Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

BART Strike Announced for Monday Morning

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For the first time in more than a decade, BART operators and station agents will walk off the job Monday morning in a strike called this afternoon by the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 155. "BART has continually taken a retractable position in their demands," ATU President Jesse Hunt told reporters outside the […]

BART Strikes Tentative Labor Deal with Unions

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Flickr photo: atariboy BART management has reached a tentative deal with three of its five unions, totaling about 2,700 workers, averting a strike that would have strained the Bay Area’s transit systems and gridlocked its roads. The agreement, capping four months of intense negotiations, affects the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 (SEIU), the American […]

Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign

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Mock funeral for transit today in Oakland. Photos: Matthew Roth Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. The event was tied to a national campaign led by Transit Riders for Public Transportation […]