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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/29/news-pix-rim-fire-clean-up-bay-bridge-closure-and-berkeley-mourns-family-camp/bartallnight/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109117\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-109117\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/BARTallnight.jpg\" alt=\"A train pulls into Oakland's MacArthur station. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train pulls into Oakland's MacArthur station. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On News Fix:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers\" target=\"_blank\">National Transportation Safety Board investigators say\u003c/a> a trainee was at at the controls of the train that struck and killed two workers in Walnut Creek over the weekend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NTSB said the train was moving at 60 to 70 mph when it hit the two workers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Guide: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/02/if-theres-a-bart-strike-here-are-your-options/\">During the BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/22/barts-runnng-again-but-commutes-not-quite-back-to-normal/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday BART Update: Trains Running, But Commute's Not Quite up to Speed\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:20 p.m. -- More information on the morning commute: \u003c/strong>Even though BART says trains will begin running at 4 a.m., \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">511.org\u003c/a> is saying that BART charter bus service will still be running in the morning to take up slack as rail service gets back to normal. San Francisco Bay Ferry also will continue running extra boats all day tomorrow for commuters from Oakland, Alameda, and Vallejo. If in doubt, our advice is to check \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">511.org \u003c/a> (or our guide, to the right of this post) for information on commute alternatives tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:40 p.m. -- Trains to run Tuesday morning: \u003c/strong>While BART officials and others (including this blog) had said BART service would resume Tuesday afternoon, the transit agency has announced that trains will begin running at 4 a.m. BART adds, though, that early-morning service may be limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>BART service resumes 4am, Tue., Oct. 22 following tentative labor agreement \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/hYqpW5vydk\">http://t.co/hYqpW5vydk\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— SFBART (@SFBART) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART/statuses/392526483668733952\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> BART and its unions have announced a tentative settlement in their contract dispute, an agreement that should have trains running again by early Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Arantes, president of the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021, broke the news of the settlement to a crowd of reporters waiting outside the Oakland headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. He apologized to Bay Area residents for the hardship they've endured during the strike and declared the settlement a victory for the unions' insistence on maintaining safety provisions in their contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were able to stand up for workers' rights, safety -- and the riders' safety,\" Arantes sadi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican signaled that the agency had retreated somewhat from its final offer last week, which included a demand for changes in the agency's work rules as well as a 12 percent pay increase and new pension and medical benefits payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will simply say that this offer is more than we wanted to pay,\" Crunican said. \"But it is also a new path in terms of our partnership with workers and helps us deliver the BART service of the future. We compromised to get to this place, as did our union members.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and union representatives were joined by several elected officials -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Assemblymember Bill Quirk and others. Newsom called on BART and the unions to make sure \"this is the last time this happens. I think everyone's fed up, and no one wants to see this ever happen again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, reminded the gathering of the weekend tragedy in which a BART train with a trainee at the controls struck and killed two workers along the system's right-of-way near Walnut Creek. \"I don't want it to be forgotten that two lives were lost\" during the strike, she said. \"I want those families to be remembered, and I want them to know we continue to extend our heartfelt condolences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>An announcement is about to happen. Officials are gathering and about to address the media. Now there's a debate about whether the announcement should be inside or outside the building. The reporters win -- it will be outside, in front of the assembled mics and cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>While we wait into the night once again for word on BART's status, a reminder: It will take BART awhile to get trains up and running if the strike is settled tonight. During the July strike, officials announced around 11 p.m. that the strike was being suspended to allow talks to continue for the next 30 days. But BART wasn't officially open until 3 p.m. the next afternoon, 16 hours after the news broke. With the caveat that I'm not running the trains myself, it's likely the earliest the trains would be running again would be Tuesday afternoon -- again, if the walkout is resolved tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you want to follow along live, \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's live video\u003c/a> is the way to go. One caveat: Having this on flashes back to last week, when we had night after night of waiting followed by late-night announcements of \"we're still talking, no strike tomorrow.\" The \"no strike\" part sure sounds pretty good about now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, here's what Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has to say about what to expect tonight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>At the Metropolitan Transportation Commission where the announcement of a settlement is expected shortly. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oakland&src=hash\">#Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jean Quan (@jeanquan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeanquan/statuses/392497612839858177\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you've been away from the news for awhile, as I have -- I've been \"commuting\" for the last four and a half hours -- here's what you've missed: Lots of elected officials have shown up at \u003cdel datetime=\"2013-10-22T04:11:32+00:00\">Caltrans District 4 Headquarters\u003c/del> Metropolitan Transportation Commission headquarters in Oakland as BART and its two biggest unions resumed contract negotiations with federal mediators today. The list includes Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and state Assemblymember Nancy Skinner of Berkeley. Reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/IsabeltheAngell\" target=\"_blank\">Isabel Angell,\u003c/a> transportation correspondent extraordinaire for KQED, KALW and WNYC's Transportation Nation, says senior officials from SEIU Local 1021 have trooped into the building in the last 15 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can also tell you that Gov. Jerry Brown's in the area -- I saw him doing an interview down at the Clay Street ferry landing in Oakland around 5:30 p.m. Not that he's necessarily directly involved in any of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expectation, in any case: We're close to an announcement about the resolution of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED's Isabel Angell spoke with BART spokesman Jim Allison about the negotiations that are currently underway: \"There are communications ... between the district, the mediator and the unions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison specifically mentioned the work rules, which have been the sticking point in the talks. \"It’s what is primarily known as 'beneficial past practices' that the district is seeking to change. These are practices that are informal, they’re agreed upon by the manager at the scene and the union member. ... We would like more flexibility there — that gif there are things that are inefficient or arcane, that we’re able make sure that we operate more efficiently. The goal here is not to ... erode the unions’ position in any way, the goal is to pay for the wage increases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison gave an example of a beneficial past practice: \"System service workers who do the janitorial work at our stations, they cannot clean above where they can reach, standing on the ground. They cannot use ladders... because of a beneficial past practice. So BART has to hire outside contractors to clean above the reach of our system service workers.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 4:35 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>KTVU's\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JanaKTVU://\"> Jana Katsuyama\u003c/a> just tweeted that the talks are progressing — \"only 2 items unresolved\" vs. the 5-6 on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mercury News' \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> reminds us that even if BART and the unions reach agreement, it'll take time to get the trains ready to roll:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keep in mind even a late-night end to the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> won't lead to trains running until tomorrow afternoon \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\">http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/392433199415963649\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:13 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24356883/bart-strike-update-possible-deal-could-get-trains\">reports\u003c/a>, \"An on-again-off-again gag order is back on, as both sides have declined to discuss any details from the table. The remaining issues are salary increases and various work rules for the system's 2,300 union workers...The unions said they had released a new proposal on Sunday night but details of the offer have been kept under wraps.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press is reporting that BART and its unions are resuming talks this afternoon, reportedly with an aim of getting trains running for the Tuesday morning commute. Here's part of the report from AP's Lisa Leff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OAKLAND — The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train agency and its unions plan to return to the bargaining table Monday, as a crippling transit strike continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Rick Rice said BART and the unions will resume negotiations sometime in the afternoon and BART hopes to reach an agreement by 6 p.m. so trains can begin running Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks had broken down Thursday, and the unions went on strike the following day.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other reports also suggested the two sides would return to bargaining today. Here's Michael Cabanatuan \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Meetings-being-arranged-to-end-BART-strike-4913959.php\" target=\"_blank\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Officials for BART and its striking unions are reportedly working with a federal mediator Monday to work out a settlement to the four-day-old strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the sensitive nature of crafting a deal both sides can live with, few details are available and no one is commenting publicly. Union and management sources say that they were in contact with a federal mediator over the weekend to discuss a possible end to the strike but that no face-to-face meetings had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of small meetings was being arranged Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the unions released a proposal that offered to end the dispute by modifying controversial contract language that BART contends has prevented technological advances and enshrined inefficiencies. The union offer proposed to allow for work rule changes regarding technology but retain rules on safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the same page, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Sovern\u003c/a> of KCBS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Breaking: Face-to-face talks resume amid hope for settlement in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTStrike&src=hash\">#BARTStrike\u003c/a>; BART says if there's a deal by 6pm trains will roll tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/statuses/392406554512609280\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART strike status as of 11 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Walkout is in its fourth day.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Talks:\u003c/strong> No new negotiations planned. The BART board canceled an emergency session planned for 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The commute\u003c/strong>: Lots of traffic out there and long lines for all alternate transit.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The casual commute:\u003c/strong> One exception to the misery: the 6:15 a.m. casual carpool from North Berkeley just sailed into the city.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> BART's two biggest unions say they've sent the agency's management a new proposal aimed at ending the the three-day-old strike. The offer was announced in a press release that contained no detail of the offer, but said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, the two unions representing the majority of BART workers, this evening delivered yet another offer to BART management aimed at ending the strike and getting the parties back into mediation to finish bargaining a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new counterproposal allows for the continued use of new technology in the workplace but protects workers from changes in work rules that would lead to unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, BART workers say, they will insist on retaining work rules to protect their members from workplace accidents, like the one that occurred yesterday, and that safeguard the riding public during normal revenue hours.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the story, you know that contract talks under the auspices of federal mediators broke down last Thursday when the unions rejected BART's demand for sweeping changes in work rules. The principal issue is in the area of \"beneficial practices,\" a contract provision that bars management from unilaterally changing practices that have been in place without consulting the unions. BART says that's prevented it from implementing new technology in some instances — a contention the unions challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight's union message says Saturday's accident in which a BART train struck and killed two workers illustrates the importance of the work rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The job of a BART worker can be very dangerous. That's why we receive a lot of training and it's why there are a lot of work rules,\" said Saul Almanza, who trains workers on wayside safety procedures and protocols. \"Work rules protect our members from the type of accidents that happened yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Workers should have a say in developing the rules and procedures that keep them safe,\" said John Arantes, president of the SEIU 1021 BART Chapter. \"But management has proposed a system by which they could change the rules unilaterally and that's reckless, radical and wrong.