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Well, we alerted you awhile ago to the possible BART strike. At the time, we said the contract deadline had been extended until July 9. Perhaps, after said date coming and going without incident, you felt you were safe from any major transportation-strike hijinks. O fair transit-goer, how wrong you were.
No strike has happened, yet but it remains a viable possiblity, as one BART union unanimously rejected a new labor pact agreement. The second largest BART union will vote on it tomorrow, at which time it may become clearer whether or not a strike will actually be taking place.
For those of you reliant on BART for your bay-crossing and other needs, BART has put together a page of fairly obvious and/or useless suggestions and options in the case that a strike does occur.
Image Source: Thomas Hawk under Creative Commons
SF Bay Area BART Strike May Be Back On [Examiner]
Updates and Options in the Event of a BART Strike [BART]
Comments:
Jul 16, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I think it is awful, inconsiderate & ridiculous that BART employees are willing to disregard the health a well being of so many riders.
People don’t go to work for the fun of it, espcially right now. We are struggling to survive in an economy filled with paycheck cuts AND BART raising fares & decreasing service.
I’m not saying they don’t deserve to be treated well. I am saying don’t alienate the people who oay your salary.
Jul 16, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I think the blame should go to the CEO’s where it belongs not to the working class. They are the ones that are really hurting the riders and employees. They are the ones that are the fat cats. They are the ones with the big salaries. Then they want the employees to lose all there benefits and get no raises again for another 4 years — that will make 7 years with no raises in this economy. How many executives have had no raises and given up their benefits.
Jul 17, 2009 at 12:43 am
I think right now EVERYONE should go on strike. We need a massive general strike, we need workers to just refuse to do business as usual until major decision makers come through on card-check, public health care, and executive compensation and financial industry reforms.
Jul 18, 2009 at 11:39 am
I heard an interesting idea. Fire all striking employees, shut down Bart for a month, hire and train new employees with new labor contracts with no strike clauses.
Aug 14, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Carolyn, apparently every employee of BART is a fat cat with an average salary plus benefits of $114,000. This is well above what their jobs are worth.
Jul 16, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Any strike should be met with mass terminations by BART. It is simply inexcusable in an economy like this, especially when you already are overly compensated.