BART, Unions Meet In Wake Of Disputed Provision In Contract
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and its two largest unions were meeting on Monday to go over the agency's estimates of how much a disputed contract provision would cost.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and its two largest unions were meeting on Monday to go over the agency's estimates of how much a disputed contract provision would cost.
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials say board members will not be taking a vote on a tentative agreement during a special meeting to discuss a problem regarding a labor deal that settled a second strike.
BART management has taken issue with a provision in the tentative agreement that ended a strike by two unions last month potentially throwing the contract's ratification by the BART board in jeopardy, BART officials said.
BART trains have resumed regular service Thursday morning following an equipment problem on the tracks in Daly City that caused trains to be delayed in the East Bay direction, according to BART officials.
Normal service resumed on Bay Area Rapid Transit's Richmond line after a Tuesday morning fatality caused major delays, a BART spokesman said.
The head of a Northern California transit workers union on Thursday called for a criminal investigation into the deaths of two Bay Area Rapid Transit track inspectors who were struck by a train while BART workers were on strike.
Service Employees International Union Local 1021 members voted to approve a tentative agreement reached after a four-day strike last month.
Bay Area Rapid Transit workers were voting Friday on the tentative agreement which ended the recent BART strike. The majority of the two biggest unions must support the deal for it to pass.
A dump truck was hanging over a guardrail on U.S. Highway 101 in San Francisco after a crash that involved at least two other vehicles Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The California Public Utilities Commission has unanimously adopted new rail safety regulations, less than two weeks after two Bay Area Rapid Transit workers were killed while working on the tracks.
A state legislative committee is planning to hold a hearing in response to the deaths of two Bay Area Rapid Transit track inspectors who were struck by a train.
One person was shot and killed in Sunday afternoon near BART's Oakland Coliseum station, according to police.
Members of BART's two biggest labor unions will vote next Friday on a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract that the transit agency's management and union negotiators reached on Monday night, union leaders said Friday.
Bay Area Rapid Transit are preparing to vote soon on the tentative contract agreement amid a relationship with BART management that has been fractured by tough negotiations and the deaths of two workers during the second strike.
The BART board of directors voted unanimously in favor of making a pilot program that allows bicycles on BART during peak commute hours a permanent fixture at Thursday's meeting in Oakland.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors passed resolutions honoring the two workers killed on the tracks on October 19, despite protests from union leadership.
BART is permanently dropping a controversial safety protocol known as "simple approval" after two workers were killed on the tracks over the weekend, a BART manager announced at the transit agency's board meeting in Oakland Thursday.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were running on both tracks through the Orinda station Thursday morning after a mechanical problem that caused smoke to billow up from beneath a Pittsburg/Bay Point-bound train carrying passengers Wednesday evening, officials said.
Trains are stopping at the Orinda station again after smoke under a train forced the evacuation of a Pittsburg/Bay Point-bound train there Wednesday evening, BART officials said.
The tentative contract that ended the Bay Area Rapid Transit strike includes a 15 percent raise over four years but also increased worker contributions toward their health insurance and pensions.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism at BART's Richmond maintenance yard during the recent strike, and investigators are looking into whether they are responsible for other graffiti sprees that occurred throughout the system during the same time period.
A stretch of Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks in Contra Costa County were scheduled to be closed from noon to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday as the National Transportation Safety Board investigates the BART accident that killed two workers over the weekend.
A San Francisco man who allegedly threw a hammer at striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers in Daly City on Monday morning has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in San Mateo County Superior Court, prosecutors said.
It's expected that members of Bay Area Rapid Transit's two biggest unions will ratify the tentative agreements reached with management this past Monday that ended the crippling four-day strike.
Authorities are searching for several people suspected of vandalizing vacant BART stations while workers went on strike. The Glen Park station in San Francisco suffered the worst damage by taggers during the walkout.
City leaders in Pleasant Hill moved forward with a proposed rezoning Monday night, as opponents packed a meeting to push back against the plan.
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Police in Vallejo said they are searching for two people suspected of stealing an English bulldog from its owner during an armed robbery last week.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is recovering from mayor systemwide delays Monday morning following an issue involving the Transbay Tube that impacted commuters for several hours.
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Officials with the Oakland Police Department said a man who died while in police custody over the weekend has been identified as former NFL player Doug Martin.
Authorities in the East Bay have arrested a San Joaquin County man on suspicion of weapons violations after his employer allegedly found so-called "ghost guns" in his work vehicle.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is recovering from mayor systemwide delays Monday morning following an issue involving the Transbay Tube that impacted commuters for several hours.
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One person has died following a shooting involving people in two vehicles in the community of Hollister over the weekend, police said.
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Police in Vallejo said they are searching for two people suspected of stealing an English bulldog from its owner during an armed robbery last week.
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Police in Vallejo said they are searching for two people suspected of stealing an English bulldog from its owner during an armed robbery last week.
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Officials with the Oakland Police Department said a man who died while in police custody over the weekend has been identified as former NFL player Doug Martin.
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