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We haven't seen any sign that BART has responded to the latest union message. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hints-BART-unions-in-touch-about-resuming-talks-4911975.php\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that SEIU Local 1021 officials say they've been in contact with federal mediators in hopes of getting talks restarted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> No indication yet that the two sides are getting back together to talk, so it's likely at this point that the work stoppage will continue into a fourth day Monday. BART's board has scheduled a special closed session for 3 p.m. Monday, presumably to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:10 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, says she'll submit BART's final contract offer to a membership vote. But at a rally at BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point station today, Bryant also predicted that the 900 BART employees in the local will reject the contract with \"a resounding no.\" The proposal includes a 12 percent pay increase over four years, new pension contributions and increased medical benefit payments and sweeping changes in work rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That dispute over work rules, including issues like scheduling, overtime policies and protection for workers who complain about management conduct, scuttled negotiations on Thursday. ATU 1555 and the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 both want the work-rules dispute submitted to an outside arbitrator. BART has rejected that suggestion, saying it would only consider submitting the entire agreement to arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART management has urged the unions to put its proposal to a vote. Agency officials have also said the offer is retroactive to July 5 — but only if both unions approve it within two weeks (BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced the two-week limit last Sunday, then repeated it when talks broke down on Thursday). Membership of both unions would need to approve the offer to end the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATU's Bryant said she didn't know yet when her members will vote on the proposal. As of early Saturday afternoon, there are no new talks planned in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also of note today: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A new message from BART's Crunican\u003c/a> about what's at stake in the strike. She emphasizes again the work rule changes — a subject that neither side said anything about publicly until the last few days — and says the contract battle \"is about the future\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The BART Board has shown great leadership over the last two years defining the investments necessary for an aging system by agreeing to an essential package of upgrades. A new fleet of train cars is under design with active public participation. A new train control system will allow us to run more trains to meet escalating rush hour demands. We need to expand our maintenance facilities to accommodate a new fleet of cars, and new service to San Jose, the Oakland Airport and eastern Contra Costa County. Our stations need upgrades for technology, energy efficiency and safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 6:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART management has rejected the unions' proposal to end the strike tonight at 10 p.m. Spokesman Jim Allison said management will consider arbitration, but \"only arbitration of the entire package\" and not just of the outstanding work rules. The unions earlier this evening asked that the work rules be submitted to arbitration. (See below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday PM commute report:\u003c/strong> On Friday afternoon, traffic maps show jammed roads in San Francisco that lead to eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Cars were backed up for at least 10 blocks along downtown streets; motorists waiting to cross the bridge reported waiting up to 45 minutes. Lines for the charter buses were long. On social media, people complained of commutes that were one or two more hours than usual. The San Francisco Bay Ferry service was also busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note to carpoolers: Dedicated carpool lanes remained relatively clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said many commuters sought alternative routes, leading to multiple congested corridors such as highways 880, 24 and 37.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 5 and 10 a.m. this morning, Bay Area traffic delays increased around 30 percent above normal, according to Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus. He said that the biggest increase was on Highway 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The carpool lane leading up to the Bay Bridge saw around 50 to 100 percent more traffic than a typical Friday, Haus said. Highways 580 and 880 saw delays around twice as high as normal around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Friday \u003c/strong>Leaders of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 have sent a letter to BART General Manager Grace Crunican and the BART board of directors proposing a \"Rider First Plan\" that could end the strike as early as 10 p.m. tonight. The unions underscore their agreement with management on health care, pensions and wages. On the workplace rules that have proved to be the sticking point, the letter says \"we would submit to and accept the results of a final and binding interest arbitration.\" Here is the letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View BART union letter: SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/177266771/BART-union-letter-SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813\">Letter to BART management from SEIU1021 and ATU1555\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_64862\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/177266771/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercury News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a>, however, noted that the plan offered by the unions is nothing new:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>To recap: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> unions said they had plan that could end strike, submit plan, & it is exactly the same plan as they offered yesterday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/391361576113938432\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:30 p.m. Friday. \u003c/strong>What happened today: Picketing, and a rally and briefing, as both BART management and the striking union workers sought to explain and clarify their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 workers and supporters gathered at noon at Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland for a rally to protest what they say are unfair labor practices by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART workers wore Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 T-shirts. ATU Local 1555 representative and BART train operator Chris Finn spoke at the rally, saying the unions did all they could to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of negotiations, he said, BART management \"brought up a proposal ... to effectively kill unions' rights to bargain.\" Finn also said, \"They are intent on causing a strike. They are hoping the public will not support it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today at BART headquarters in Oakland, General Manager Grace Crunican said that management wants to change work rules for its employees in order to save money and make the transit system operate more efficiently. The unions allege that management derailed contract talks by asking for the work rule changes this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART officials countered that management has been asking for work rule changes since contract negotiations began in April. The management officials, who didn't want to be identified, said the changes they are seeking would save tens of millions of dollars a year and help pay for the wage increases BART is offering employees. The savings would also help pay for future improvements in the transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican refuted statements made by union leadership about how negotiations broke down and lead to the strike. She said management agreed to an economic package tied to work rule reforms, and that the unions \u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">\"grabbed the salary offer, but balked at the work rule changes.\" Union leaders, she said, went on to announce a strike Thursday afternoon and \"falsely announced an agreement on salary.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">Crunican said BART management would consider having arbitration on an overall salary, health care, pension and work rules package. When announcing strike plans Thursday, SEIU Local 1021 chief negotiator Josie Mooney said the unions offered to go to arbitration over proposed work rule changes, but management refused.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(With contributions from Bay City News.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Early this morning, KQED's Scott Shafer asked Nancy Pelosi about her views of the BART strike: \"I hope that they can come back to the table to have a fair resolution of this, that is good for the workers and good for management, and is about safety and about respect for the workers, as well,\" Pelosi said. See the interview below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/sH2GvPU_3dM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> BART's current status, 11:30 a.m. Friday\u003c/strong> Striking BART workers are picketing at stations throughout the transit system after marathon contract talks broke down over how to resolve a dispute over work rules. No new talks have been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The commute:\u003c/strong> Alternate bus and ferry service has been crowded. Some boat passengers at Oakland's Jack London Square have reported waiting over an hour to get aboard. Traffic has been seriously impacted on all the East Bay approaches to the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The backstory (with thanks to The California Report's Rachael Myrow, who wrote it):\u003c/strong> BART workers are on strike again for the second time in four months. Despite a reported deal on wages, pensions and benefits, the talks foundered over changes to work rules proposed by management. Union negotiators claim these requests were intended to sink the talks at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pete Castelli is executive director of SEIU Local 1021, which represents more than 1,400 members. He described management's insistence on extensive changes in work rules as \"a poison pill. Trade your paycheck for your rights. That’s where they left us and that’s when it fell apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What work rule changes are they talking about? Union reps say the sticking points are scheduling flexibility and protections for whistle-blowers reporting favoritism, sexual harassment and so on. What does management say? Here's BART Board President Tom Radulovich: \"I believe we’ve offered our unions the best wage and benefit package in the country. But unfortunately we’re saddled with one of the worst sets of work rules in the country, which create a terrific amount of inefficiency. We need to correct that.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were able to stand up for workers' rights, safety -- and the riders' safety,\" Arantes sadi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican signaled that the agency had retreated somewhat from its final offer last week, which included a demand for changes in the agency's work rules as well as a 12 percent pay increase and new pension and medical benefits payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will simply say that this offer is more than we wanted to pay,\" Crunican said. \"But it is also a new path in terms of our partnership with workers and helps us deliver the BART service of the future. We compromised to get to this place, as did our union members.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and union representatives were joined by several elected officials -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Assemblymember Bill Quirk and others. Newsom called on BART and the unions to make sure \"this is the last time this happens. I think everyone's fed up, and no one wants to see this ever happen again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, reminded the gathering of the weekend tragedy in which a BART train with a trainee at the controls struck and killed two workers along the system's right-of-way near Walnut Creek. \"I don't want it to be forgotten that two lives were lost\" during the strike, she said. \"I want those families to be remembered, and I want them to know we continue to extend our heartfelt condolences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>An announcement is about to happen. Officials are gathering and about to address the media. Now there's a debate about whether the announcement should be inside or outside the building. The reporters win -- it will be outside, in front of the assembled mics and cameras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 p.m.: \u003c/strong>While we wait into the night once again for word on BART's status, a reminder: It will take BART awhile to get trains up and running if the strike is settled tonight. During the July strike, officials announced around 11 p.m. that the strike was being suspended to allow talks to continue for the next 30 days. But BART wasn't officially open until 3 p.m. the next afternoon, 16 hours after the news broke. With the caveat that I'm not running the trains myself, it's likely the earliest the trains would be running again would be Tuesday afternoon -- again, if the walkout is resolved tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you want to follow along live, \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7's live video\u003c/a> is the way to go. One caveat: Having this on flashes back to last week, when we had night after night of waiting followed by late-night announcements of \"we're still talking, no strike tomorrow.\" The \"no strike\" part sure sounds pretty good about now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, here's what Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has to say about what to expect tonight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>At the Metropolitan Transportation Commission where the announcement of a settlement is expected shortly. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oakland&src=hash\">#Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jean Quan (@jeanquan) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeanquan/statuses/392497612839858177\">October 22, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> If you've been away from the news for awhile, as I have -- I've been \"commuting\" for the last four and a half hours -- here's what you've missed: Lots of elected officials have shown up at \u003cdel datetime=\"2013-10-22T04:11:32+00:00\">Caltrans District 4 Headquarters\u003c/del> Metropolitan Transportation Commission headquarters in Oakland as BART and its two biggest unions resumed contract negotiations with federal mediators today. The list includes Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and state Assemblymember Nancy Skinner of Berkeley. Reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/IsabeltheAngell\" target=\"_blank\">Isabel Angell,\u003c/a> transportation correspondent extraordinaire for KQED, KALW and WNYC's Transportation Nation, says senior officials from SEIU Local 1021 have trooped into the building in the last 15 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can also tell you that Gov. Jerry Brown's in the area -- I saw him doing an interview down at the Clay Street ferry landing in Oakland around 5:30 p.m. Not that he's necessarily directly involved in any of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expectation, in any case: We're close to an announcement about the resolution of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m., Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED's Isabel Angell spoke with BART spokesman Jim Allison about the negotiations that are currently underway: \"There are communications ... between the district, the mediator and the unions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison specifically mentioned the work rules, which have been the sticking point in the talks. \"It’s what is primarily known as 'beneficial past practices' that the district is seeking to change. These are practices that are informal, they’re agreed upon by the manager at the scene and the union member. ... We would like more flexibility there — that gif there are things that are inefficient or arcane, that we’re able make sure that we operate more efficiently. The goal here is not to ... erode the unions’ position in any way, the goal is to pay for the wage increases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison gave an example of a beneficial past practice: \"System service workers who do the janitorial work at our stations, they cannot clean above where they can reach, standing on the ground. They cannot use ladders... because of a beneficial past practice. So BART has to hire outside contractors to clean above the reach of our system service workers.