the union leadership isn't happy. so both sides aren't happy. you know the public got the best deal. >> reporter: ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> lawyers are still finalizing the contract language and the unions will vote next week. >>> happening today, in alameda county supreme court could order a 60-day cooling-off period in the ac transit labor dispute. the hearing comes at the governor's request. ac transit workers were set to go on strike last thursday until governor brown stepped in. >>> some bart tracks in the east bay will be closed this afternoon so ntsb investigators can reenact the accident that killed two workers. buses will take passengers between pleasant hill and lafayette. the bart tracks will be closed from noon to 3:30 p.m. this an. the reenactment was supposed to happen yesterday but was postponed until the afternoon. >>> the feds say the two men who were killed were following proper procedures. investigators now need to calculate the speed since the train didn't record how fast it was going. so far it doesn't appear there was anyt

. >> well, within just the last few minute we have seen union leadership leave for the night. they say it's been a very long day and they note that they are leaving their cost committee key financial folks still upstairs and still crunching numbers. on the positive side we also know that everyone has come together at least one face-to- face at both sides at the stage table at least once this eveningment as you know a lot of their work tends to happen separately, but if there was after a time to come together it's now. >> well, the deadline has been given and it was given the other day and that hasn't change. >> reporter: a union official matter of fact about a new strike monday. union negotiators have been here all day, but working amonst themselves while bart's team has been holed up at headquarters. >> the unions presented some ideas to management and we'll see how they are responsive to those. >> in recent days both sides suggested that they pulled closer to each other's position on pension and pay. bart offer a 10 ps hike over four years, workers wanting a 12% increase ove

the union leadership recommended to contracts but the union members voted down both times. the bus drivers and other workers could walk off the job on thursday morning. ac transit promised of increase transit service in the event of a bart strike and now those added busses are also a question mark. busses would only run during peak commute hours. san francisco's ferries are planning to provide additional service as well. >>> the threat of a bart strike forced him to postpone trip to china. he spent the day urging both sides to reach an agreement. stay with ktvu for bart updates, we'll bring you of the latest tonight at 10:00 news and we start early tomorrow at 4 a.m. and you can follow the development on our facebook page and twitter and www.ktvu.com. >>> now, we learned of the name of the victim, police were called to the area of 21st bartlett street. a man suffering from at least one gun shot wound, they performed cpr but he died at the scene. the victim has been identify as maurice white of san francisco. >>> and rue ban has more of the man who died and what caused the a

. >> we handed out two agreements and both of them recommended by the unions leaderships and both timese been rejected and now we are wondering what we will hear from the union next. >> both sides say they're ready to restart negotiations but there is no remeeting scheduled. >>> continuing coverage of the government shutdown, we'll give you a live look on what's happening on capitol hill. just about 3 hours ago, the house voted on banning the plan. the clock is ticking towards the default deadline tomorrow night. the house unveil a bill that would permitted the treasury to raise the debt ceiling until next february would allow the gun shot to open remission funds to carry to mid december. >> we are going to continue to work with our members from both sides of the aisle to try to make sure that there is no issues of default and to get our government reopen. >> tonight senate leader express of a bipartisan solution that they say can pass both house in congress tomorrow. >>> wall street reacted negatively in washington and all the uncertainty. dow jones dropped 133 points and nasdaq fell 3

union leadership also asked for more competitive pay saying it's necessary to recruit qualified officers. they post more than 100 vacancies each year. pay may ab factor considering the salaries are 18% less than the average there other jurisdictions. he believes the salary bum wouldn't just bring in new officers but keep the valuable ones that the city has and has struggled to keep. it's time to give an incentive. >> change that climate, redeploy and give them something to chase for so they don't have this chase overtime. >> reporter: judy powell said they are working cooperatively with the union, but it takes time and a huge effort, including changes to the computer assisted dispatch system, so they consider it a work in progress. if you want to know more, we put it on lien. you can explore the salary database and check out the highest paid employees in baltimore city. just go to abc2news.com. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> excellence work. >>> you know what one group is saying to sarcoma? stick it. >> how one woman's loss is helping to feet this rare form of cancer. >> people in one area

the second time in recent weeks that the rank and file rejected an offer agreed to by their union leadership the contract was turned down by nearly two- thirds of the members who voted. a-t-u officials now say they will meet shortly to decide their next move which may include going on strike. you may recall. during the july bart strike, commuters relied heavily on the a-c >> and sampras's go man charged with operating a $1 billion in illegal drug website has made his first appearance in court to. the website sillcock roldak road han shut down by the fbi after 2890 your old to ross ulbricht was arrested on tuesday. he has been charged in new york federal court with conspiracy to traffic in narcotics, hacking and money laundering bread he is due back in court on friday in san francisco. he had nearly 1 million registered users in the united states, russia and other countries. >> that is not the only beginning for him. in a separate indictment out of maryland. he also faces charges in a failed a murder for hire scheme. the indictment says, earlier this year he offered to pay an undercover agent

