile-framework-of-agreement/\" target=\"_blank\">a statement \u003c/a>Wednesday night saying the agency had \"pulled the rug from underneath the unions as well as the entire Bay Area\" by withdrawing an offer they said had moved the two sides close to an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, the unions came to the bargaining table with the hope that we could close the gap and reach a final agreement,\" the statement said. \"However, we were completely taken aback when BART Management backed up and withdrew their offer, claiming to have been confused the day before.\" The statement accused BART of lying to the unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART spokesman Jim Allison said the unions had gotten it wrong. \"It is not true that we had a proposal on the table that was withdrawn. I think it's more a case of miscommunication involving the mediator, working between all three parties,\" he told reporters outside Caltrans' District 4 headquarters in Oakland, where the talks have been underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both BART and the unions said they would return to talks Thursday — after a 9 a.m. BART board meeting at which directors are expected to discuss spending as much as $400,000 a day on replacement bus service in the event of another strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute comes after several days of publicly conciliatory comments from both sides in the talks and raises concerns that the unions could strike when a 60-day cooling-off period ends at midnight tonight. Unions have not issued a notice that they intend to strike now, but that notice is optional. Several major issues reportedly remain unresolved in the talks, including pay, health care benefits, and what union members will pay into their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=24bc05c5-0e2a-485e-bd13-c8ba92d2975e\" target=\"_blank\">new SurveyUSA poll\u003c/a> for San Francisco's KPIX-Channel 5 suggests the public wants the BART standoff resolved once and for all. The survey of 800 adults, conducted Wednesday, shows that 60 percent strongly oppose a strike while 12 percent strongly support one. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they agreed state law should be changed to ban future strikes while 38 percent said the law should stay as it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nBefore Wednesday night's dispute, union officials had expressed confidence that a new contract was within reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're less than $30 million apart,\" said Chris Finn, part of the negotiating team for ATU Local 1555. \"And with a $127 million surplus one year, and they have that surplus, at least, every year for the next 10 years, it's well within their power to resolve this and settle this immediately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KTVU, BART General Manager Grace Crunican said that surplus is to cover the agency's bond debt payments and capital expenses like replacing its aging fleet of train cars and improving infrastructure. \"They would like that money not to go into capital improvement but instead go into the pockets of the unions,\" Crunican said. \"And we need to find a fair way to provide compensation for our folks, but not investing in our capital and not paying our debt are not good choices.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's video of Crunican's interview with KTVU's Tom Vacar:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cembed id=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\" flashvars=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Negotiations continue at Caltrans District 4 headquarters in Oakland. San Francisco Chronicle transportation reporter Michael Cabanatuan told KQED that reporters monitoring the talks say it's a little hard to tell exactly where the talks are between BART and union negotiators at this point: \"There's a media blackout. They've all agreed voluntarily that they won't talk to the media about what's going on at the table, but they all indicate that there's some progress being made, perhaps slow progress but progress nonetheless. The mood does seem a little different. It doesn't seem quite as somber or quite as angry, and that's a good indication.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Andrew Stelzer reports that Bay Area business leaders are calling on employers to be prepared and be flexible in case talks break down. “We are prepared to tell our members…to change work schedules, to use flex time, to encourage carpools, to encourage work from home,\" said Jim Lazarus of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. \"Because we have to reduce travel on all the roads of the region if we're going to not suffer just an economically damaging level of gridlock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Officials for BART's two biggest unions just announced that they will not issue a 72-hour strike notice tonight and that talks with transit agency officials are continuing through state and federal mediators. Officials for the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 said they were holding off issuing a strike notice to preserve every option as a court-imposed cooling-off period gets set to expire later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury-News offers some context on past strike notices and on where the negotiations are now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The unions issued strike notices three days prior to a work stoppage in July and before a pending strike in August that was later averted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcements are not required, however, and unions left the door open for a possible walkout if a deal is not reached by Thursday night's deadline. The strike notice is meant only as a courtesy so the 200,000 people who ride BART roundtrip each day could start looking for back-up plans to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going into negotiations on Monday, BART said it was about $89 million apart from the unions over four years, but the labor groups have pegged the gap at $30 million over three years. Progress was reported last week, however, when both sides swapped a series of counterproposals after months where both sides barely blinked. Using BART's math, they bridged the gap by about $23 million last week.