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update, 4:35 p.m., Monday: \u003c/strong>KTVU's\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JanaKTVU://\"> Jana Katsuyama\u003c/a> just tweeted that the talks are progressing — \"only 2 items unresolved\" vs. the 5-6 on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mercury News' \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> reminds us that even if BART and the unions reach agreement, it'll take time to get the trains ready to roll:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keep in mind even a late-night end to the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> won't lead to trains running until tomorrow afternoon \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\">http://t.co/QX2ImJc99x\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/392433199415963649\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:13 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bart/ci_24356883/bart-strike-update-possible-deal-could-get-trains\">reports\u003c/a>, \"An on-again-off-again gag order is back on, as both sides have declined to discuss any details from the table. The remaining issues are salary increases and various work rules for the system's 2,300 union workers...The unions said they had released a new proposal on Sunday night but details of the offer have been kept under wraps.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The Associated Press is reporting that BART and its unions are resuming talks this afternoon, reportedly with an aim of getting trains running for the Tuesday morning commute. Here's part of the report from AP's Lisa Leff:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OAKLAND — The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train agency and its unions plan to return to the bargaining table Monday, as a crippling transit strike continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Rick Rice said BART and the unions will resume negotiations sometime in the afternoon and BART hopes to reach an agreement by 6 p.m. so trains can begin running Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks had broken down Thursday, and the unions went on strike the following day.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other reports also suggested the two sides would return to bargaining today. Here's Michael Cabanatuan \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Meetings-being-arranged-to-end-BART-strike-4913959.php\" target=\"_blank\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Officials for BART and its striking unions are reportedly working with a federal mediator Monday to work out a settlement to the four-day-old strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the sensitive nature of crafting a deal both sides can live with, few details are available and no one is commenting publicly. Union and management sources say that they were in contact with a federal mediator over the weekend to discuss a possible end to the strike but that no face-to-face meetings had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A series of small meetings was being arranged Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday evening, the unions released a proposal that offered to end the dispute by modifying controversial contract language that BART contends has prevented technological advances and enshrined inefficiencies. The union offer proposed to allow for work rule changes regarding technology but retain rules on safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On the same page, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Sovern\u003c/a> of KCBS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Breaking: Face-to-face talks resume amid hope for settlement in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTStrike&src=hash\">#BARTStrike\u003c/a>; BART says if there's a deal by 6pm trains will roll tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SovernNation/statuses/392406554512609280\">October 21, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART strike status as of 11 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Walkout is in its fourth day.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Talks:\u003c/strong> No new negotiations planned. The BART board canceled an emergency session planned for 3 p.m.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The commute\u003c/strong>: Lots of traffic out there and long lines for all alternate transit.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>The casual commute:\u003c/strong> One exception to the misery: the 6:15 a.m. casual carpool from North Berkeley just sailed into the city.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> BART's two biggest unions say they've sent the agency's management a new proposal aimed at ending the the three-day-old strike. The offer was announced in a press release that contained no detail of the offer, but said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, the two unions representing the majority of BART workers, this evening delivered yet another offer to BART management aimed at ending the strike and getting the parties back into mediation to finish bargaining a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new counterproposal allows for the continued use of new technology in the workplace but protects workers from changes in work rules that would lead to unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, BART workers say, they will insist on retaining work rules to protect their members from workplace accidents, like the one that occurred yesterday, and that safeguard the riding public during normal revenue hours.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you've been following the story, you know that contract talks under the auspices of federal mediators broke down last Thursday when the unions rejected BART's demand for sweeping changes in work rules. The principal issue is in the area of \"beneficial practices,\" a contract provision that bars management from unilaterally changing practices that have been in place without consulting the unions. BART says that's prevented it from implementing new technology in some instances — a contention the unions challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight's union message says Saturday's accident in which a BART train struck and killed two workers illustrates the importance of the work rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The job of a BART worker can be very dangerous. That's why we receive a lot of training and it's why there are a lot of work rules,\" said Saul Almanza, who trains workers on wayside safety procedures and protocols. \"Work rules protect our members from the type of accidents that happened yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Workers should have a say in developing the rules and procedures that keep them safe,\" said John Arantes, president of the SEIU 1021 BART Chapter. \"But management has proposed a system by which they could change the rules unilaterally and that's reckless, radical and wrong.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We haven't seen any sign that BART has responded to the latest union message. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ctuan\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cabanatuan\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hints-BART-unions-in-touch-about-resuming-talks-4911975.php\" target=\"_blank\">reports\u003c/a> that SEIU Local 1021 officials say they've been in contact with federal mediators in hopes of getting talks restarted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> No indication yet that the two sides are getting back together to talk, so it's likely at this point that the work stoppage will continue into a fourth day Monday. BART's board has scheduled a special closed session for 3 p.m. Monday, presumably to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:10 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, says she'll submit BART's final contract offer to a membership vote. But at a rally at BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point station today, Bryant also predicted that the 900 BART employees in the local will reject the contract with \"a resounding no.\" The proposal includes a 12 percent pay increase over four years, new pension contributions and increased medical benefit payments and sweeping changes in work rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That dispute over work rules, including issues like scheduling, overtime policies and protection for workers who complain about management conduct, scuttled negotiations on Thursday. ATU 1555 and the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 both want the work-rules dispute submitted to an outside arbitrator. BART has rejected that suggestion, saying it would only consider submitting the entire agreement to arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART management has urged the unions to put its proposal to a vote. Agency officials have also said the offer is retroactive to July 5 — but only if both unions approve it within two weeks (BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced the two-week limit last Sunday, then repeated it when talks broke down on Thursday). Membership of both unions would need to approve the offer to end the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATU's Bryant said she didn't know yet when her members will vote on the proposal. As of early Saturday afternoon, there are no new talks planned in the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also of note today: \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A new message from BART's Crunican\u003c/a> about what's at stake in the strike. She emphasizes again the work rule changes — a subject that neither side said anything about publicly until the last few days — and says the contract battle \"is about the future\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The BART Board has shown great leadership over the last two years defining the investments necessary for an aging system by agreeing to an essential package of upgrades. A new fleet of train cars is under design with active public participation. A new train control system will allow us to run more trains to meet escalating rush hour demands. We need to expand our maintenance facilities to accommodate a new fleet of cars, and new service to San Jose, the Oakland Airport and eastern Contra Costa County. Our stations need upgrades for technology, energy efficiency and safety.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 6:50 p.m. Friday\u003c/strong> BART management has rejected the unions' proposal to end the strike tonight at 10 p.m. Spokesman Jim Allison said management will consider arbitration, but \"only arbitration of the entire package\" and not just of the outstanding work rules. The unions earlier this evening asked that the work rules be submitted to arbitration. (See below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday PM commute report:\u003c/strong> On Friday afternoon, traffic maps show jammed roads in San Francisco that lead to eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Cars were backed up for at least 10 blocks along downtown streets; motorists waiting to cross the bridge reported waiting up to 45 minutes. Lines for the charter buses were long. On social media, people complained of commutes that were one or two more hours than usual. The San Francisco Bay Ferry service was also busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note to carpoolers: Dedicated carpool lanes remained relatively clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said many commuters sought alternative routes, leading to multiple congested corridors such as highways 880, 24 and 37.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 5 and 10 a.m. this morning, Bay Area traffic delays increased around 30 percent above normal, according to Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus. He said that the biggest increase was on Highway 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The carpool lane leading up to the Bay Bridge saw around 50 to 100 percent more traffic than a typical Friday, Haus said. Highways 580 and 880 saw delays around twice as high as normal around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 5:15 p.m. Friday \u003c/strong>Leaders of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 have sent a letter to BART General Manager Grace Crunican and the BART board of directors proposing a \"Rider First Plan\" that could end the strike as early as 10 p.m. tonight. The unions underscore their agreement with management on health care, pensions and wages. On the workplace rules that have proved to be the sticking point, the letter says \"we would submit to and accept the results of a final and binding interest arbitration.\" Here is the letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View BART union letter: SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813 on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/177266771/BART-union-letter-SEIU1021ATU155-Letter101813\">Letter to BART management from SEIU1021 and ATU1555\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_64862\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/177266771/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercury News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc\">Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a>, however, noted that the plan offered by the unions is nothing new:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>To recap: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> unions said they had plan that could end strike, submit plan, & it is exactly the same plan as they offered yesterday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/391361576113938432\">October 19, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:30 p.m. Friday. \u003c/strong>What happened today: Picketing, and a rally and briefing, as both BART management and the striking union workers sought to explain and clarify their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 workers and supporters gathered at noon at Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland for a rally to protest what they say are unfair labor practices by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART workers wore Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 T-shirts. ATU Local 1555 representative and BART train operator Chris Finn spoke at the rally, saying the unions did all they could to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of negotiations, he said, BART management \"brought up a proposal ... to effectively kill unions' rights to bargain.