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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/04/smoking-bart-train-halted-in-berkeley-hills-tunnel/rockridge/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119898\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-119898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/rockridge-640x478.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland firefighters and passengers from stricken BART train mingle on platform at Rockridge Station. (Scott Bloom). \" width=\"640\" height=\"478\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland firefighters and passengers from stricken BART train mingle on platform at Rockridge Station. (Scott Bloom)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> BART's offering more details of the Wednesday incident in which a train stopped abruptly in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel when a brake malfunctioned. Transit agency spokeswoman Alicia Trost says a short-circuit in an emergency brake on one train car caused the brake to deploy while the San Francisco-bound train was traveling 70 mph between the Orinda and Rockridge stations. An apparent cloud of brake dust in the tunnel immediately afterward led 11 people to be treated for breathing problems and other issues when the train reached Rockridge, in North Oakland. Nine of the 11 were hospitalized; none had life-threatening injuries. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/electrical-short-caused-bart-incident-berkeley-hil/ncB6Y/\" target=\"_blank\">Trost told KTVU\u003c/a> the car involved in the incident is 40 years old and had undergone comprehensive maintenance in late October and in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also told KTVU the brake problem isn't a new issue: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Trost said BART had problems in the past with their train cars' experiencing shorts in the brake systems. This year, there have been three similar incidents.\u003cbr>\n“It used to be a huge problem about a decade ago, but they did some fixes to the brake box and now it happens only very rarely, unfortunately today,\" Trost said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan offers this context for Wednesday's episode:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>But the system's aging trains - with an average tenure of more than 33 years, with many older than 40 years - are the most common reason for delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chronicle analysis in 2012 of delays lasting 15 minutes or more found that troubles with trains were responsible for 25 percent of delays. Brake failures were a leading cause, along with problems with propulsion systems, automated train controls, doors and electrical systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's part of our investment needs,\" Trost said. And while the transit system has ordered a new fleet of rail cars and has plans for a new train-control system and rail-maintenance facility, it will need billions of dollars more for upkeep and modernization of the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transit agency will probably ask voters, many of whom are growing increasingly frustrated by BART's plethora of problems, to approve new taxes or bonds to pay for those improvements.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The latest tally on passengers hospitalized in this morning's brake dust (not smoke) incident: 11. That comes by way of the Bay Area News Group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">which cites\u003c/a> Oakland Fire Department Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton. None of those hospitalized in the incident suffered life-threatening injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the most recent Bay City News summary of the incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The incident started around 8:20 a.m. when a parking brake deployed in error on a train bound for San Francisco International Airport on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The train became disabled, blocking the tracks, and a \"brake dust\" filled some of the cars, BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was absolutely no fire on the train,\" Salaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 600 to 700 passengers on the train at the time, and they were in the Berkeley Hills tunnel until the mechanical issues were resolved and the train began moving again about an hour later, Allison said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.: \u003c/strong>BART now says that service is resuming through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel after a closure of more than two hours. The transit agency says passengers should expect delays of 15 minutes or so as service on the line from Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport gets back to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says the apparent smoke in the incident was not smoke at all, but brake dust. The dust was apparently emitted after a parking brake malfunctioned and deployed while the affected train was headed west through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Rick Hurd and Harry Harris with the Bay Area News Group \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> at least five train passengers have been hospitalized after this morning's BART incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Several BART passengers reported a stressful wait and poor communications after the train, which was running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, stalled around 8:30 a.m. A parking brake had deployed and kept it from moving while it was in the Berkeley Hills tunnel between the two stations, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woman being treated with oxygen at Rockridge BART station. (Jane Tyska)\u003cbr>\n\"Everybody was trying to stay calm,\" said Kaylee Adams of Walnut Creek, who was on her way to work in San Francisco. \"We were trying to help each other out. It was scary. I was in the first car, and it was really stinky.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A BART technician was able to correct the problem, and the train eventually was moved on its own power into the Rockridge Station, where waiting passengers already had been evacuated from the platform, Allison said. The train's passengers were evacuated at 9:34 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART has reopened the Orinda and Rockridge stations for what the district describes as \"very limited\" service. From Orinda, that means trains are only running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line east of the tunnel, with no service to San Francisco. From Rockridge, no service is yet available through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel to Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KTVU and other sources report that paramedics are treating at least 10 passengers from the disabled train for smoke inhalation, and more are being triaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:40 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART's reporting major delays on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line due to a crowded San Francisco-bound train that was halted in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lotsberg.net/data/USA/bart.