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong> The 60-day cooling-off period in the BART labor standoff is set to expire late Thursday night, and new poll numbers show that Bay Area residents remain very unhappy with the prospect of a transit strike. With negotiations continuing, there are new signs that the two sides may finally be closing the gap in the contract positions they've staked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main issues still to be resolved center on pay, pensions, and medical benefits. The difference between the two sides is \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24256589/bart-strike-looms-experts-see-hope-sides-get\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly\u003c/a> down to a total of $89 million over the life of the new proposed contract. Talks continue today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One sign that the hardline positions in the standoff may be softening is that BART has apparently dropped plans to have supervisors run limited train service during a work stoppage. In \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">its latest update\u003c/a> on strike planning, the agency says in the event of a strike, it's planning to run limited bus service from nine East Bay stations to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=55c32c55-017e-4bb6-8368-dfb10855c62b\" target=\"_blank\">a poll conducted Friday\u003c/a> for San Francisco's KPIX, SurveyUSA found that two-thirds of Bay Area residents say they're following the BART negotiations. The survey found that overall, 39 percent of respondents feel that BART management has made a better argument during the dispute, compared to 25 percent who think the unions have made a better case. The poll also found that 40 percent of respondents think unions should accept management's proposals, while 24 percent think BART should settle on the unions' terms. Here's a summary of two sides' most recently reported positions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The unions — chiefly the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 — are seeking a pay increase of about 12 percent over three years. That compares to their opening position of 23 percent over four years. BART has offered 10 percent over four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The unions have proposed additional small pay increases if BART ridership increases faster than the agency forecasts.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On pensions, BART has sought to get the unions to agree to begin pension contributions at 1 percent of salary a year escalating to 4 percent by the last year of a four-year contract. Last week, the two agreed to a \"cost-neutral swap\" under which BART would pay workers 72 cents for every dollar the workers put into their pension funds. It's still unclear how the pension contributions and swap payments will figure into an overall settlement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The unions say they'll agree to a 15 percent increase in health-care contributions for all BART workers. Currently, union members pay $92 a month for medical coverage, even if family members are included. BART has proposed continuing flat-rate payments for individual members and limiting payments for family coverage to the least expensive of either a Kaiser or Blue Shield plan.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For more on the negotiations, reporter Mina Kim spoke with Paul Roose, a mediator based in Oakland who oversaw BART negotiations in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F114470510\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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We want her at the table because she does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the KRON4 video featuring the late-night statements from Sanchez and BART chief negotiator Thomas Hock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/lcc4HVpDJoo?list=PLFMWhwFgm0Cc6OBglknEdKg24hJWtEHBc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:45 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The BART talks continue in Oakland, with a couple of interesting wrinkles to report. First, despite BART saying more than six hours ago that it was about to present a new offer to the unions, that offer has not yet been presented. Reporter Alex Emslie has been staking out the talks all evening for KQED, and said BART spokesman Jim Allison acknowledged the agency hadn't presented the offer after the earlier announcement. He suggested it was because state and federal mediators control the negotiation agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What everyone wants to know is will the trains be running in the morning. We still don't have a certain answer on that with just half an hour to go before Gov. Jerry Brown's 60-day cooling-off periood, called in August to give BART and the unions time to sort all this out, expires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, KRON4 reports that a court in San Francisco has freed \u003ca href=\"http://news.kron4.com/news/naked-bart-acrobat-freed/\" target=\"_blank\">the infamous naked 16th Street BART gymnast\u003c/a>. Yeiner Perez was arrested at the station in May after a frightening escapade during which he physically accosted several passengers, threatened others, and did an extended impromptu acrobatic routine. Unions publicized a video of the incident (\u003ca href=\"http://bcove.me/pm6udzd6\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>) to highlight their contention that BART management has not paid enough attention to their safety concerns in contract talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Mercury News reporter Mike Rosenberg reports that \"as of 5 p.m., negotiations were continuing, but no deal had been reached and the unions had not announced whether they would strike.