\" Finn also said, \"They are intent on causing a strike. They are hoping the public will not support it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also today at BART headquarters in Oakland, General Manager Grace Crunican said that management wants to change work rules for its employees in order to save money and make the transit system operate more efficiently. The unions allege that management derailed contract talks by asking for the work rule changes this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART officials countered that management has been asking for work rule changes since contract negotiations began in April. The management officials, who didn't want to be identified, said the changes they are seeking would save tens of millions of dollars a year and help pay for the wage increases BART is offering employees. The savings would also help pay for future improvements in the transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican refuted statements made by union leadership about how negotiations broke down and lead to the strike. She said management agreed to an economic package tied to work rule reforms, and that the unions \u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">\"grabbed the salary offer, but balked at the work rule changes.\" Union leaders, she said, went on to announce a strike Thursday afternoon and \"falsely announced an agreement on salary.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small\">Crunican said BART management would consider having arbitration on an overall salary, health care, pension and work rules package. When announcing strike plans Thursday, SEIU Local 1021 chief negotiator Josie Mooney said the unions offered to go to arbitration over proposed work rule changes, but management refused.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(With contributions from Bay City News.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Early this morning, KQED's Scott Shafer asked Nancy Pelosi about her views of the BART strike: \"I hope that they can come back to the table to have a fair resolution of this, that is good for the workers and good for management, and is about safety and about respect for the workers, as well,\" Pelosi said. See the interview below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/sH2GvPU_3dM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> BART's current status, 11:30 a.m. Friday\u003c/strong> Striking BART workers are picketing at stations throughout the transit system after marathon contract talks broke down over how to resolve a dispute over work rules. No new talks have been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The commute:\u003c/strong> Alternate bus and ferry service has been crowded. Some boat passengers at Oakland's Jack London Square have reported waiting over an hour to get aboard. Traffic has been seriously impacted on all the East Bay approaches to the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The backstory (with thanks to The California Report's Rachael Myrow, who wrote it):\u003c/strong> BART workers are on strike again for the second time in four months. Despite a reported deal on wages, pensions and benefits, the talks foundered over changes to work rules proposed by management. Union negotiators claim these requests were intended to sink the talks at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pete Castelli is executive director of SEIU Local 1021, which represents more than 1,400 members. He described management's insistence on extensive changes in work rules as \"a poison pill. Trade your paycheck for your rights. That’s where they left us and that’s when it fell apart.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/rs7111_bart_strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115501\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7111_BART_Strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's what I glean from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\">online comments\u003c/a> about our second BART strike in four months: Most feel BART's workers are both overpaid and personally undeserving of the salaries they make. Many express frustration about their apparent lack of ability to do anything to stop the walkout. And some have some ideas for how to change things so that BART can't strike again. (One representative BART comment thread is here:.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the commenters' ideas in a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, let's acknowledge there is a murmur of dissent among the anti-strike comments -- a handful of commenters pleading the case of the BART workers and defending unions for helping some attain a living wage. (See the end of the post for a couple examples.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the volume is a lot louder from the other side. Some commenters state a rational proposition based on reporting that's out there about BART worker salaries -- comments along the lines of \"I've always sympathized with unions, but what they get and what they're asking for is way out of line with labor market realities.\" But though I haven't gone through and made a comment matrix of anti-BART strike commenters to separate all the emotional and ideological strands, I think it's fair to say the frustration that most of them express goes well beyond logical market arguments. Some commenters accuse workers of being greedy, of being lazy, of not being grateful for having jobs in in hard economic times. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-46-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115484\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.46-AM-e1382125833767.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.46 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some comments focus on the modest educational requirements for positions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/Train_Operator_OB160-08.doc\" target=\"_blank\">train operator \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/StationAgent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">station agent\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-18-49-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115486\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115486\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.18.49-AM-e1382125771966.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.18.49 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"167\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now, let's look at suggested remedies from the audience. Here's a list based on my estimate of how frequently the idea has been suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Fire and/or lock out all the workers and replace them.\u003c/strong> We've already heard from this camp above, but here's another comment for good measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-14-12-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115488\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.14.12-AM-e1382125662379.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.14.12 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"119\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Pass laws to ban strikes by workers at BART and other transit agencies. \u003c/strong>This is an idea that's clearly gaining popularity with both Republicans in the state Legislature and an East Bay Assembly candidate pushing for a change in state law:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-17-07-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115487\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115487\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.17.07-AM-e1382125689493.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.17.07 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Automate BART trains so they don't need unionized drivers anymore.\u003c/strong> Commenters like to point out that the Bay Area is the center of universal technological innovation (except for all those bullet trains and cool transit systems in Japan, France, Germany, China and Britain). This idea isn't so far out. Vancouver, B.C., \u003ca href=\"http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/driverless-rapid-transit-why-it-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\">already has such a system\u003c/a>. And as a recent article in TechCrunch \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/17/could-bart-automate-train-drivers/?ncid=twittersocialshare\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a>, Paris has installed a driverless system on one of its Metro lines and London's studying the idea for its underground. Here's a comment that mixes a couple of our themes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-2-26-02-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115526\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115526\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-2.26.02-PM-e1382131612345.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 2.26.02 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Form a riders' union to \"strike back\" against BART workers' union. \u003c/strong>Again, this isn't a wacky idea. For instance, riders' groups have formed in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities. (What's unknown to me, frankly, is how effective they are in influencing transportation policy and whether they have the clout to effectively participate in contract battles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-09-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115485\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.09-AM-e1382125800122.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.09 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"109\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there a counter-trend? Pro-union people coming to the defense of the union's and the idea of collective bargaining? There is, but compared to the volume typically employed by the anti-strikers, they're speaking in a whisper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-32-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115510\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.32-PM-e1382130247630.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.32 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"116\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-43-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115509\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.43-PM-e1382130276832.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.43 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/rs7111_bart_strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115501\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7111_BART_Strike_18oct2013_0190_web-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commuters and the BART strike, the headline of the day. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's what I glean from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\">online comments\u003c/a> about our second BART strike in four months: Most feel BART's workers are both overpaid and personally undeserving of the salaries they make. Many express frustration about their apparent lack of ability to do anything to stop the walkout. And some have some ideas for how to change things so that BART can't strike again. (One representative BART comment thread is here:.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on the commenters' ideas in a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, let's acknowledge there is a murmur of dissent among the anti-strike comments -- a handful of commenters pleading the case of the BART workers and defending unions for helping some attain a living wage. (See the end of the post for a couple examples.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the volume is a lot louder from the other side. Some commenters state a rational proposition based on reporting that's out there about BART worker salaries -- comments along the lines of \"I've always sympathized with unions, but what they get and what they're asking for is way out of line with labor market realities.\" But though I haven't gone through and made a comment matrix of anti-BART strike commenters to separate all the emotional and ideological strands, I think it's fair to say the frustration that most of them express goes well beyond logical market arguments. Some commenters accuse workers of being greedy, of being lazy, of not being grateful for having jobs in in hard economic times. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-46-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115484\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.46-AM-e1382125833767.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.46 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some comments focus on the modest educational requirements for positions like \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/Train_Operator_OB160-08.doc\" target=\"_blank\">train operator \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/job_descriptions/StationAgent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">station agent\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-18-49-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115486\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115486\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.18.49-AM-e1382125771966.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.18.49 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"167\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now, let's look at suggested remedies from the audience. Here's a list based on my estimate of how frequently the idea has been suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Fire and/or lock out all the workers and replace them.\u003c/strong> We've already heard from this camp above, but here's another comment for good measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-14-12-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115488\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.14.12-AM-e1382125662379.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.14.12 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"119\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Pass laws to ban strikes by workers at BART and other transit agencies. \u003c/strong>This is an idea that's clearly gaining popularity with both Republicans in the state Legislature and an East Bay Assembly candidate pushing for a change in state law:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/the-audience-speaks/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-17-07-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115487\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115487\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.17.07-AM-e1382125689493.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.17.07 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Automate BART trains so they don't need unionized drivers anymore.\u003c/strong> Commenters like to point out that the Bay Area is the center of universal technological innovation (except for all those bullet trains and cool transit systems in Japan, France, Germany, China and Britain). This idea isn't so far out. Vancouver, B.C., \u003ca href=\"http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/driverless-rapid-transit-why-it-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\">already has such a system\u003c/a>. And as a recent article in TechCrunch \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/17/could-bart-automate-train-drivers/?ncid=twittersocialshare\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a>, Paris has installed a driverless system on one of its Metro lines and London's studying the idea for its underground. Here's a comment that mixes a couple of our themes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-2-26-02-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115526\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115526\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-2.26.02-PM-e1382131612345.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 2.26.02 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Form a riders' union to \"strike back\" against BART workers' union. \u003c/strong>Again, this isn't a wacky idea. For instance, riders' groups have formed in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities. (What's unknown to me, frankly, is how effective they are in influencing transportation policy and whether they have the clout to effectively participate in contract battles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-11-19-09-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115485\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-11.19.09-AM-e1382125800122.