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Hills Tunnel\u003c/a> because of smoking brakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART crews managed to move the train out of the tunnel to Oakland's Rockridge station just after 9:30 a.m. Firefighters and paramedics were awaiting the train amid reports that some passengers had complained about smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The source of the smoke was unknown, but reports from various sources say it came from brakes on one of the train's cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning's incident is the latest in a string of mishaps for the transit system, including a partial shutdown of the Transbay Tube last week because of debris on a track. On Nov. 22, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/22/no-bart-service-this-morning-due-to-computer-glitch/\" target=\"_blank\">all service was shut down\u003c/a> during the early morning commute because of a systemwide computer malfunction. And in late October, an eastbound Pittsburg/Bay Point train \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24374902/bart-trains-not-stopping-at-orinda-station-due\" target=\"_blank\">caught fire\u003c/a> at the Orinda station, forcing a commute-hour evacuation and slowing service for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents, along with a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/03/bart-unions-taking-agency-to-court-over-contract-dispute/\" target=\"_blank\">continuing contract dispute\u003c/a> between the agency and its unions that triggered two strikes earlier this year, has prompted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-riders-grumble-over-lingering-uncertainty-5018166.php\" target=\"_blank\">widespread criticism\u003c/a> of the system among riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station/embed?header=false\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Smoke causes evacuation of BART station\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post: \u003c/strong>The agency announced it was evacuating the Orinda station, east of the stranded train. Media reports say the Rockridge station, the first stop west of the tunnel, has also been evacuated. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/trapperbyrne\" target=\"_blank\">Trapper Byrne\u003c/a> reported via Twitter that some passengers on the train were complaining of smoke inhalation and that firefighters were boarding a rescue train in Orinda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chronicle's Henry K. Lee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Smoke-on-BART-train-Oakland-firefighters-5034506.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The incident was reported on a westbound Pittsburg/Bay Point BART train about 8:45 a.m. The transit agency reported that there was an equipment problem on a train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Oakland Fire Department fire trucks and engines were meeting the train at the Rockridge BART Station. 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The transit agency says passengers should expect delays of 15 minutes or so as service on the line from Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport gets back to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says the apparent smoke in the incident was not smoke at all, but brake dust. The dust was apparently emitted after a parking brake malfunctioned and deployed while the affected train was headed west through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Rick Hurd and Harry Harris with the Bay Area News Group \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> at least five train passengers have been hospitalized after this morning's BART incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Several BART passengers reported a stressful wait and poor communications after the train, which was running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, stalled around 8:30 a.m. A parking brake had deployed and kept it from moving while it was in the Berkeley Hills tunnel between the two stations, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woman being treated with oxygen at Rockridge BART station. 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(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The lawsuit filed by BART unions this morning, originally described as a challenge to the district board’s rejection of a family-leave provision in their new contract, actually goes much further. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/189028960/BART-Union-Lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The suit\u003c/a> (embedded at the end of this post) names the agency and all nine members of its board of directors and accuses them of bad faith bargaining on a wide variety of health, welfare and safety issues. 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When mistakes are made in contract negotiations they are corrected administratively by the parties, acting in good faith. Fortunately this mistake was caught in time before the mistaken language was brought before the District’s Board for ratification. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the sake of BART’s riders, union leadership should allow workers to vote on the corrected agreement so BART can move forward with a renewed focus on providing safe, reliable and convenient transportation under a fair labor contract.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But the unions’ lawsuit accuses the agency of refusing to bargain on safety issues throughout negotiations earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among a long list of union allegations in the suit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART management refused to negotiate union proposals for improved worker safety at BART facilities amid a documented increase in assaults on station agents and other workers. The district is also accused of refusing to bargain over safety measures the unions want for other employees.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART management unilaterally implemented changes in workers’ compensation procedures and plans further changes that will limit workers’ comp benefits without consulting the unions. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Management withheld financial information that it was required to furnish during contract negotiations. One of the items the unions wanted: details on how much the district paid for its preparations to train management employees to operate train. The unions also have sought detailed invoices for the services of Thomas Hock, the district’s chief negotiator.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> BART’s unions say they’ll file a lawsuit against the transit agency over a disputed family-leave provision in their newly negotiated contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 will appear with their attorneys at the Alameda County Courthouse this morning as they file the suit. The unions are challenging a decision by the BART Board of Directors last month to approve the new contract but exclude the contested leave provision. The transit district insists it didn’t agree to the provision, which would grant workers six weeks of paid family leave, and that it was included in the final agreement by mistake. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among a long list of union allegations in the suit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART management refused to negotiate union proposals for improved worker safety at BART facilities amid a documented increase in assaults on station agents and other workers. The district is also accused of refusing to bargain over safety measures the unions want for other employees.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART management unilaterally implemented changes in workers’ compensation procedures and plans further changes that will limit workers’ comp benefits without consulting the unions. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Management withheld financial information that it was required to furnish during contract negotiations. One of the items the unions wanted: details on how much the district paid for its preparations to train management employees to operate train. The unions also have sought detailed invoices for the services of Thomas Hock, the district’s chief negotiator.