Transit Unions Put BART on Strike Notice
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BART’s largest workers unions issued a 72-hour strike notice Saturday night as negotiations over a requested salary and benefits increase continued through the long weekend.
The unions said they gave the required notice to alert the public to the possibility of a strike, which will begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if workers do not receive a contract offer they find satisfactory.
On Friday, BART’s board of directors presented a proposal to the unions offering a wage and benefits increase of about 20% over the next four years.
Union members have said the offer is not enough to keep them off the picket lines and have presented BART directors with a counteroffer.
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