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 11.19.09 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"109\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there a counter-trend? Pro-union people coming to the defense of the union's and the idea of collective bargaining? There is, but compared to the volume typically employed by the anti-strikers, they're speaking in a whisper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-32-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115510\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.32-PM-e1382130247630.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.32 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"116\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/kqed-audience-speaks-on-bart-strike/screen-shot-2013-10-18-at-1-59-43-pm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115509\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-18-at-1.59.43-PM-e1382130276832.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-18 at 1.59.43 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At midnight, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BART workers went on strike\u003c/a> after months of negotiations collapsed late Thursday night. Workers began picketing early Friday at 4 a.m. and commuters dealt with heavy traffic as they headed to work Friday morning. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/scenes-and-stories-of-the-bart-strike/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reactions were mixed\u003c/a> with some in support of and some angry with the striking workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the evening commute or if the strike continues into next week, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/02/if-theres-a-bart-strike-here-are-your-options/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learn about your options for getting around\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tweet your pictures of the strike to us @KQEDNews or share them with us on \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/kqednews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a>. Check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqedradio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Flickr\u003c/a> page for more images throughout the BART strike and for full captions and information from these photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"disqusTitle": "So How Much Do Striking BART Employees Make, Anyway?",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102446\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-Strike.jpg\" alt=\"(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 18:\u003c/strong> We're republishing our colleague Jon Brooks' post from the July BART strike. The question asked here is still one that's central to the BART labor dispute. The financial segment of the BART contract is separate from the dispute over work rules that brought the agency's contract talks with unions to an end yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (July 3, 2013): \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's just something about a three-hour commute that lends itself to the casting of blame. To that end, we're guessing that as you've sat in stop-and-crawl traffic or waited in an interminable ferry line, you may have caught yourself contemplating whom you most want to fall to their knees and admit to a heinous crime against you, personally: management or labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\">\u003cstrong>Current and average projected wages of striking BART workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area?Entity=Bay%20Area%20Rapid%20Transit&appSession=11716134716685&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=asc&CPIorderby=TCOE&cbCurrentPageSize=250\" target=\"_blank\">Compensation for all BART employees\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> Well, here's some data to help you figure that out, if you're so inclined. Daniel Willis of the Bay Area News Group, using the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2012\" target=\"_blank\">2012 public employee salary database\u003c/a>, has put together its \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>best estimates\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> of current average salaries by bargaining unit ... as well as the projected future salaries under both proposed contracts as of 8 pm on July 2.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> to not only see the average and median base and gross salaries of the employees represented by the two big unions on strike, ATU and SEIU, but also what they'd make under their own latest proposal and BART's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind the info does not include health and pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area News Group says it will keep updating the page as new contracts are proposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows employees from the two striking unions make around $78,000 to $81,000, including overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Census Bureau said the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-income-beats-state-U-S-census-shows-2309174.php\" target=\"_blank\">2010 median household income\u003c/a> in San Francisco was $71,745, or $76,644 in 2013 inflation-adjusted dollars. In Marin it was $83,867 ($89,593); Alameda County $67,169 ($71,755); Contra Costa $83,867 ($89,593); San Mateo County $82,745 ($88,395).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#%21/on-air/as-seen-on/Reality-Check--Breaking-Down-BART-Negotiation-Claims/213923141\" target=\"_blank\">report by NBC Bay Area\u003c/a> Monday night examining the specifics of what the unions have been asking for and what BART has offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in public employee pay, the Sacramento Bee has posted \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2013/07/what-california-state-workers-earn-the-grand-finale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&\" target=\"_blank\">salary information for state workers\u003c/a>, sorted by bargaining unit. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The dispute\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART workers have not had a raise in five years. They say that they have taken a hit during the financial crisis, which decimated government coffers, and now they are trying to make that up. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with having employees contribute to rising health care and pension costs. Workers pay $92 per month for health insurance, regardless of how many dependents are on the plan. They do not contribute to their pensions, and they do not receive social security benefits.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nOn KQED Radio's \"Forum\" program on Monday, Randy Rentschler, director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), said that the dispute between BART employees and management is part of a larger conflict going on between public workers and governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over time, public agencies have sought to protect their workers from increasing health care costs that have really snarled our economy for decades,\" he said. \"I think that both sides are really stuck in this kind of national issue of rising health care costs, pensions that are difficult; and you can see that those are the two sticking points. .... Whether or not the two sides can find a middle ground on that subject is still an open question.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Chronicle political columnist Phil Matier agrees. He said on \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/show/phil-matier/#\" target=\"_blank\">KCBS\u003c/a> Monday ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bottom line (if) you listen to both sides, is that this is not just about BART — it’s about all the municipal unions. These public employees feel like they have been furloughed and they have been dealt spending cuts repeatedly over the years. With the economy on the mend, the money is coming back and the boards of directors are finding other ways to spend it because they say there are other needs. Union leaders, I don’t think, can sell the membership a package that continues to what appears to be a net loss—whether it’s the city of Oakland, BART, or any public service.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Alicia Trost, spokeswoman for BART, said on the \"Forum\" show that the agency is \"trying to figure out a balance between investing in our employees and investing in our system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping the strike allows our employees to let off some steam,\" she said. \"Maybe that’ll help get us back to the table and come up with a reasonable compromise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, chief negotiator for SEIU 1021, said that what BART characterized as an offer of a wage increase really amounted to no net benefit for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I give you a quarter in Paragraph 1 and then I take it away in Paragraph 2, that still amounts to zero,\" she said. \"So while BART management has put a 5 percent raise on Page 1 ... they've taken it away on Page 4.\" Mooney said that means the gains in salary that \u003cem>\u003c/em>workers would win under BART's proposal would be effectively nullified by a requirement that workers contribute an equivalent amount to their pensions. Citing \"millions of dollars of surplus,\" Mooney said that BART's offer does not acknowledge that \"the system is in great shape\" and that \"ridership is up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART's Alicia Trost, however, said, \"We don't have a surplus. We have a tremendous unfunded capital need.\" She said in coming years, BART wants to buy 1,000 new train cars and a new train-control system, costs to which the agency will have to contribute 25 percent.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102446\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Oakland-Strike.jpg\" alt=\"(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 18:\u003c/strong> We're republishing our colleague Jon Brooks' post from the July BART strike. The question asked here is still one that's central to the BART labor dispute. The financial segment of the BART contract is separate from the dispute over work rules that brought the agency's contract talks with unions to an end yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (July 3, 2013): \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's just something about a three-hour commute that lends itself to the casting of blame. To that end, we're guessing that as you've sat in stop-and-crawl traffic or waited in an interminable ferry line, you may have caught yourself contemplating whom you most want to fall to their knees and admit to a heinous crime against you, personally: management or labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\">\u003cstrong>Current and average projected wages of striking BART workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area?Entity=Bay%20Area%20Rapid%20Transit&appSession=11716134716685&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=asc&CPIorderby=TCOE&cbCurrentPageSize=250\" target=\"_blank\">Compensation for all BART employees\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> Well, here's some data to help you figure that out, if you're so inclined. Daniel Willis of the Bay Area News Group, using the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2012\" target=\"_blank\">2012 public employee salary database\u003c/a>, has put together its \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>best estimates\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> of current average salaries by bargaining unit ... as well as the projected future salaries under both proposed contracts as of 8 pm on July 2.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/data/ci_23585525/bart-contract-proposals\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> to not only see the average and median base and gross salaries of the employees represented by the two big unions on strike, ATU and SEIU, but also what they'd make under their own latest proposal and BART's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind the info does not include health and pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area News Group says it will keep updating the page as new contracts are proposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows employees from the two striking unions make around $78,000 to $81,000, including overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Census Bureau said the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-income-beats-state-U-S-census-shows-2309174.php\" target=\"_blank\">2010 median household income\u003c/a> in San Francisco was $71,745, or $76,644 in 2013 inflation-adjusted dollars. In Marin it was $83,867 ($89,593); Alameda County $67,169 ($71,755); Contra Costa $83,867 ($89,593); San Mateo County $82,745 ($88,395).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#%21/on-air/as-seen-on/Reality-Check--Breaking-Down-BART-Negotiation-Claims/213923141\" target=\"_blank\">report by NBC Bay Area\u003c/a> Monday night examining the specifics of what the unions have been asking for and what BART has offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you're interested in public employee pay, the Sacramento Bee has posted \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2013/07/what-california-state-workers-earn-the-grand-finale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&\" target=\"_blank\">salary information for state workers\u003c/a>, sorted by bargaining unit. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The dispute\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART workers have not had a raise in five years. They say that they have taken a hit during the financial crisis, which decimated government coffers, and now they are trying to make that up. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with having employees contribute to rising health care and pension costs. Workers pay $92 per month for health insurance, regardless of how many dependents are on the plan. They do not contribute to their pensions, and they do not receive social security benefits.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nOn KQED Radio's \"Forum\" program on Monday, Randy Rentschler, director of legislation and public affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), said that the dispute between BART employees and management is part of a larger conflict going on between public workers and governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over time, public agencies have sought to protect their workers from increasing health care costs that have really snarled our economy for decades,\" he said. \"I think that both sides are really stuck in this kind of national issue of rising health care costs, pensions that are difficult; and you can see that those are the two sticking points. .... Whether or not the two sides can find a middle ground on that subject is still an open question.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Chronicle political columnist Phil Matier agrees. He said on \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/show/phil-matier/#\" target=\"_blank\">KCBS\u003c/a> Monday ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bottom line (if) you listen to both sides, is that this is not just about BART — it’s about all the municipal unions. These public employees feel like they have been furloughed and they have been dealt spending cuts repeatedly over the years. With the economy on the mend, the money is coming back and the boards of directors are finding other ways to spend it because they say there are other needs. Union leaders, I don’t think, can sell the membership a package that continues to what appears to be a net loss—whether it’s the city of Oakland, BART, or any public service.