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> BART’s unions say they’ll file a lawsuit against the transit agency over a disputed family-leave provision in their newly negotiated contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 will appear with their attorneys at the Alameda County Courthouse this morning as they file the suit. The unions are challenging a decision by the BART Board of Directors last month to approve the new contract but exclude the contested leave provision. The transit district insists it didn’t agree to the provision, which would grant workers six weeks of paid family leave, and that it was included in the final agreement by mistake. The previous union contract granted family leave only after workers had used up all their sick leave and vacation time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says it discovered the change, which had been signed by the agency’s chief negotiator and senior district officials, only after the unions had ratified the contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 8-1 vote on Nov. 21, the BART board directed General Manager Grace Crunican to reopen talks with the unions to resolve the conflict. The unions, which struck for four days in both July and October, have demanded the clause remain in the contract and condemned the board’s vote as “illegitimate” and “unlawful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/189028960/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_31937\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Friday 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 issued a joint statement on the BART board's Thursday contract vote. They say they're very unhappy with the board's attempt to remove a new provision for paid family leave from the contract. But they stop short of threatening a new strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We consider the Board's actions to be unprecedented and illegitimate, and we’re considering our next steps, including possible legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART Board of Directors has disregarded the vote of more than two thousand BART workers and has chosen to subvert the collective bargaining process, and we take their actions seriously.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: \u003c/strong>Controversial former chief BART negotiator Thomas Hock has broken his silence about the disputed family medical leave provision in the contract between BART management and its two main unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I presented the last, best and final offer dated Oct. 13, 2013, and presented to the unions on Oct. 17, 2013, TA 4.8 which dealt with the Family Medical Leave Act was not included in that last, best and final offer,\" Hock said in a statement released today by a spokeswoman for his company, Veolia Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock said he was absent from the negotiating table the long weekend of Oct. 19-21 when the disputed clause reappeared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock is a central figure in this new crisis. From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24573926/exclusive-controversial-bart-negotiator-thomas-hock-speaks-out\">Contra Costa Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>His comments come amid growing dissent from his former bosses, the BART directors, who agreed to pay him $399,000 to lead the six months of acrimonious negotiations. In fact, the board last week directed BART General Manager Grace Crunican to investigate whether the agency had grounds to file insurance claims or take legal action in the matter, Director Joel Keller said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier and Labor Relations Manager Rudolph Medina signed the family medical leave provision in July. The clause was included in the final labor package ratified Nov. 1 by members of BART's two largest unions. BART has called the inclusion of the language a \"clerical mistake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders said the disputed provision was \"not a glitch,\" but an agreement between both sides, and blamed Hock's \"minimalist\" approach to negotiations as a contributing factor to any confusion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hock also came under fire during the negotiations. He was \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/10/bart_tom_hock_disneyland.php\">criticized \u003c/a>for going to Disneyland to speak at a transit conference on Oct. 15. He was also criticized for taking vacation days during the negotiations, and for a history of labor complaints filed against him and his company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What options do unions now have, besides walking off the job for a third time? KQED's Mina Kim talks with John Logan, associate professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121297366\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the labor negotiation that just won't die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-111413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-e1379366884127-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The BART board today voted 8-1 in favor of ratifying the negotiated contract with its two biggest unions, but without a disputed family leave provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what's that mean, exactly? Matthias Gafni of the Bay Area News Group breaks down today's development into this Tweet:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Essentially, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a> board giving GM power to return to unions and say we'll ratify contract just w/out family medical leave (1/2)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Now it's up to the unions to respond. The upshot of a statement from Pete Castelli, executive Director of SEIU 1021, following the vote: \"We're considering all our options.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sticking point here is the inclusion in the contract of a family medical leave provision, which BART says was left in by accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/BART-unions-balk-at-reopening-contract-over-error-4988823.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle's Joe Garofoli explains\u003c/a> what that particular language allows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Up to now, BART workers have been allowed to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to deal with serious personal or family medical problems or to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child, but they had to use sick leave, vacation days or other accrued time off. But under the disputed contract provision ... BART would now pay for the first six weeks of that leave.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>BART says it repeatedly rejected the disputed provision during the negotiations, and that if it remains it will end up costing $44 million over four years, assuming one-third of workers take six weeks of leave each year. The unions say that figure is vastly overinflated, because not that many workers avail themselves of the leave in a given year. They say the financial hit to BART costs out to more like $1.4 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A deal is a deal,\" ATU Local 1555 President Antonette Bryant said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, in less aphoristic terms, Bryant said, \"For them to (propose reopening the contract) is totally, totally disgusting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tone was softer last night, when the unions issued this statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It is our expectation that the Board of Directors will honor the agreement that their chief negotiator, assistant manager and labor relations manager made with the unions. 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BART has called the inclusion of the language a \"clerical mistake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders said the disputed provision was \"not a glitch,\" but an agreement between both sides, and blamed Hock's \"minimalist\" approach to negotiations as a contributing factor to any confusion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hock also came under fire during the negotiations. He was \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/10/bart_tom_hock_disneyland.php\">criticized \u003c/a>for going to Disneyland to speak at a transit conference on Oct. 15. He was also criticized for taking vacation days during the negotiations, and for a history of labor complaints filed against him and his company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What options do unions now have, besides walking off the job for a third time? 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The agency says the glitch originated with an upgrade to its computer system:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Yesterday BART implemented a planned infrastructure upgrade to a network server. Twelve hours later this change began to impact the exchange of information between servers, which affected the performance of the computer system the Operations Control Center relies on to monitor train service. Eventually the central computer went off line, which caused the last trains of the night to be delayed upwards of two hours due to the need for train operators and maintenance crews to manually move and lock switches. