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Managers should not be allowed to run trains during BART strike
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Managers should not be allowed to run trains during BART strike

BART Union Tops Still Pushing Regressive Bargaining And Give-backs

Roxanne Sanchez Antonette Bryant
SEIU 1021
President ATU 1555 President/Business Agent
John Arantes Des Patten
SEIU 1021 BART Chapter SEIU 1021 BART Professional Chapter President

October 18, 2013

Dear Members of the BART Board of Directors and General Manager Crunican,

Our goal is to have the trains running by 10:00 p.m. tonight – five hours from now.

BART Scabs killed by management-operated train during transit strike
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/10/19/california_employees_killed...
California employees killed by train during transit strike
Accident that left two maintenance workers dead came after union raised safety concerns about managers operating trains.
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BART SEIU1021/ATU 1555 Cave To Management Union Busting Tactics-Tell Members To Contact The Union Lawyer Peter Saltzman To Explain Regressive Bargaining
ATU Attorney Outlines 5 PAINFUL Offers Proposed Today by the Unions to Move Towards Settling the BART Strike
Unions today showed willingness to discuss 5 important issues to move toward resolution and protect the riders and members
Oakland, CA – Today, ATU lead attorney Peter Saltzman of the Leonard Carder firm issued the following statement following the issuance of a joint letter from ATU and SEIU.

BART workers plan to strike Friday
John Wildermuth, Michael Cabanatuan and Jill Tucker
Updated 8:00 pm, Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Federal mediator George Cohen, center, arrives at the Nicholas C. Petris State Building to continue with the Bay Area Rapid Transit negotiations, Wednesday October 16, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Photo: Lacy Atkins, The Chronicle

BART unions announced they planned to strike Friday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement during a marathon bargaining session that lasted nearly 30 hours.