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Alicia Trost, spokeswoman for BART, said on the \"Forum\" show that the agency is \"trying to figure out a balance between investing in our employees and investing in our system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping the strike allows our employees to let off some steam,\" she said. \"Maybe that’ll help get us back to the table and come up with a reasonable compromise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josie Mooney, chief negotiator for SEIU 1021, said that what BART characterized as an offer of a wage increase really amounted to no net benefit for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I give you a quarter in Paragraph 1 and then I take it away in Paragraph 2, that still amounts to zero,\" she said. \"So while BART management has put a 5 percent raise on Page 1 ... they've taken it away on Page 4.\" Mooney said that means the gains in salary that \u003cem>\u003c/em>workers would win under BART's proposal would be effectively nullified by a requirement that workers contribute an equivalent amount to their pensions. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue/rs7071_007-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115417\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-115417\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7071_007-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"BART workers picket at the system's Lake Merritt station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART workers picket at the system's Lake Merritt station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/bart-strike-update-day-1\" target=\"blank\">Friday BART Strike Update: Monster Commute, No Talks Planned\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guide:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/02/if-theres-a-bart-strike-here-are-your-options/\" target=\"_blank\">During the BART Strike, Here Are Your Transit Options\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Current status, 8:30 a.m. Friday\u003c/strong> The commute into San Francisco has been, as expected, pretty awful. Interstate 880, the Nimitz Freeway, has backed up at times all the way from Hayward up to the Bay Bridge -- nearly 20 miles. Interstate 580, the MacArthur Freeway, has been backed up to Highway 24. Speaking of 24, it's back up to speed after having been slow in long stretches all the way from Walnut Creek to the 580 interchange. The Eastshore Freeway, I-80, has been backed up to Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, after years of occasional Bay Bridge closures and last July's BART strike, disruptions are nothing new to Bay Area commuters and commute services. BART is running bus service, AC Transit and other agencies are operating extra buses, and the San Francisco Bay Ferry system is sailing extra runs. All of those are crowded but operating smoothly this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:01 a.m.:\u003c/strong> For the second time in 2013, BART is on strike. Union pickets are ready to take up positions at stations throughout the Bay Area. We have no indication yet when union and management negotiators will attempt to resume talks, which broke down Thursday afternoon in a dispute over work rules at the transit agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First response\u003c/strong> The California Republican Party marked the beginning of the strike by \u003ca href=\"http://www.cssrc.us/news.aspx?id=14334&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">renewing its call \u003c/a>for a law to stop BART workers from walking out. That idea was first floated last month by Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, who asked Gov. Jerry Brown to call a special session of the Legislature to pass the bill. Brown declined, citing opposition from most legislators, unions and even BART. He \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leaders-try-to-forbid-transit-workers-from-4874289.php\" target=\"_blank\">has signaled some interest\u003c/a> in legislation that would submit transit disputes to binding arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Major points:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The breakdown:\u003c/strong> Talks broke down this afternoon after a 30-hour negotiation marathon. The federal mediator in charge of the talks said significant progress was made on many issues but ultimately the differences between the two sides could not be bridged. He said mediators are exiting the talks for now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Work rules dispute:\u003c/strong> Unions say they had reached agreement with the agency on pay, pension and medical benefits, but the talks foundered on BART's insistence on changes in work rules. BART management says it wants changes in work rules to help assure the transit system's future \"efficiency and effectiveness.\" Unions say the agency refused an offer to submit the work rules dispute to outside arbitration. BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the offer was rejected because unions were willing to submit only part of the contract to arbitration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Final contract offer:\u003c/strong>BART made an offer that was very close to the \"last, best and final offer\" first presented last Sunday and said it wants union leadership to submit that proposal to a rank-and-file vote. Union officials say they believe the offer has no chance of acceptance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Governor out of moves:\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown's office says the governor, who moved to impose the cooling-off period that expired last week, has no more legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The details:\u003c/strong> SEIU Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez appeared outside the Caltrans building in Oakland after 30 straight hours of talks to announce that BART's unions intend to strike at midnight. Federal mediators confirmed that talks had broken up, and BART management said it had repeated its \"last, best and final\" offer after unions refused to accept changes in work rules. BART General Manager Grace Crunican again called on union leaders to submit the offer to a rank-and-file vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appearing outside Caltrans headquarters in Oakland, Sanchez accused BART management of forcing the dispute to a strike. Sanchez apologized to the public for what she acknowledged will be very difficult transit conditions if the walkout occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said her union had agreed \"100 percent\" with BART's proposals for pay, for new pension contributions and for increased health-insurance payments. But she said BART had taken a \"radical, hardline ... harsh, entrenched and unjustified position\" on work rules and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said that the unions had been willing to submit the work rules provisions to outside arbitration, but BART management refused the offer. She said that unless BART changed its tack in bargaining, a strike will begin at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"God willing, the general manager and BART board will move our unresolved conflict to an interest arbitration table instead of to the street,\" Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez's appearance was the first in a parade of the principals in this week's talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed the negotiations are over and mediators are withdrawing from the talks. Despite significant progress in some areas, Cohen said, \"In the final analysis, certain issues remained. The parties were unable to bridge the gap. Our efforts to do that at this point in time was not successful.\" Cohen said mediators are \"willing, ready and able\" to re-enter the talks at the parties' request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the talks broke down over work rules that the district could not bend on. \"The district made it very clear that we have certain rights that we need to maintain in this package, that we had a level we could afford if some of these rights were included in the package,\" Crunican said after the talks broke down. \"These were work rules that were essential to maintaining the future efficiency and effectiveness of the agency.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When reporters asked for an example of the work rules at stake, Crunican mentioned \"beneficial past practices,\" a provision that she said gives workers a veto over new technology the district wants to introduce. \"One example is pay stubs,\" she said. \"We all receive electronically our pay stubs online, but because back in history everyone received their pay stub in an envelope, we now use our foreworkers' time to hand-deliver a pay stub to each individual worker. They waste their time doing something that could be done with automation. There are a number of things like that that go on at BART and it is time for management to be able to manage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone in the crowd called out, \"We're going on strike for pay stubs!\", Crunican added that \"bidding,\" the system by which many unions member receive job assignments, also needs to be overhauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said a walkout would be \"a management strike, brought on by absolute arrogance and the fact that they thought that they could take workers’ rights away. We were close on two separate occasions to closing this deal. We had come together on areas of wages, of pension, of everything that they were asking for. We were this close. And yet at the last minute they threw in a management rights clause to take away our rights as workers. Everything else was done, and it should have been done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican called on union leaders to submit the district's proposal to a rank-and-file vote, just as she had last Sunday. But the SEIU's Sanchez said that would only lead to a vote rejecting the contract and could lead to an even more protracted dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown acted in August to impose a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. Evan Westrup, Brown's spokesman, said tonight the governor has no further legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier updates: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.: \u003c/strong> Trains are running on a normal schedule. The BART labor negotiations have continued all night and all day and are now in their 30th consecutive hour. BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, has returned to the talks after a two-day absence. He was in Disneyland speaking to a transportation industry conference \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" He's quoted as saying earlier this afternoon \"this should be in the final stretch\" for the talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> of the San Jose Mercury News has a question about the marathon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have now been going nonstop for 27 hours. Think about the last time you stayed up that long. Can they even think straight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/390933340246659072\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The prelude to the second all-nighter in the talks this week came at 10:30 Wednesday night, when the now-familiar figure of George Cohen, the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, announced that BART would run Thursday. He said unions and management are \"totally engaged\" in bargaining and progress was being made. He declined — \"as is my custom\" — to make a statement. He headed back into the Caltrans building after telling reporters and TV crews assembled outside the Caltrans building, \"It's lovely to see each of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting \"at least one person seems comfortable betting that a strike won't happen. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee left for Asia after delaying the trip for two days to ready the city for a possible strike, according to his spokeswoman.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Leaders of SEIU Local 1021, which represents BART station agents janitors and some other workers, are gathering in the lobby of the Caltrans building in Oakland — an announcement of some kind appears imminent. Talks have continued all day between BART and its two biggest unions, again with the possibility of a strike being called for tomorrow. Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, announced early this afternoon the unions will do their best to announce the status of negotiations and Thursday train service by 10 p.m. tonight. By way of a mini-development in the saga, Antonette Bryant, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said later her union had not been consulted about the promise to make an early strike/no strike call this evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And by way of our reporter Alex Emslie, here's the scene outside the Caltrans District 4 headquarters this evening as the media hunkers down for its nightly BART vigil:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BART&src=hash\">#BART\u003c/a> nightwatch beginning. Reporter I relieved said no guarantee of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> yes or no by 10, despite earlier info. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/ktP6F4wQGE\">pic.twitter.com/ktP6F4wQGE\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/390664196108476416\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Talks adjourned just after midnight and are scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. Last night, the wait for word on the negotiations ended just after 10 p.m. when George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed there would be no strike today. 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He \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leaders-try-to-forbid-transit-workers-from-4874289.php\" target=\"_blank\">has signaled some interest\u003c/a> in legislation that would submit transit disputes to binding arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Major points:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The breakdown:\u003c/strong> Talks broke down this afternoon after a 30-hour negotiation marathon. The federal mediator in charge of the talks said significant progress was made on many issues but ultimately the differences between the two sides could not be bridged. He said mediators are exiting the talks for now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Work rules dispute:\u003c/strong> Unions say they had reached agreement with the agency on pay, pension and medical benefits, but the talks foundered on BART's insistence on changes in work rules. BART management says it wants changes in work rules to help assure the transit system's future \"efficiency and effectiveness.\" Unions say the agency refused an offer to submit the work rules dispute to outside arbitration. BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the offer was rejected because unions were willing to submit only part of the contract to arbitration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Final contract offer:\u003c/strong>BART made an offer that was very close to the \"last, best and final offer\" first presented last Sunday and said it wants union leadership to submit that proposal to a rank-and-file vote. Union officials say they believe the offer has no chance of acceptance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Governor out of moves:\u003c/strong> Gov. Jerry Brown's office says the governor, who moved to impose the cooling-off period that expired last week, has no more legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The details:\u003c/strong> SEIU Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez appeared outside the Caltrans building in Oakland after 30 straight hours of talks to announce that BART's unions intend to strike at midnight. Federal mediators confirmed that talks had broken up, and BART management said it had repeated its \"last, best and final\" offer after unions refused to accept changes in work rules. BART General Manager Grace Crunican again called on union leaders to submit the offer to a rank-and-file vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appearing outside Caltrans headquarters in Oakland, Sanchez accused BART management of forcing the dispute to a strike. 