SF News BART And Workers' Unions Reach Tentative Labor Deal Ahead Of 2017 Contract Anyone who was here in 2013 and relied on BART to commute to and from the East Bay knows how painful a BART strike can be. That strike only lasted four days, but
SF News State Senate Committee Kills Proposed BART Strike Ban The on-again off-again nightmare of last year's BART strikes and BART strike threats have come to an end as the final and largest union gave their sign-off on the contract this week. Also
SF News BART Board Mulls Banning Strikes; Tensions Over Contract Provisions Still Ongoing A BART board member has suggested that the rail concern put its own measure on the ballot in the next few years to disallow BART worker unions from striking in the event of
SF News BART Sent Death Notification Cop To Wrong Worker's House On Saturday, if you recall, two BART transit worker were killed after being struck by a moving train. This was Day 2 of the strike. BART authorities, according to Matier and Ross, accidentally
SF News Unions Scored With 3.8% Wage Increases In BART Negotiations Details emerged last night about the deal struck between BART management and their workers' unions on Monday, and the unions certainly came close to getting what they wanted by the 11th hour. The
SF News Meanwhile, On BART... Escalators, Buskers and Taggers Get Back To Work After four days of shut down, members of BART's two unions went back to work getting the trains moving again. They weren't the only ones getting back to work though: an even more
SF News [Updated] BART Strike Is OVER! UPDATE II: BART now running limited service. BART is now running limited svc.— SFBARTalert (@SFBARTalert) October 22, 2013 UPDATE I: Contrary to what they had initially told us, BART won't be running trains
SF News Check Out The Line For The Ferry Commute Our lucky-to-work-from-home heart goes out to those who must hop on a ferry, ride carpool, brave a bridge (or two!), or jump on a helicopter to get home tonight. While BART remains on
SF News BART Strike: Day 4 Let's dive in, shall we: Monday morning's traffic proved exceptionally sluggish due to the continuing BART strike, now in its fourth day. Over the weekend, a couple of noted tech folks made mistakes
SF News 2 BART Workers Killed by Train Two BART workers were killed after being struck by a moving BART train Saturday afternoon. The victims, whose names have not yet been released, were conducting inspections on a stretch of track north
SF News BART Unions Offer 'Rider First' Plan, Would Like To Get Trains Running By 10 p.m. [Updated] As our collective Bay Area Rapid Transit nightmare continues, the BART unions have offered a "Rider First" plan Friday evening, outlining how they would like to get the trains rolling in just five
SF News Scenes From BART Strike Part 2: Unions' Revenge Today's BART strike prompted lots of fuss from the media, anguish on Twitter, and even a petition for a ban on BART strikes altogether. More importantly, many commuters are pissed. Rightfully so. Folks
SF News BART Strike Slightly Snarls Morning Commute This morning's commute, tinged with a lack of BART due to the strike, saw crowded freeways and slightly more packed bus routes. In an effort to ease the pain caused by management and
SF News BART Strike Effective At Midnight Here we go, folks. After failing to reach an agreement, BART workers will go on strike starting at midnight. While the union and BART management could agree on heath care and pension, "the
SF News BART Rolls On, and So Do Negotiations Yet again this morning, like yesterday and the day before and the day before that, there is no BART strike, but there could still be one. Everyone's been very mature, and negotiations continued
SF News Yes, BART Trains Are Running This Morning Once again, there will be no BART strike today. Trains will run as normal. BART management and unions agree to resume talks. They will also continue to toy with the public. Until next
Arts & Entertainment Local Journalist Covering BART Strike Receives Hirsute Fame Chris Roberts, journalist for SF Examiner and SF Weekly, covered last night's BART strike with aplomb and zeal last night. Look no further than his Twitter feed for proof. Also, after a background
SF News No BART Strike Today Yes, trains will run as usual today. No, the unions and BART management didn't come to an agreement. Yes, talks will resume today. Previously: All BART Strike coverage.
SF News BART Management Offers 'Take-It-Or-Leave-It' Contract Deal, Unions Pissed We're facing yet another midnight deadline tonight in the ongoing strike threat, the third in a row since Friday, and BART management have apparently presented their best and "final" offer to the unions
SF News BART Trains Running This Morning BART union allowed for talks to continue Monday morning, which means that trains will today. "The unions said late Sunday that they were close to reaching a new labor agreement with the transit
SF News BART Strike Averted, At Least Until Monday Although BART and the two transit unions still couldn't arrive at a deal before last night's midnight deadline, both sides agreed to a three day contract extension to keep the trains running over
SF News Yep. The BART Strike Is Really Probably Happening. Again. Maybe. Though the unions declined to issue a 72-hour strike warning earlier this week in what we thought was a positive sign, tensions have mounted and things don't look great as tonight's midnight deadline
SF News There Won't Be Another BART Strike This Week (Unless There Is) Although both sides have yet to agree on a new contract, the unions have decided not to issue a 72-hour strike notice for Friday. It's a good sign that there will not be
SF News BART Strike Looms. Again. Commence Fretting. Remember June? And July? And then August? Yeah, it's happening again. Because 2013 is Groundhog Day when it comes to BART and its unions. The 60-day cooling-off period ends on October 10th, and
SF News Another BART Strike Averted; 60-Day Cooling Off Begins Breathe easy, East Bay commuters. A San Francisco Superior Court judge has approved the 60-day cooling off period requested by Governor Brown in the ongoing BART labor negotiations, so we've averted another BART
