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The (Bay Area Rapid Transit) BART strike is not about you or anyone else, it's about this:
Everything You Need To Know About San Francisco’s Transit Strike
On Monday, 2,400 unionized workers for San Francisco’s commuter rail system, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), went on strike after talks with management over contracts broke down. BART serves 400,000 riders on an average weekday
Why are workers striking?
The workers have experienced a pay freeze for the past five years. While the latest offer from BART officials includes a 2 percent annual raise, going up to 8 percent over four years,...it is contingent on factors including ambitious ridership increases, sales tax revenues, and reductions in the number of employees taking leave under the Family Medical Leave Act...
What are they asking for?
After agreeing to forgo a salary increase in 2009, the union is seeking a 5 percent annual raise over the next three years, amounting to 23 percent over four years. The union made $100 million in concessions four years ago to help the system during the recession. Now that BART is making a surplus, the union argues that it should share the gains with its workers...
What happened last time BART workers struck? The last time BART employees went on strike was in 1997, which lasted for six days. They were rejecting management’s offer of a 3 percent annual raise over three years. Unions also sought to eliminate a two-tier wage system that pays new employees less than veteran workers for the same job. That strike resulted in a four-year contract with a 7 percent raise and a one-time payment of $3,000 to all employees in lieu of a raise the first year...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/01/2241611/san-francisco-transit-strike/
On Monday, 2,400 unionized workers for San Francisco’s commuter rail system, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), went on strike after talks with management over contracts broke down. BART serves 400,000 riders on an average weekday
Why are workers striking?
The workers have experienced a pay freeze for the past five years. While the latest offer from BART officials includes a 2 percent annual raise, going up to 8 percent over four years,...it is contingent on factors including ambitious ridership increases, sales tax revenues, and reductions in the number of employees taking leave under the Family Medical Leave Act...
What are they asking for?
After agreeing to forgo a salary increase in 2009, the union is seeking a 5 percent annual raise over the next three years, amounting to 23 percent over four years. The union made $100 million in concessions four years ago to help the system during the recession. Now that BART is making a surplus, the union argues that it should share the gains with its workers...
What happened last time BART workers struck? The last time BART employees went on strike was in 1997, which lasted for six days. They were rejecting management’s offer of a 3 percent annual raise over three years. Unions also sought to eliminate a two-tier wage system that pays new employees less than veteran workers for the same job. That strike resulted in a four-year contract with a 7 percent raise and a one-time payment of $3,000 to all employees in lieu of a raise the first year...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/01/2241611/san-francisco-transit-strike/
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