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART worked through the night to identify the root of the computer problem and tracked it to the upgrade made the day before. The server was returned to the original configuration and the problem was fixed. Limited train service resumed at 7:18 am and reached full service within 90 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART engineers are investigating the technical nuances that caused the problems and will make any needed fixes to prevent the problem from reoccurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At no time was train safety compromised. We apologize for the inconvenience to our late-night riders and for the late opening this morning.\" \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nUpdate: 9:30 a.m.: \u003c/strong>BART reports that it's back up to 100 percent of the capacity after its earlier problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's possible that what commuters are experiencing, though, is less than a smooth trip. 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The agency said the system will be running at full capacity by 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency spokesperson Jim Allison said earlier that the failure occurred just after midnight, affecting 19 trains with 500 to 1,000 passengers. Allison blamed the problem on \"computer systems in central control (that) are not communicating properly with the track switches.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He explained that to complete its post-midnight runs, crew members had to stop trains and manually operate switches. That meant some passengers didn't get to their destinations until 3 a.m. Allison said the computer problems were not related to the overnight wind storm, although separate weather issues causing smaller delays have been experienced during the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that computer failure, BART was not able to finish its overnight track maintenance. 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Under the previous contract, the paid family leave was only available after workers exhausted vacation days and sick time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says it never agreed to the new provision and says its chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, and two senior district managers mistakenly signed off on it in July. In fact, district officials say they didn’t discover that the provision was included in the final deal until several days after the unions ratified the agreement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not comfortable with the potential liability that could result from the adoption of this contract provision,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131115a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the board said in a statement\u003c/a> Friday night. “We have directed the General Manager (Grace Crunican) to go back to the bargaining table and continue a discussion with union officials in an attempt to resolve the matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board said \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/news/FMLA%20Costing%2011-15-2013%20alt1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the provision could cost\u003c/a> the district between roughly $6 million and $44 million over the life of the four-year contract depending on how often workers use the benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Mistakes happen in the business world and in life every day. That is not an excuse — it is just a fact.’\n\u003cp>-BART statement on contract\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The board also announced Friday that Hock “is no longer associated with the district” and that a new chief negotiator will be named soon. Union officials had been fiercely critical of Hock for what they said was his uncompromising stance during the talks and for his frequent absences during two cooling-off periods during the dispute. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives appeared at an open session of the BART board Friday morning and called on directors to approve the contract as it stands. After the board indicated it will not approve the agreements, SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli accused the agency of trying to back out of a deal it had agreed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Singling out a tentative agreement they prepared and agreed to in July and citing over-inflated numbers, BART Management is trying to hit the reset button and renege on the agreement that their $399,000 chief negotiator bargained for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make no mistake: there was no confusion or glitch in the agreement. BART’s high-priced chief negotiator Thomas Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier, and Labor Relations Manager Rudy Medina, signed an agreement that would allow BART workers time off to care for their family members with a serious illness.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The BART board on Friday released a \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/news/TA%20and%20Document%20Chronology_2013%20Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract timeline\u003c/a> it says shows it never agreed to the family leave provision. A BART \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/labor2013/Facts_About_Disputed_FMLA_Proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“fact sheet”\u003c/a> that includes a Q&A on the dispute reiterates that claim and adds this: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\n\u003cstrong>How could something like this happen when you have a highly paid team of negotiators acting on the District’s behalf?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistakes happen in the business world and in life every day. That is not an excuse — it is just a fact. During a final review process, the mistake was caught by staff before the BART Board voted on the contract and it will be fully vetted before the contract is considered.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A separate timeline \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24534447/bart-contract-section-4-8-family-medical-leave?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published Friday\u003c/a> by the Contra Costa Times reflects some of the unions’ account of events and disagrees sharply with BART’s chronology. For instance, both sides report the family leave issue came up in late may and early June. The BART account says BART twice rejected the proposal and the unions withdrew it. According to the Times, the union says they discussed the issue “with little feedback from Hock.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides agree that the proposal was included in a package of tentative agreements signed July 19. BART says the family leave proposal was mistakenly included in the package even though it had been rejected and withdrawn. The unions say that the provision was part of the tentative contract from that point on and that BART never raised any problems with it until after after the unions formally ratified the agreement on Nov. 1. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Thursday 7:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> For all of you who haven’t quite had your fill of BART contract disputes, here’s breaking news. BART management announced tonight that there might be problems with the contracts it just got done negotiating with its two biggest unions (and which the unions \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131102.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have already ratified\u003c/a>):\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART management believes that a provision that it did not agree to was inadvertently included in the final labor package, which is scheduled to be considered by the BART Board next week. BART is currently costing out the impact of the provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART Board will have to factor this item into its ratification decision next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For clarification, the purpose of tomorrow’s closed Board meeting is to review all the tentative agreements that are a part of the labor contract. The Board is scheduled to vote on the contract on Thursday, November 21, 2013.