Quan Calls For Weekend Talks To Avert Oakland Worker Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on Friday called for negotiations this weekend to try to avert a one-day strike that city employees plan to conduct on Monday. Quan said in a statement, “We...
View ArticleOakland City Workers Threaten Strike Along With BART Employees
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Leaders of unions representing Bay Area Rapid Transit, city of Oakland and East Bay Regional Park District employees threatened to stage a strike next week at a boisterous rally in...
View ArticleOakland City Workers Return to Jobs After One-Day Strike
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Municipal workers in Oakland returned to their jobs on Tuesday after a one-day strike that shut down all but the emergency public services in the city. Union leaders said the work...
View ArticleBART And Unions Still Far Apart As Talks Resume
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — BART management met with union leaders again Monday to try to reach an agreement before the union employees’ contract expires at midnight Sunday, a management spokesman said....
View ArticleBART Strike Deadline Nears, Union Leader Warns Riders To Prepare
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Tensions escalated at the BART bargaining table Monday with the possibility of a strike on Tuesday appearing to grow stronger. On Monday afternoon, both the union and BART management...
View ArticleBART Board Rejects Family Leave Clause; Contract Deal In Jeopardy
OAKLAND (KCBS) — The tentative agreement that ended the Bay Area Rapid Transit strike last month was not ratified by the agency’s board of directors during Thursday’s vote. BART directors voted 8-1 to...
View ArticleBART Worker Unions Consider Lawsuit Over Family Leave Provision
OAKLAND (KCBS) — After Bay Area Rapid Transit’s Board of Directors overwhelmingly voted in November to remove a family-leave provision that they said was never supposed to be included in the contract,...
View ArticleBART Board Will Urge Alameda DA To Drop $70,000 Fine Against Black Friday...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — An overflow crowd of protesters showed up to BART’s board of directors meeting on Thursday evening to demanding an end to the prosecution of the 14 Black Friday protesters who...
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