BART, Union at Odds as Strike Deadline Looms
With a strike deadline looming Monday at midnight, Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and members of the transit system’s smallest union remained at odds over job security.
Management at the commuter train network says its offer of a 22% pay raise and benefits package is the best it can do. The union, which represents 238 train controllers and supervisors, says it’s satisfied with the compensation but worries jobs will be outsourced. If a strike occurs, BART officials insist, they will find a way to keep trains running for 300,000 commuters.
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