SF News It All Comes Out: BART And Unions Still $100 Million Apart [Updated] A public hearing took place today at which BART and its three employee unions were scheduled to make presentations before a panel of state investigators charged with figuring out why the negotiation process
SF News Why Have We Heard So Little From BART Workers About the Strike? We have to hand it to the SF Bay Guardian's Joe Fitzgerald, because even though he's only got two detailed interviews with actual BART workers talking about their real-world concerns about wages and
SF News Now AC Transit Workers May Strike Wednesday You'll recall that the AC Transit workers's union authorized a strike back in late June, at the same time BART workers did, and now, not wanting to feel left out of the strike
SF News BART Strike Averted This Week; Governor Brown Takes Charge Late Sunday evening, BART management asked Governor Jerry Brown to step in to stop a strike from happening by its employee unions. He did, and the unions are pissed. Brown appointed a three-person
SF News BART Issues 72-Hour Strike Notice; Danny Glover Speaks Out As expected, notice has been given for a BART strike on Monday. Union leaders gave the notice on Thursday night, just a few hours after union leaders and BART management held opposing press
SF News BART 72-Hour Strike Notice Could Come Today BART's unions have indicated that they could announce a 72-hour strike warning today if talks with BART negotiators don't markedly improve this afternoon. The unions also have a rally and march planned in
SF News BART Negotiations Get Contentious, Could End In Higher Fares This does not bode well for the looming BART strike that could bring commuter rail to a halt for a second time starting next Monday. As BART representatives met with union leaders yesterday,
SF News Are We Seriously Heading For a Second BART Strike? We are, very possibly, looking at another BART strike next Monday if contract negotiations between BART and two of its employee unions don't drastically improve in the next few days. As always happens
SF News Unions Have Big Leverage If BART Strike Resumes BART workers are threatening an even longer strike if contract negotiations can't be settled by the early August extended deadline, and they've got a major piece of leverage in their back pocket, codified
SF News BREAKING: BART Service Will Resume Friday Afternoon After BART and the unions agreed to extend two striking unions' contract for 30 days, BART service will return Friday afternoon starting at around 3 PM. While most commuters won't be able to
SF News BART Strike: Day 4, Limited 4th of July Charter Bus Service [Updated] UPDATE: BART service to resume Friday afternoon. After a ten hours of talks on Wednesday, neither BART nor the unions came to an agreement. And thus the Bart strike enters its fourth day.
SF News Meanwhile, At The Millbrae BART Station... Greg Burrell (right) from Florida, has his son Ben Burrell snap a picture of him in front of a closure sign at the Millbrae station. This makes day No. 3 of the BART
SF News Is the Media Reacting Fairly To The BART Strike? Well, we're sure some of you are pissed off about the BART strike, and some of youmost likely those of who don't have to suffer commute traumaare more sympathetic to the
Arts & Entertainment Tech Writer's BART Strike Perspective Might Make You Put Your Fist Through This Screen Quick, everyone, freak out! Sarah Lacy's PandoDaily article ("And you thought SF cabs were bad? BART strike is crippling fledgling mid-market tech corridor") is the online version of a drunk Missionite who stumbles
SF News BART Strike: Day 3, Negotiations Break Down Not so cute any longer, is it? The Bay Area's BART strike enters its third day. After BART and its unions failed to reach an agreement Tuesday night after a meeting, we're stuck
SF News BART Says Negotiations Will Resume Tonight, May Have Forgotten To Tell The Unions After several outlets reported earlier that there were no plans to schedule new negotiations between BART officials and the two unions currently on strike, a spokesman for the transit agency has said that
SF News BART Strike: Commuter Forced To Ride His Boat To Work While some of you kowtowed to AC Transit, the ferry system, or, far worse, casual carpooling (the horror), Wayne Phillips managed to get across the Bay the right way. After waiting in a
SF News BART Strike: Day 2 The strike enters day 2 after BART and its unions failed to return to the table, neither side agreeing on a budget. And once again, long lines wait those who rely on Bay
SF News Bart Strike: Scenes From A Public Transit Meltdown Today's BART strike, announced at midnight, snarled traffic and forced denizens into finding alternate routes. Trains were packed, buses, jammed, and lines grew long. Here are some images from today's BART meltdown. Unless
SF News Helicopter Rides Offered To Alleviate BART Strike Woes With BART service crippled today due to a messy labor dispute, one ridesharing app has seized the opportunity to pick up some new users by offering to literally fly them through their homeward
SF News BART Strike: Interstate 80 And 580 Nightmare While neither the 80 nor the 580 are particularly roomy during Monday commutes, today's BART strike just announced at midnight, made the trek from the East Bay to San Francisco even that more
SF News Your BART Strike Alternate Routes Now that a BART strike is "imminent" Monday morning, here are your alternate routes around the Bay Area: AC Transit: AC will be running on a regular schedule, but you can find route
SF News BART Goes On Strike Monday Morning [Updated] Brace yourselves, Bay Area. Union negotiators left the bargaining table tonight at around 8:30 p.m. What does this mean? It means that, unless an agreement is met within the next couple
SF News Possible BART Strike Looms This Week or Next BART employee unions are coming up on another expiration of their four-year contracts on July 1, and like they did in 2009 and 2005, they are again threatening to strike. But is the
SF News UPDATE: Strike Canceled, BART and ATU Reach Tentative Deal UPDATE: BART announced at 7 p.m. today that they have come to a temporary agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union, and tomorrow's strike has been canceled. The following terms will remain in