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART negotiators were preparing to submit a new offer Thursday afternoon in hopes of averting a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Rosenberg tweeted\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>This graph shows how unions' support in polls, already low a week ago, has gotten even lower \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/kEF5JAwyvf\">http://t.co/kEF5JAwyvf\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/388449470477647872\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The graph is from a new poll by \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/\">SurveyUSA\u003c/a>. It shows that support for the unions has dropped: Fifty-four percent of respondents say that the unions should accept BART management's offer, up from 40 percent on Oct. 4. Sixteen percent say BART should accept the unions' offer, down from 24 percent on Oct. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 2:30 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> With less than 12 hours until another BART strike becomes possible, union representatives appeared at this morning's open BART board meeting in Oakland and repeated charges that the agency has backed away from the terms of a tentative agreement. Union comments also suggest that BART's pay offer — a 10 percent increase over four years, at the same time workers make new pension contributions and increase what they pay for medical benefits — is still a huge stumbling block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Emslie, reporting for KQED from the meeting, says union members called on the board to send General Manager Grace Crunican into the talks as time has grown too short to conduct the back-and-forth through state and federal mediators. But BART spokesperson Alicia Trost said Crunican would enter the talks only when negotiators were \"inches away\" from an agreement, and that hasn't happened yet. The two sides resumed negotiations at Caltrans District 4 headquarters in Oakland at 1:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board unanimously approved a plan to spend up to $400,000 a day on replacement bus service if workers go out on strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the meeting comments live-tweeted by reporters at this morning's session:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"Please fix this train wreck of a negotiation\" BART worker to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> Board \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CBSSF\">@CBSSF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Anne Makovec (@AnneMakovec) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AnneMakovec/statuses/388337743375253504\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"Framework for settlement all of a sudden dismantled\" - union leader says at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> meeting \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTtalks&src=hash\">#BARTtalks\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mgafni/statuses/388342376655122432\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/seiu1021\">@seiu1021\u003c/a> told \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bart&src=hash\">#Bart\u003c/a> board- management's 10% wage increase offer is actually .67% decrease w/medical and retirement benefit cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Matt Keller (@MattKellerABC7) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MattKellerABC7/statuses/388342354190426113\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> unions want board to order GM Grace Crunican to bargaining table. \"There's only 15 hours left.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/388341576272838656\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> unions haven't issued any strike notice. But it sounds like they're issuing one now--15 hrs. Unofficial, but... \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate\">@sfgate\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bartstrike&src=hash\">#bartstrike\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan/statuses/388343240211968000\">October 10, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post:\u003c/strong> BART unions are angrily accusing management of backing away from a possible contract agreement while the agency says a \"miscommunication\" is to blame for a new misunderstanding with the unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu1021.org/2013/10/09/bart-general-manager-grace-crunican-shatters-fragile-framework-of-agreement/\" target=\"_blank\">a statement \u003c/a>Wednesday night saying the agency had \"pulled the rug from underneath the unions as well as the entire Bay Area\" by withdrawing an offer they said had moved the two sides close to an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, the unions came to the bargaining table with the hope that we could close the gap and reach a final agreement,\" the statement said. \"However, we were completely taken aback when BART Management backed up and withdrew their offer, claiming to have been confused the day before.\" The statement accused BART of lying to the unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART spokesman Jim Allison said the unions had gotten it wrong. \"It is not true that we had a proposal on the table that was withdrawn. I think it's more a case of miscommunication involving the mediator, working between all three parties,\" he told reporters outside Caltrans' District 4 headquarters in Oakland, where the talks have been underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both BART and the unions said they would return to talks Thursday — after a 9 a.m. BART board meeting at which directors are expected to discuss spending as much as $400,000 a day on replacement bus service in the event of another strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute comes after several days of publicly conciliatory comments from both sides in the talks and raises concerns that the unions could strike when a 60-day cooling-off period ends at midnight tonight. Unions have not issued a notice that they intend to strike now, but that notice is optional. Several major issues reportedly remain unresolved in the talks, including pay, health care benefits, and what union members will pay into their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=24bc05c5-0e2a-485e-bd13-c8ba92d2975e\" target=\"_blank\">new SurveyUSA poll\u003c/a> for San Francisco's KPIX-Channel 5 suggests the public wants the BART standoff resolved once and for all. The survey of 800 adults, conducted Wednesday, shows that 60 percent strongly oppose a strike while 12 percent strongly support one. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they agreed state law should be changed to ban future strikes while 38 percent said the law should stay as it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nBefore Wednesday night's dispute, union officials had expressed confidence that a new contract was within reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're less than $30 million apart,\" said Chris Finn, part of the negotiating team for ATU Local 1555. \"And with a $127 million surplus one year, and they have that surplus, at least, every year for the next 10 years, it's well within their power to resolve this and settle this immediately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KTVU, BART General Manager Grace Crunican said that surplus is to cover the agency's bond debt payments and capital expenses like replacing its aging fleet of train cars and improving infrastructure. \"They would like that money not to go into capital improvement but instead go into the pockets of the unions,\" Crunican said. \"And we need to find a fair way to provide compensation for our folks, but not investing in our capital and not paying our debt are not good choices.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's video of Crunican's interview with KTVU's Tom Vacar:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cembed id=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\" flashvars=\"videoId=2733277802001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fbart-ktvu-speaks-to-barts-general-manager-about%2FvCFSDx%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Negotiations continue at Caltrans District 4 headquarters in Oakland. San Francisco Chronicle transportation reporter Michael Cabanatuan told KQED that reporters monitoring the talks say it's a little hard to tell exactly where the talks are between BART and union negotiators at this point: \"There's a media blackout. They've all agreed voluntarily that they won't talk to the media about what's going on at the table, but they all indicate that there's some progress being made, perhaps slow progress but progress nonetheless. The mood does seem a little different. It doesn't seem quite as somber or quite as angry, and that's a good indication.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Andrew Stelzer reports that Bay Area business leaders are calling on employers to be prepared and be flexible in case talks break down. “We are prepared to tell our members…to change work schedules, to use flex time, to encourage carpools, to encourage work from home,\" said Jim Lazarus of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. \"Because we have to reduce travel on all the roads of the region if we're going to not suffer just an economically damaging level of gridlock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Officials for BART's two biggest unions just announced that they will not issue a 72-hour strike notice tonight and that talks with transit agency officials are continuing through state and federal mediators. Officials for the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 said they were holding off issuing a strike notice to preserve every option as a court-imposed cooling-off period gets set to expire later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury-News offers some context on past strike notices and on where the negotiations are now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The unions issued strike notices three days prior to a work stoppage in July and before a pending strike in August that was later averted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcements are not required, however, and unions left the door open for a possible walkout if a deal is not reached by Thursday night's deadline. The strike notice is meant only as a courtesy so the 200,000 people who ride BART roundtrip each day could start looking for back-up plans to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going into negotiations on Monday, BART said it was about $89 million apart from the unions over four years, but the labor groups have pegged the gap at $30 million over three years. Progress was reported last week, however, when both sides swapped a series of counterproposals after months where both sides barely blinked. Using BART's math, they bridged the gap by about $23 million last week.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong> The 60-day cooling-off period in the BART labor standoff is set to expire late Thursday night, and new poll numbers show that Bay Area residents remain very unhappy with the prospect of a transit strike. With negotiations continuing, there are new signs that the two sides may finally be closing the gap in the contract positions they've staked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main issues still to be resolved center on pay, pensions, and medical benefits. The difference between the two sides is \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24256589/bart-strike-looms-experts-see-hope-sides-get\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly\u003c/a> down to a total of $89 million over the life of the new proposed contract. Talks continue today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One sign that the hardline positions in the standoff may be softening is that BART has apparently dropped plans to have supervisors run limited train service during a work stoppage. In \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">its latest update\u003c/a> on strike planning, the agency says in the event of a strike, it's planning to run limited bus service from nine East Bay stations to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=55c32c55-017e-4bb6-8368-dfb10855c62b\" target=\"_blank\">a poll conducted Friday\u003c/a> for San Francisco's KPIX, SurveyUSA found that two-thirds of Bay Area residents say they're following the BART negotiations. The survey found that overall, 39 percent of respondents feel that BART management has made a better argument during the dispute, compared to 25 percent who think the unions have made a better case. The poll also found that 40 percent of respondents think unions should accept management's proposals, while 24 percent think BART should settle on the unions' terms. Here's a summary of two sides' most recently reported positions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The unions — chiefly the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 — are seeking a pay increase of about 12 percent over three years. That compares to their opening position of 23 percent over four years. BART has offered 10 percent over four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The unions have proposed additional small pay increases if BART ridership increases faster than the agency forecasts.