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What’s the “inadvertently included” provision? Piecing together other news reports, it’s language connected to the transit agency’s family leave policy. From \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9326491#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-9326491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 News\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The problem has to do with what BART considers a mistake in a clause that grants too much paid family leave to union workers. … Sources tell ABC7 News that a page in the agreement somehow made it into the final draft and was signed by all the negotiators. However, BART officials claim they had rejected the provision and the union had verbally agreed to take it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The new contract states that BART will give full pay for the first six weeks. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives appeared at an open session of the BART board Friday morning and called on directors to approve the contract as it stands. After the board indicated it will not approve the agreements, SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli accused the agency of trying to back out of a deal it had agreed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Singling out a tentative agreement they prepared and agreed to in July and citing over-inflated numbers, BART Management is trying to hit the reset button and renege on the agreement that their $399,000 chief negotiator bargained for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make no mistake: there was no confusion or glitch in the agreement. BART’s high-priced chief negotiator Thomas Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier, and Labor Relations Manager Rudy Medina, signed an agreement that would allow BART workers time off to care for their family members with a serious illness.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The BART board on Friday released a \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/news/TA%20and%20Document%20Chronology_2013%20Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract timeline\u003c/a> it says shows it never agreed to the family leave provision. A BART \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/labor2013/Facts_About_Disputed_FMLA_Proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“fact sheet”\u003c/a> that includes a Q&A on the dispute reiterates that claim and adds this: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\n\u003cstrong>How could something like this happen when you have a highly paid team of negotiators acting on the District’s behalf?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistakes happen in the business world and in life every day. That is not an excuse — it is just a fact. During a final review process, the mistake was caught by staff before the BART Board voted on the contract and it will be fully vetted before the contract is considered.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A separate timeline \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24534447/bart-contract-section-4-8-family-medical-leave?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published Friday\u003c/a> by the Contra Costa Times reflects some of the unions’ account of events and disagrees sharply with BART’s chronology. For instance, both sides report the family leave issue came up in late may and early June. The BART account says BART twice rejected the proposal and the unions withdrew it. According to the Times, the union says they discussed the issue “with little feedback from Hock.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides agree that the proposal was included in a package of tentative agreements signed July 19. BART says the family leave proposal was mistakenly included in the package even though it had been rejected and withdrawn. The unions say that the provision was part of the tentative contract from that point on and that BART never raised any problems with it until after after the unions formally ratified the agreement on Nov. 1. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Thursday 7:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> For all of you who haven’t quite had your fill of BART contract disputes, here’s breaking news. BART management announced tonight that there might be problems with the contracts it just got done negotiating with its two biggest unions (and which the unions \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131102.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have already ratified\u003c/a>):\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART management believes that a provision that it did not agree to was inadvertently included in the final labor package, which is scheduled to be considered by the BART Board next week. BART is currently costing out the impact of the provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART Board will have to factor this item into its ratification decision next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For clarification, the purpose of tomorrow’s closed Board meeting is to review all the tentative agreements that are a part of the labor contract. The Board is scheduled to vote on the contract on Thursday, November 21, 2013.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What’s the “inadvertently included” provision? Piecing together other news reports, it’s language connected to the transit agency’s family leave policy. From \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9326491#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-9326491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 News\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The problem has to do with what BART considers a mistake in a clause that grants too much paid family leave to union workers. … Sources tell ABC7 News that a page in the agreement somehow made it into the final draft and was signed by all the negotiators. However, BART officials claim they had rejected the provision and the union had verbally agreed to take it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The new contract states that BART will give full pay for the first six weeks. The old language said employees need to use sick leave and vacation time first. Sources tell ABC7 News that when BART management discovered the mistake, the unions said the clause could not be withdrawn.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As you’ll no doubt remember, the contracts were settled after a six-month-long dispute that included two strikes (each of four-plus days) and two cooling-off periods. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers/barttrain102013/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115637\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-115637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/barttrain102013-1024x566.png\" alt=\"The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED). \" width=\"640\" height=\"353\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>BART accident probe\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>National Transportation Safety Board investigators are re-enacting the Saturday BART accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB says the workers had been granted \"simple approval\" to enter the trackway and under BART policy were responsible for their own safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>NTSB says two trainee operators were in control cab along with an \"experienced trainer\" at time of accident.