we'll do this on -- i'll be joined by leaders and tom nolan and local 258 president erik williams. really important in terms of bringing the culture of safety to the agency, recognizing the great work that these operators do often under very difficult circumstances so i'm glad we were able to get this together. i want to thank row ber that and candice and those who made it happen. we have a text alert system. one which launches today. it includes front line service information, basically the same information we've been sending out through our twitter account which has been very active and very well received and another thing we get a lot on of unsolicited positive feedback on. we'll send this out during the twitter feed, but it allows you to get the feedback through text. the second phase, we'll take it agency wide, so projects we're doing such as announcements of these community meetings on south of market like doing pedestrian improvements, those will go out this way as well. so we're trying to create more channels but which we can communicate with folks and get information to fo

in contract negotiations, a point not lost on san francisco transport workers union president, erik williams, when he heard about the b.a.r.t. accident. >> sad, because the unions spoke on safety and nobody really want to hear that. >> reporter: he came to the cpuc today to tell them muni workers have been desperate for training. >> like any other profession, we should be trained, updated yearly, not biyearly, not just sitting in a classroom for eight hours and talk about war stories, it is about actual getting back out on the platform and actual training on any mode that you're working currently. >> reporter: muni says it will comply with the new regulations. all agencies have to give project reports to the cpuc in a year. heather i shall marrow, abc7 news. >> b.a.r.t.'s two unions spoke tomorrow on the deal that ended their most recent strike. that new contract would give workers a 15.4% raise over four years. they will pay $129 a month for health care coverage, that's up from $29 and also start contributing to their pensions. voting ends at 10 tomorrow night. we should have the rules for

in contract negotiations, a point not lost on san francisco transport workers union president, erik williams, when he heard about the b.a.r.t. accident. >> sad, because the unions spoke on safety and nobody really want to hear that. >> reporter: he came to the cpuc today to tell them muni workers have been desperate for training. >> like any other profession, we should be trained, updated yearly, not biyearly, not just sitting in a classroom for eight hours and talk about war stories, it is about actual getting back out on the platform and actual training on any mode that you're working currently. >> reporter: muni says it will comply with the new regulations. all agencies have to give project reports to the cpuc in a year. heather i shall marrow, abc7 news. >> b.a.r.t.'s two unions spoke tomorrow on the deal that ended their most recent strike. that new contract would give workers a 15.4% raise over four years. they will pay $129 a month for health care coverage, that's up from $29 and also start contributing to their pensions. voting ends at 10 tomorrow night. we should have the rules for