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She said that unless BART changed its tack in bargaining, a strike will begin at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"God willing, the general manager and BART board will move our unresolved conflict to an interest arbitration table instead of to the street,\" Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez's appearance was the first in a parade of the principals in this week's talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Cohen, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, confirmed the negotiations are over and mediators are withdrawing from the talks. Despite significant progress in some areas, Cohen said, \"In the final analysis, certain issues remained. The parties were unable to bridge the gap. Our efforts to do that at this point in time was not successful.\" Cohen said mediators are \"willing, ready and able\" to re-enter the talks at the parties' request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican said the talks broke down over work rules that the district could not bend on. \"The district made it very clear that we have certain rights that we need to maintain in this package, that we had a level we could afford if some of these rights were included in the package,\" Crunican said after the talks broke down. \"These were work rules that were essential to maintaining the future efficiency and effectiveness of the agency.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When reporters asked for an example of the work rules at stake, Crunican mentioned \"beneficial past practices,\" a provision that she said gives workers a veto over new technology the district wants to introduce. \"One example is pay stubs,\" she said. \"We all receive electronically our pay stubs online, but because back in history everyone received their pay stub in an envelope, we now use our foreworkers' time to hand-deliver a pay stub to each individual worker. They waste their time doing something that could be done with automation. There are a number of things like that that go on at BART and it is time for management to be able to manage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone in the crowd called out, \"We're going on strike for pay stubs!\", Crunican added that \"bidding,\" the system by which many unions member receive job assignments, also needs to be overhauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said a walkout would be \"a management strike, brought on by absolute arrogance and the fact that they thought that they could take workers’ rights away. We were close on two separate occasions to closing this deal. We had come together on areas of wages, of pension, of everything that they were asking for. We were this close. And yet at the last minute they threw in a management rights clause to take away our rights as workers. Everything else was done, and it should have been done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crunican called on union leaders to submit the district's proposal to a rank-and-file vote, just as she had last Sunday. But the SEIU's Sanchez said that would only lead to a vote rejecting the contract and could lead to an even more protracted dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown acted in August to impose a 60-day cooling-off period in the dispute. Evan Westrup, Brown's spokesman, said tonight the governor has no further legal leverage to prevent a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier updates: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.: \u003c/strong> Trains are running on a normal schedule. The BART labor negotiations have continued all night and all day and are now in their 30th consecutive hour. BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, has returned to the talks after a two-day absence. He was in Disneyland speaking to a transportation industry conference \"The Art of Negotiating the Deal.\" He's quoted as saying earlier this afternoon \"this should be in the final stretch\" for the talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca>Mike Rosenberg\u003c/a> of the San Jose Mercury News has a question about the marathon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BARTstrike&src=hash\">#BARTstrike\u003c/a> talks have now been going nonstop for 27 hours. Think about the last time you stayed up that long. Can they even think straight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc/statuses/390933340246659072\">October 17, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The prelude to the second all-nighter in the talks this week came at 10:30 Wednesday night, when the now-familiar figure of George Cohen, the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, announced that BART would run Thursday. He said unions and management are \"totally engaged\" in bargaining and progress was being made. He declined — \"as is my custom\" — to make a statement. He headed back into the Caltrans building after telling reporters and TV crews assembled outside the Caltrans building, \"It's lovely to see each of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting \"at least one person seems comfortable betting that a strike won't happen. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee left for Asia after delaying the trip for two days to ready the city for a possible strike, according to his spokeswoman.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier updates:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Leaders of SEIU Local 1021, which represents BART station agents janitors and some other workers, are gathering in the lobby of the Caltrans building in Oakland — an announcement of some kind appears imminent. Talks have continued all day between BART and its two biggest unions, again with the possibility of a strike being called for tomorrow. Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, announced early this afternoon the unions will do their best to announce the status of negotiations and Thursday train service by 10 p.m. tonight. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102148\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/01/bart-strike-update-day-1-early-morning-commute-going-smoothly/carpool/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102148\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Carpool-e1375470611210.jpg\" alt=\"More than 50 people waited in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond during the July strike. (Chase Thomas/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 50 people waited in line at Beale and Howard in San Francisco for a ride to Richmond during the July strike. (Chase Thomas/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 18:\u003c/strong> Here's what you need to know to get around during the strike:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Basic transit information:\u003c/strong> If you don't find what you need here, the best source in the region is 511.org's \u003ca href=\"http://alert.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">BART Strike Info\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Telecommuting:\u003c/strong> During the July BART strike, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission urged residents to work from home if possible and asked employers to offer flexible schedules. That's still the agency's advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carpooling\u003c/strong>: If you really have to drive, Bay Area transportation officials are encouraging carpooling. Carpool lane hours on I-80, I-880 and I-680 will be expanded to run from 5 a.m. through 7 p.m. The West Grand Avenue on-ramp in Oakland will be converted to exclusive carpool and public transit use from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If carpooling with neighbors or co-workers isn't an option, casual carpooling allows strangers to meet up and share rides. Check out \u003ca href=\"http://traffic.511.org/#bartstrike\" target=\"_blank\">511's casual carpooling map\u003c/a> for places to meet with other commuters. Or, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.ridenow.org/carpool/\" target=\"_blank\">RideNow\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://sfcasualcarpool.com\" target=\"_blank\">SF Casual Carpooling\u003c/a> for places to find a ride, pick-up other commuters, and get more information.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART replacement bus service\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: As it did in the July strike, BART is planning limited weekday round-trip bus service. This time around, buses will run from the El Cerrito del Norte, West Oakland, Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Dublin/Pleasanton, San Leandro, Hayward, and Fremont stations into San Francisco from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and back to the East Bay from a stop near the San Francisco Transbay Terminal from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at no charge. (For full schedules during a strike check \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131004.aspx\">here\u003c/a>.) Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at each station. People without a round-trip ticket will not be allowed to board in San Francisco to return to the East Bay in the evening. In the event a strike continues into the weekend, BART will have three buses at each of the stations named above and will offer limited round-trip direct service into San Francisco in the morning and then back in the afternoon/evening: Saturday buses will run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m; Sunday buses will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/10/01/BART-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The East Bay transit agency says it will supplement its regular service with buses to San Francisco \"to the extent possible.\" Bus stops inside BART stations will be moved to streets outside the stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> According to 511.org, SamTrans buses will serve temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. The agency will provide a temporary shuttle from Colma and Daly City BART stations to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. Passengers must pay a fare for this service, unlike the free rides offered during the July strike. Daly City BART bus stops will be located on DeLong Street, adjacent to the Daly City BART Station. Colma BART bus stops will be located at Colma Park and Ride lot, behind the Colma BART station.The shuttle will operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain: \u003c/strong>According to 511.org, Caltrain will operate regular service. \"All trains, including the Baby Bullet express, will stop at the Millbrae station to pick up passengers, who can park for free at the BART station, and also to provide transfers to the connector bus shuttle to SFO.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amtrak/Capitol Corridor:\u003c/strong> Trains to and from Sacramento to the South Bay will run on their normal schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\">San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will add supplemental service between Oakland, Alameda, Vallejo and San Francisco. Details of the service's plans: \u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\" target=\"_blank\">BART Strike Service Info\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Muni has an an extensive list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">transit, traffic and parking resources\u003c/a> during a potential BART strike. According to 511.org, Muni plans to operate enhanced and supplemental bus services during peak hours with high priorities being: the Mission Corridor (Lines 14-Mission, 14L-Mission Limited, and 14X-Mission Express); between Caltrain Depot (4th and Townsend) and downtown/Financial District; and J-Church Line (to/from Balboa Park).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: No supplemental service planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco International Airport\u003c/strong>: SFO will run free\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/flight-info/alerts-advisories\"> buses\u003c/a> between the airport and the Millbrae Caltrain station. Free buses are also going to the ferry terminal in South San Francisco, which runs to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> The AirBART bus shuttle from Coliseum BART to the airport will suspend service if there's a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car-sharing and ride-hailing apps: \u003c/strong>Services like \u003ca href=\"http://car.ma/bartstrike\">Carma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\">Sidecar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\">Lyft\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/cities/san-francisco\">Uber\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://relayrides.com/\">RelayRides\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.getaround.com/\">Getaround \u003c/a>saw surges in use during the July strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">The \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bike Coalition\u003c/a> has resources for finding bike routes, maps, and bike parking. Expect bike racks on buses to be at capacity.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In the event a strike continues into the weekend, BART will have three buses at each of the stations named above and will offer limited round-trip direct service into San Francisco in the morning and then back in the afternoon/evening: Saturday buses will run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m; Sunday buses will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2013/10/01/BART-strike/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: The East Bay transit agency says it will supplement its regular service with buses to San Francisco \"to the extent possible.\" Bus stops inside BART stations will be moved to streets outside the stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> According to 511.org, SamTrans buses will serve temporary stops outside San Mateo County BART stations. The agency will provide a temporary shuttle from Colma and Daly City BART stations to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. Passengers must pay a fare for this service, unlike the free rides offered during the July strike. Daly City BART bus stops will be located on DeLong Street, adjacent to the Daly City BART Station. Colma BART bus stops will be located at Colma Park and Ride lot, behind the Colma BART station.The shuttle will operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain: \u003c/strong>According to 511.org, Caltrain will operate regular service. \"All trains, including the Baby Bullet express, will stop at the Millbrae station to pick up passengers, who can park for free at the BART station, and also to provide transfers to the connector bus shuttle to SFO.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amtrak/Capitol Corridor:\u003c/strong> Trains to and from Sacramento to the South Bay will run on their normal schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\">San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will add supplemental service between Oakland, Alameda, Vallejo and San Francisco. Details of the service's plans: \u003ca href=\"http://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bart-strike-service-info\" target=\"_blank\">BART Strike Service Info\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Muni has an an extensive list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/bartstrike\">transit, traffic and parking resources\u003c/a> during a potential BART strike. According to 511.org, Muni plans to operate enhanced and supplemental bus services during peak hours with high priorities being: the Mission Corridor (Lines 14-Mission, 14L-Mission Limited, and 14X-Mission Express); between Caltrain Depot (4th and Townsend) and downtown/Financial District; and J-Church Line (to/from Balboa Park).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengate.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Ferry and Bus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: No supplemental service planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco International Airport\u003c/strong>: SFO will run free\u003ca href=\"http://www.flysfo.com/flight-info/alerts-advisories\"> buses\u003c/a> between the airport and the Millbrae Caltrain station. Free buses are also going to the ferry terminal in South San Francisco, which runs to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> The AirBART bus shuttle from Coliseum BART to the airport will suspend service if there's a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car-sharing and ride-hailing apps: \u003c/strong>Services like \u003ca href=\"http://car.ma/bartstrike\">Carma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\">Sidecar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\">Lyft\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/cities/san-francisco\">Uber\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://relayrides.com/\">RelayRides\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.getaround.com/\">Getaround \u003c/a>saw surges in use during the July strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">The \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/?resources\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bike Coalition\u003c/a> has resources for finding bike routes, maps, and bike parking. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.09.05-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115264 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.09.05-AM-1024x638.png\" alt=\"Victor Powell's visualization of the total cost of BART employees lays out each individual's salary with colored dots.\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visualization of the total cost of BART employees lays out each individual’s salary with colored dots — dark blue represents management, orange and light orange are the two unions currently negotiating their contracts, and other colors are other unions and other positions. The bigger the dot, the more money.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the BART dispute entering its fourth month and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/15/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the BART strike watch\u003c/a> becoming a nightly Bay Area activity, nearly every commuter has opinions about how much the transit workers and management are paid, how much they deserve to be paid and how much BART costs or benefits the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, how much do you really know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-d3-User-Group/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">group of software developers\u003c/a>, the Bay Area d3 User Group, teamed up with the \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visualizing Urban Data IdeaLab (VUDlab)\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley to create a number of handy visualizations of BART data, which they’re calling \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hack the BART Strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ian Johnson does data visualization for Lever, a web app company based in San Francisco. During the first BART strike, he struggled with his commute from Berkeley into the city and started to think about how he could find public data and use it to make sense of an issue that was affecting him personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson enlisted some of his friends to help craft \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/enjalot/bart#sketches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rough sketches\u003c/a>. Those sketches caught the attention of Lewis Lehe, a Ph.D. student at Cal and one of the founders of VUDlab. Lehe invited them to co-host a hackathon at Berkeley’s Skydeck startup accelerator. Twenty-five people showed up to work on projects and source data (and eat pizza). They followed up a few days later with a second event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the days went on and the strike was delayed again and again, we were able to pull together the projects into one page, and everyone refined their individual projects too,” said Johnson. Now, all the projects using \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers being referenced in the BART strike talks are grouped together\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most popular of the Hack the BART Strike visualizations is a tool that allows you to sort the salaries of all BART workers — union, management, unions not involved in the disputes — by total cost, base pay, overtime or pension contributions. In the visualization, the orange and light orange dots represent the two unions negotiating their contracts, while the dark blue dots represent management. The other colors are other unions and positions. The bigger the dot, the more money. These are all the employees by base pay — the top dot is General Manager Grace Crunican at $312,461:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115268 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM-1024x637.png\" alt=\"Salaries organized by base pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee salaries organized by base pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are all the employees by overtime pay — the biggest dot is Senior Operations Foreworker Carl Oliver, who made $121,452 in overtime:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115269 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM-1024x493.png\" alt=\"Employees sorted by overtime pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employees sorted by overtime pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The visualization was created by \u003ca href=\"http://vctr.me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Powell\u003c/a>, a 24-year-old freelance developer who is part of the d3 group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell says that he didn’t start with a particular goal or motivation, but just “played around with” the data set of salary information. He was a little surprised with what he ended up with, though. He expected the variation in salaries would be more pronounced visually and he didn’t realize overtime would play such a big role in total compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was eye-opening to see it like that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people, he said, have criticized his choice to leave the names of employees in his visualization. But he criticizes media reports that have dealt just in base salaries to compare numbers, or condense everything into an average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to compress it all into one number,” he said — not when we can see it all in one graphic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the rest of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vctr.me/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his interactive visualization tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Powell’s visualization has struck a nerve — money always does — the Hack the BART Strike group produced other projects. Lehe \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracked and mapped the number of riders going to and from each station\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://athst.github.io/bart-ridership-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another tool\u003c/a> shows that Embarcadero is the most popular station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115272 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership-1024x591.png\" alt=\"The map measures destination and origins of trips.\" width=\"448\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map measures destinations and origins of trips.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group sliced up the \u003ca href=\"http://imgur.com/a/jVpBt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salary data different ways\u003c/a> and tried to answer: \u003ca href=\"http://antonycourtney.github.io/bart-salaries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does an employee cost\u003c/a>? They compared \u003ca href=\"http://sxywu.github.io/80k/#default/2P2C/SF/August/Station_Agent/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost of living to the contract proposals\u003c/a>. They even \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/traffic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measured traffic before, during and after the BART strike this summer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The interactive nature of the visualizations allows people to ask the questions they are interested in and dig as deep as they like,” said Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Here are the hackers hard at work:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/_D-7Wbrt0Ws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson enlisted some of his friends to help craft \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/enjalot/bart#sketches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rough sketches\u003c/a>. Those sketches caught the attention of Lewis Lehe, a Ph.D. student at Cal and one of the founders of VUDlab. Lehe invited them to co-host a hackathon at Berkeley’s Skydeck startup accelerator. Twenty-five people showed up to work on projects and source data (and eat pizza). They followed up a few days later with a second event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the days went on and the strike was delayed again and again, we were able to pull together the projects into one page, and everyone refined their individual projects too,” said Johnson. Now, all the projects using \u003ca href=\"http://enjalot.github.io/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers being referenced in the BART strike talks are grouped together\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most popular of the Hack the BART Strike visualizations is a tool that allows you to sort the salaries of all BART workers — union, management, unions not involved in the disputes — by total cost, base pay, overtime or pension contributions. In the visualization, the orange and light orange dots represent the two unions negotiating their contracts, while the dark blue dots represent management. The other colors are other unions and positions. The bigger the dot, the more money. These are all the employees by base pay — the top dot is General Manager Grace Crunican at $312,461:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115268 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.33.51-AM-1024x637.png\" alt=\"Salaries organized by base pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee salaries organized by base pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are all the employees by overtime pay — the biggest dot is Senior Operations Foreworker Carl Oliver, who made $121,452 in overtime:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115269 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-17-at-11.46.34-AM-1024x493.png\" alt=\"Employees sorted by overtime pay.\" width=\"422\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employees sorted by overtime pay.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The visualization was created by \u003ca href=\"http://vctr.me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Powell\u003c/a>, a 24-year-old freelance developer who is part of the d3 group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell says that he didn’t start with a particular goal or motivation, but just “played around with” the data set of salary information. He was a little surprised with what he ended up with, though. He expected the variation in salaries would be more pronounced visually and he didn’t realize overtime would play such a big role in total compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was eye-opening to see it like that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people, he said, have criticized his choice to leave the names of employees in his visualization. But he criticizes media reports that have dealt just in base salaries to compare numbers, or condense everything into an average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to compress it all into one number,” he said — not when we can see it all in one graphic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the rest of \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vctr.me/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his interactive visualization tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Powell’s visualization has struck a nerve — money always does — the Hack the BART Strike group produced other projects. Lehe \u003ca href=\"http://vudlab.com/bart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracked and mapped the number of riders going to and from each station\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://athst.github.io/bart-ridership-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another tool\u003c/a> shows that Embarcadero is the most popular station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115272 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/ridership-1024x591.png\" alt=\"The map measures destination and origins of trips.\" width=\"448\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map measures destinations and origins of trips.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group sliced up the \u003ca href=\"http://imgur.com/a/jVpBt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salary data different ways\u003c/a> and tried to answer: \u003ca href=\"http://antonycourtney.github.io/bart-salaries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does an employee cost\u003c/a>? They compared \u003ca href=\"http://sxywu.github.io/80k/#default/2P2C/SF/August/Station_Agent/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost of living to the contract proposals\u003c/a>. 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"disqusTitle": "Monday Strike Vigil Ends With Agreement to Extend Talks",
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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. Although progress has been reported in those areas, SEIU Local 1021 official Pete Castelli suggested last night that the talks had gotten stuck on another subject — \"work rules,\" which involve details of staffing, hours, and other subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee issued a statement this morning urging the two sides to settle their dispute without a strike:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I urge both BART union and management to demonstrate the leadership necessary to get this deal done and end the uncertainty, frustration and cost to Bay Area commuters and the entire region. It is their duty and obligation to reach a fair and responsible agreement that will set BART on a sustainable fiscal path and one that honors workers and the traveling public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People’s very livelihoods hang in the balance, adding to the additional frustration felt throughout the Bay Area today when both parties failed yesterday to reach an agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART carries hundreds of thousands of workers, students and families throughout our Bay Area. A BART strike hurts the very people we are obligated to serve. Again, I urge all parties, in the strongest possible terms, to come to an agreement today.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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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. Although progress has been reported in those areas, SEIU Local 1021 official Pete Castelli suggested last night that the talks had gotten stuck on another subject — \"work rules,\" which involve details of staffing, hours, and other subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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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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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"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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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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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. 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