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> BART has closed tracks between its Lafayette and Pleasant Hill station so federal investigators can re-enact the weekend accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek. BART is running a bus bridge between the two stations from noon through 3:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Transportation Safety Board is doing the re-enactment, including a \"sight/distance\" test, to gather more information on the Saturday afternoon incident. Christopher Sheppard, a BART employee, and contractor Laurence Daniels were killed when a four-car train with an operator trainee at the controls hit them while traveling 60 to 70 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB announced yesterday that it has determined there were two trainees and a supervisor in the cab at the time of the accident. BART was apparently conducting the training in case it decided to try to run limited train service during the strike that had begun on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB said Daniels and Sheppard had obtained \"simple approval\" to enter the BART right-of-way. A BART procedures manual from 2001 describes simple approval as permission to enter a restricted area \"with the understanding that personnel shall not interfere with the normal operation of trains or equipment and are not provided any protection from trains or equipment.\" The manual also says \"personnel accessing trackways ... under Simple Approval are individually responsible for providing their own protection.\" In the past, contractors have been informed that simple approvals are not permitted in areas where trains are moving in excess of 50 mph.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-workers-on-tracks-don-t-get-train-warnings-4914319.php#page-2\" target=\"_blank\">Demian Bulwa reports in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> today, \"simple approval\" has come up in previous BART accident inquiries:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The simple-approval procedure was central to the investigation into the death of James Strickland, a BART inspector who was struck from behind by a train Oct. 14, 2008, as he walked east on the westbound track between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART operations managers had granted Strickland simple approval. But they did not tell him that BART had shut down the eastbound track and begun single-tracking trains in the area, state investigators said. Nor were train operators in the area told of Strickland's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators concluded shrubbery may have obscured the train operator's view of Strickland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, issued four citations to BART and levied total fines of $28,685 for serious violations in connection with Strickland's death, including one alleging that the simple-approval system had contributed to the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's appeals board wrote a year after the accident that simple approval \"deprives employees of (information about train travel) intentionally. The proffered reason for depriving workers of this information is so that workers stay alert at all times and expect a train at any time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART countered at the time that simple approval had worked well for more than 30 years, with no accidents. But the appeals board said an employer \"cannot leave it up to the employee to safeguard himself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, agencies must fix problems cited by Cal/OSHA after a case is over. But BART is still fighting the state's findings in the Strickland matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>The NTSB held a press conference about the incident on Saturday when two workers were killed by a BART train. NTSB investigator Jim Southworth said the operator of the train was in training, and that the train was moving at 60-70 miles per hour. He said the operator, who has held other positions with BART, had the train in automatic mode. Six employees were on board at the time. The NTSB said the train recorders are on their way to the NTSB lab in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southworth also said the operator knew that there were people ahead on the tracks. From the Los Angeles Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>He said the trainee operator, whom the NTSB interviewed Monday, had sounded the air horn before the accident. The train was moving at 60 mph to 70 mph when it made an emergency stop, Southworth said. He said the operator had heard a radio report warning of workers on the track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was aware of people on the tracks,” Southworth said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The agency conducted employee interviews today and will interview management tomorrow. It will also schedule a reenactment of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> The Contra Costa County coroner has released the names of two people who were killed on Saturday after being struck by a BART train: Laurence Daniels, 66, from Fair Oaks, and Christopher Sheppard, 58, from Hayward. Bay City News reports that Daniels was a contractor working with BART and that Sheppard was a member of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3993. That union is not striking, and BCN says it represents about 210 BART employees, mostly middle managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>Update, 9:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> BART union members held candlelight vigils in Walnut Creek and Oakland this evening to remember two workers who died Saturday when they were struck by a train while working trackside. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie \u003c/a>covered the Walnut Creek gathering and talked to some of the BART workers in attendance: Fannie Pettis said she knew one of the workers who died Saturday and says BART managers should have ensured the safety of her friend. \"I am very angry because I just feel like we should have rules in place to protect our employees at all times regardless of who they are, what they’re doing, and obviously something went wrong,\" Pettis said Richard Stingily said Saturday's accident shows why unions have tried to highlight safety issues in their contract negotiations. \"The safety rules, and the work rules, are very important\" Stingily said. \"That is one of the most important things here. And situations like this is what we were talking about.\" Saturday, BART General Manager Grace Crunican and Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier extended their condolences to the families of the victims. When asked whether the accident highlighted the safety issues unions have raised, Oversier said \"I'm not going to go there right now.\" He said sorting out how the accident happened and helping the victims' families was foremost in his mind. \"We're dealing with a situation here where the labor issues, the negotiations, are not in the forefront of our mind. We've just lost two members of the BART family.\" The two people who died Saturday were the seventh and eighth workers to die on the job in BART's 41-year history and the first since 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 5:15 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> National Transportation Safety Board investigators have taken over the investigation of the accident that killed two workers along BART tracks in Walnut Creek on Saturday afternoon. An NTSB team arrived on the scene of the incident, in which a four-car train operated by a BART manager struck the workers early Sunday afternoon. The victims, one BART employee and one contract worker, were inspecting tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Jim Southworth, the NTSB's chief railroad accident investigator, is leading the inquiry. He said during a press conference in Walnut Creek this afternoon that only a limited amount of data was available from the train involved in the accident — not as much, say, as would be available from a freight train. Southworth said the train was not equipped with a forward-facing camera that might have captured the scene on the tracks as the accident unfolded. He added that the lead car did have an inward-facing camera in the cab that could shed light on the operator's actions. Southworth said his team could be in the East Bay from four to 10 days and that the investigation could take six to 12 months or more before it's final. \"We are at the very start of this investigation,\" Southworth said. \"These accidents occur in an instant but they take a great deal of time to investigate.\" He declined to speculate on any aspect of the incident, including whether the strike played a role or whether the two workers killed were currently certified to work along the tracks. Southworth said BART, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Transit Administration and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are all participating in the investigation. \u003c!