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  • Outlook bleak for quick end to BART strike ( San Francisco )

    10/20/2013 6:07:37 PM PDT · by george76 · 11 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 20, 2013 | Kristen V. Brown
    At least one BART union agreed Saturday to put the transit agency's contract proposal to a vote, but commuters looking for a quick end to the 2-day-old strike should hold off on the celebrations. Speaking from the entrance of the shuttered Pittsburg BART Station, Antonette Bryant, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, said she expects that vote to result in a "resounding no." ... A spokeswoman from Service Employees International Union Local 1021, BART's largest union, declined to say whether that union also would allow a vote on the contract. ... With no negotiations scheduled, both sides said Saturday...
  • BART strike slams San Francisco economy

    07/02/2013 8:45:17 AM PDT · by tflabo · 21 replies
    CNN ^ | Tue July 2, 2013 | Josh Levs. Holly Yan and Dave Alsup
    -- The strike that shut down public transit in California's Bay Area is delivering a blow to the economy. As the shutdown enters its second day, a conservative estimate puts the cost at $73 million per day, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute said.