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On pensions, BART has sought to get the unions to agree to begin pension contributions at 1 percent of salary a year escalating to 4 percent by the last year of a four-year contract. Last week, the two agreed to a \"cost-neutral swap\" under which BART would pay workers 72 cents for every dollar the workers put into their pension funds. It's still unclear how the pension contributions and swap payments will figure into an overall settlement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The unions say they'll agree to a 15 percent increase in health-care contributions for all BART workers. Currently, union members pay $92 a month for medical coverage, even if family members are included. BART has proposed continuing flat-rate payments for individual members and limiting payments for family coverage to the least expensive of either a Kaiser or Blue Shield plan.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For more on the negotiations, reporter Mina Kim spoke with Paul Roose, a mediator based in Oakland who oversaw BART negotiations in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>What do Bay Area residents think about the possibility of another BART strike? \u003ca href=\"http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=24bc05c5-0e2a-485e-bd13-c8ba92d2975e\" target=\"_blank\">New survey results\u003c/a> say that there's widespread opposition to a walkout, which could happen after midnight tonight. And a majority of poll respondents say they'd like to see state law changed to ban strikes. Closer to home, we sent our newsroom interns into KQED's neighborhood at the border of the Mission District and Potrero Hill to see what those who live and work here have to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114382\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6943_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114382\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6943_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Sabia, (Leslie David/KQED)\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Sabia, (Leslie David/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Charles Sabia\u003c/strong>, 49, from the Mission District, takes BART regularly.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How will the strike affect him, and should workers be able to strike?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n“The strike didn’t affect me much. It’s not a big problem if the strike happens. I just won’t go as many places. Workers have the right to strike but they need a mediator. They need a paid public mediator to move things forward.”\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114388\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6941_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114388\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6941_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Walian, left. (Christine Hsu/KQED)\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Walian, at left. (Christine Hsu/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Bianca Walian\u003c/strong>, 19, a model from Daly City, takes BART regularly.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>What will she do if there's another strike?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\"Besides cry? I guess you drive more. I can't do random visits home, it's half a tank of gas and tolls.\"\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114389\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6942_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114389\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6942_transform.jpg\" alt=\"Kent Sergent. (Leslie David/KQED)\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kent Sergent. (Leslie David/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Kent Sergent\u003c/strong> says he relies mostly on his bicycle for transportation.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How might a strike affect him? \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\"The last strike didn't really affect me, but the time they were on strike before that, I had to ride my bike all the way from Walnut Creek to Berkeley, just to go out on a Friday night.\"\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114459\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6951_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114459\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/6951_transform.jpg\" alt=\" Girard Robinson. (Erika Maldonado/KQED)\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Girard Robinson. (Erika Maldonado/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Girard Robinson\u003c/strong>, 40, a security guard from San Francisco.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How will the strike affect him, and should workers get to go on strike?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\"I don't use BART too often. I usually just drive so the strikes haven't affected me. ... They (BART workers) do deserve to strike. Fair raises? They need and deserve them just like everybody else.\"\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd width=\"150\">\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Oscar Oorras\u003c/strong>, 59, from Hercules, storeroom supervisor for Muni maintenance who rides BART regularly (not pictured).\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How would the strike affect him, and should workers keep the right to strike? \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\"The strike affected me. I had to start early or late but they’re [Muni] flexible about us changing our hours. ... Workers should be able to strike but it’s not fair to riders. 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