--more--> \u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> One of the questions that will arise in the aftermath of today's fatal accident: the credentials of the train operator. BART's statement calls the as-yet-unnamed person driving the train \"an experienced operator.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24345866/bart-train-strikes-two-people-near-walnut-creek\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times cites sources\u003c/a>as saying the driver was \"an operator supervisor who drove trains two decades ago.\" The Times also notes that BART General Manager Grace Crunican visited the site of the accident: \"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the two workers killed on the BART track,\" she said. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 tweeted in the aftermath of the deaths:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Due to the recent tragedy at Walnut creek station, and out of respect for the families involved ATU's members will not be picketing tomorrow — BART ATU LOCAL 1555 (@ATU_1555) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ATU_1555/statuses/391696823099731968\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> BART just posted \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131019a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this statement\u003c/a>on the accident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>BART officials are responding to the scene of a fatal accident involving two employees who were struck by an out-of-service BART train. The names of the deceased are not being released at this time.The accident occurred at approximately 1:53 pm between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations, approximately one mile north of the Walnut Creek Station. The employees were performing track inspections in response to a report of a dip in the track at the time of the accident. The deceased include one BART employee and a contractor. Both people had extensive experience working around moving trains in both the freight train and the rapid transit industry. The procedures involved in track maintenance require one employee to inspect the track and the other to act as a lookout and notify of any oncoming traffic. The train was on a routine maintenance run with an experienced operator at the controls. At the time of the accident the train was being run in automatic mode under computer control. No further details are available at the moment. Updates will be provided as they become available.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:55 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>Audio of BART radio traffic from the time of the incident has been posted online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>AUDIO: BART radio transmission from the moment a maintenance train struck employees on track (warning: graphic) - \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\">http://t.co/tJMRcDCANN\u003c/a> — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/statuses/391688263737413632\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:50 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong>BART has confirmed a train struck and killed two employees working along the system's tracks between Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The Contra Costa Times reports:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Two BART employees were hit and killed by one of the transit agency's trains between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations Saturday afternoon, a BART police deputy chief confirmed. Sources say the two dead workers were non-union engineers performing track inspections when a manager operating a four-car train hit them. ... ... A BART employee, who wished to remain anonymous due to the ongoing strike, said he was monitoring BART transmissions when he heard a manager who was operating a train report an emergency. He said the manager reported that two unrepresented engineers who were performing track maintenance were hit. BART trains have not been running for commuters since Friday due to a labor strike, however some managers have moved trains for other purposes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Two-BART-workers-killed-by-train-running-during-4909974.php\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco Chronicle adds\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>The two workers, whose names weren't immediately released, died at the scene after they were hit by an eastbound train, sources close to the investigation said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to BART emergency radio traffic immediately after the incident, there were six people aboard the train. BART police told KTVU that it was not yet clear who was operating the train at the time of the accident. After July's BART strike, the agency said it ran trains every day to ensure everything in the system worked correctly and to keep rust off the rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers/barttrain102013/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115637\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-115637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/barttrain102013-1024x566.png\" alt=\"The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED). \" width=\"640\" height=\"353\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART train involved in an accident Saturday that killed two workers inspecting the tracks. (Alex Emslie/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>BART accident probe\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>National Transportation Safety Board investigators are re-enacting the Saturday BART accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB says the workers had been granted \"simple approval\" to enter the trackway and under BART policy were responsible for their own safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>NTSB says two trainee operators were in control cab along with an \"experienced trainer\" at time of accident.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> BART has closed tracks between its Lafayette and Pleasant Hill station so federal investigators can re-enact the weekend accident that killed two workers in Walnut Creek. BART is running a bus bridge between the two stations from noon through 3:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Transportation Safety Board is doing the re-enactment, including a \"sight/distance\" test, to gather more information on the Saturday afternoon incident. Christopher Sheppard, a BART employee, and contractor Laurence Daniels were killed when a four-car train with an operator trainee at the controls hit them while traveling 60 to 70 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB announced yesterday that it has determined there were two trainees and a supervisor in the cab at the time of the accident. BART was apparently conducting the training in case it decided to try to run limited train service during the strike that had begun on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NTSB said Daniels and Sheppard had obtained \"simple approval\" to enter the BART right-of-way. A BART procedures manual from 2001 describes simple approval as permission to enter a restricted area \"with the understanding that personnel shall not interfere with the normal operation of trains or equipment and are not provided any protection from trains or equipment.\" The manual also says \"personnel accessing trackways ... under Simple Approval are individually responsible for providing their own protection.\" In the past, contractors have been informed that simple approvals are not permitted in areas where trains are moving in excess of 50 mph.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-workers-on-tracks-don-t-get-train-warnings-4914319.php#page-2\" target=\"_blank\">Demian Bulwa reports in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> today, \"simple approval\" has come up in previous BART accident inquiries:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The simple-approval procedure was central to the investigation into the death of James Strickland, a BART inspector who was struck from behind by a train Oct. 14, 2008, as he walked east on the westbound track between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART operations managers had granted Strickland simple approval. But they did not tell him that BART had shut down the eastbound track and begun single-tracking trains in the area, state investigators said. Nor were train operators in the area told of Strickland's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators concluded shrubbery may have obscured the train operator's view of Strickland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, issued four citations to BART and levied total fines of $28,685 for serious violations in connection with Strickland's death, including one alleging that the simple-approval system had contributed to the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's appeals board wrote a year after the accident that simple approval \"deprives employees of (information about train travel) intentionally. The proffered reason for depriving workers of this information is so that workers stay alert at all times and expect a train at any time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART countered at the time that simple approval had worked well for more than 30 years, with no accidents. But the appeals board said an employer \"cannot leave it up to the employee to safeguard himself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, agencies must fix problems cited by Cal/OSHA after a case is over. But BART is still fighting the state's findings in the Strickland matter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>The NTSB held a press conference about the incident on Saturday when two workers were killed by a BART train. NTSB investigator Jim Southworth said the operator of the train was in training, and that the train was moving at 60-70 miles per hour. He said the operator, who has held other positions with BART, had the train in automatic mode. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southworth also said the operator knew that there were people ahead on the tracks. From the Los Angeles Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>He said the trainee operator, whom the NTSB interviewed Monday, had sounded the air horn before the accident. The train was moving at 60 mph to 70 mph when it made an emergency stop, Southworth said. He said the operator had heard a radio report warning of workers on the track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was aware of people on the tracks,” Southworth said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The agency conducted employee interviews today and will interview management tomorrow. It will also schedule a reenactment of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> The Contra Costa County coroner has released the names of two people who were killed on Saturday after being struck by a BART train: Laurence Daniels, 66, from Fair Oaks, and Christopher Sheppard, 58, from Hayward. Bay City News reports that Daniels was a contractor working with BART and that Sheppard was a member of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3993. That union is not striking, and BCN says it represents about 210 BART employees, mostly middle managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>Update, 9:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> BART union members held candlelight vigils in Walnut Creek and Oakland this evening to remember two workers who died Saturday when they were struck by a train while working trackside. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Emslie \u003c/a>covered the Walnut Creek gathering and talked to some of the BART workers in attendance: Fannie Pettis said she knew one of the workers who died Saturday and says BART managers should have ensured the safety of her friend. \"I am very angry because I just feel like we should have rules in place to protect our employees at all times regardless of who they are, what they’re doing, and obviously something went wrong,\" Pettis said Richard Stingily said Saturday's accident shows why unions have tried to highlight safety issues in their contract negotiations. \"The safety rules, and the work rules, are very important\" Stingily said. \"That is one of the most important things here. And situations like this is what we were talking about.\" Saturday, BART General Manager Grace Crunican and Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier extended their condolences to the families of the victims. When asked whether the accident highlighted the safety issues unions have raised, Oversier said \"I'm not going to go there right now.\" He said sorting out how the accident happened and helping the victims' families was foremost in his mind. \"We're dealing with a situation here where the labor issues, the negotiations, are not in the forefront of our mind. We've just lost two members of the BART family.\" The two people who died Saturday were the seventh and eighth workers to die on the job in BART's 41-year history and the first since 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c!--more-->Update, 5:15 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> National Transportation Safety Board investigators have taken over the investigation of the accident that killed two workers along BART tracks in Walnut Creek on Saturday afternoon. An NTSB team arrived on the scene of the incident, in which a four-car train operated by a BART manager struck the workers early Sunday afternoon. The victims, one BART employee and one contract worker, were inspecting tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Jim Southworth, the NTSB's chief railroad accident investigator, is leading the inquiry. He said during a press conference in Walnut Creek this afternoon that only a limited amount of data was available from the train involved in the accident — not as much, say, as would be available from a freight train. Southworth said the train was not equipped with a forward-facing camera that might have captured the scene on the tracks as the accident unfolded. He added that the lead car did have an inward-facing camera in the cab that could shed light on the operator's actions. Southworth said his team could be in the East Bay from four to 10 days and that the investigation could take six to 12 months or more before it's final. \"We are at the very start of this investigation,\" Southworth said. \"These accidents occur in an instant but they take a great deal of time to investigate.\" He declined to speculate on any aspect of the incident, including whether the strike played a role or whether the two workers killed were currently certified to work along the tracks. Southworth said BART, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Transit Administration and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are all participating in the investigation. \u003c!--more--> \u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> One of the questions that will arise in the aftermath of today's fatal accident: the credentials of the train operator. BART's statement calls the as-yet-unnamed person driving the train \"an experienced operator.\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24345866/bart-train-strikes-two-people-near-walnut-creek\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times cites sources\u003c/a>as saying the driver was \"an operator supervisor who drove trains two decades ago.\" The Times also notes that BART General Manager Grace Crunican visited the site of the accident: \"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the two workers killed on the BART track,\" she said. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 tweeted in the aftermath of the deaths:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>Due to the recent tragedy at Walnut creek station, and out of respect for the families involved ATU's members will not be picketing tomorrow — BART ATU LOCAL 1555 (@ATU_1555) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ATU_1555/statuses/391696823099731968\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> BART just posted \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131019a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this statement\u003c/a>on the accident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cp>BART officials are responding to the scene of a fatal accident involving two employees who were struck by an out-of-service BART train. 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