. >> time for the union leadership to let us know, let the people know whether they will take on offer to their membership. >> if you want to blame a strike on somebody, lay it at the bart board of directors for not having the back between help solve this -- backbone to help solve this. >> reporter: this last, best and final offer that was issued by bart has great legal significance. we will talk to two experts who know about this and what the elements of that are because you will need to know that because this could cause a major change in the way bart operates, that coming up in a few minutes. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> now even before the announcement from a.c. transit workers that they could walk off the job thursday morning commuters, the chp and other groups have been getting ready for tomorrow's possible bart strike. ktvu's allie rasmus is here with what we will face tomorrow. >> reporter: if bart workers go on strike all day carpool hours will be in effect 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. caltrans switched out the signs to reflect that change. chp says if more people carpool ther

the union leadership isn't happy. so both sides aren't happy. u know, the public got the best deal. >> lawyers are still finalizing the language on the contract and the unions are not expected to vote until next week. >>> new this morning, jerky treats may be making your pets sick. the fda says nearly 600 dogs and cats have died after eating the treats. there are thousands of reports of animals getting sick, as well. fda says the outbreak is mysterious. there isn't one particular brand to watch out for but the treats are made in china. >>> a potentially killer mosquito has made its way into california's central valley. the white spotted mosquitoes are turning up by the hundreds in fresno county. they like to feed on humans and can transmit deadly diseases like yellow fever and ding with just one bite. >> it's scary. it's nerve-racking. can't have any peace of mind being outdoors. >> mosquitos have also been found on the peninsula but none of those tested positive for deadly diseases. >>> another check on the weather. >> what a givens in temperatu

. >> recommended by the union leadership. both times they have been rejected. so now we're at a quandary wondering what we will hear from the union next and where we should go from there. >> union reps say the timing of the strike along with the possible b.a.r.t strike is just a coincidence. management union reps did not meet to negotiate today. >>> tonight, the house of representatives canceled a vote that would raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government pushing us one day closer to a possible default. the canceled vote yet another roadblock in solving the washington crisis. >> the rhetoric on both sides is heating up with no deal on the table. >>> house republicans calling for an evening vote brought an immediate freeze to what the is that the had been working on which some p claim was showing promise of a compromise i. would have reopened and funded the government until january and extended the debt limit until february. with that plan on hold house minority leader pa low sierra blast speaker john boehner -- pelosi blasted john boehner >> we extend a ha

both have been recommended by the union leadership by their rank and file. both times they've been rejected. >> reporter: a.c. transit is petitioning the governor for a 60-day cooling- off period. union leaders want to see another contract or they will be facing a strike. >> they need to -- the public and the people -- shut themselves in our shoes. we're the lowest-paid transit system in the bay area. >> reporter: you may recall back in july, a.c. transit workers threatened to strike. but b.a.r.t. was also striking, so those workers selfed up to the -- stepped up to the plate and carried those people across the bay. however, if it's unclear firefighter b.a.r.t. strikes whether a.c. transit would postpone a strike. there's a deadline looming thursday. katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> benicia police are investigating a rash of recent commercial vehicle thefts including three yesterday morning. this truck belonging to all- american elevator was stolen yesterday. it was found a few hours later abandoned in a vallejo neighborhood. the owner says

>> management isn't happy, the union leadership isn't happy, so both sides aren't happy, you know the public got the best deal. >> reporter: today the lawyers got in on the act and they're finalizing the language on these contracts. when might the unions vote on this contract? it doesn't look like it will go to the membership until sometime next week. we have a while. >> all right. thank you. >>> bart trains were supposed to start running at 4:00 this morning, but it took nearly two hours to get the system going. a lot of commuters and climbed in their cars. traffic terrible this morning. a number of crashes this morning, adding to that gridlock. now, there are a lot of extra cards on the road. kpix's mike's sugarman out in the thick of it. >> reporter: this is the on ramp to the bay bridge in san francisco. i can't see all the way down there, but the traffic on the traffic radio says this goes to market street, a little less than a mile. a lot of riders would have ridden if they knew bart was up and running today, just one of the reasons a lot of people are saying, is this any way to

the bart board president reached out to union leadership earlier this evening but has not heard back.hich check-in with our weather haircut. the >>jacqueline: >>erica: we are staying clear skies picking up for the east bay and south bay. as we take a look at temperatures right now. pretty similar to 24 hours ago 351 degrees currently in san francisco. as we head into the afternoon we will continue with warm conditions inland. temperatures above average. santa clara 71. looks like we will see some low 80s developed for places like walnut creek concord. a degrees cooler through union city. downtown's san francisco on the rich and a high of 71 thanks to that enhanced seabury's. temperatures ranging from the mid to upper '70s along the east bay shoreline print your 7 day around the bay forecast highlights pretty nice weather as we head into the weekend but expected cooled down as we head into next week. 441 is the time right now. the kron4 morning news will be right back. welcome back to the kron4 morning news bring you the latest on the bart strike. we are expecting some very heavy traff

. >> i think the union leadership tried to demonize him rather than deal. >> reporter: why hasn't she been at the bargaining table? >> i don't drive the train and we have qualified people at the table. the general manager usually comes in at the end. >> what are the odds of a settlement. >> i wouldn't put odds on it but we are working as hard as we can. both sides. >> reporter: the nation's safest system, 95% reliable could lose both if the infrastructures are delayed further. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can see the complete interview with the general manager on www.ktvu.com. >>> and stay with ktvu channel 2 news as the strike deadline approaches. we will update you immediately if something changes on tv, on www.ktvu.com, twitter and facebook. >>> the zoo was on lock down while police such for a man with a -- search for a man with a gun. the fire broke out about 3:00 p.m. hesies bullet hit the door of his -- he says a bullet hit the door of his store. the zoo went on lock down while police churched for the gun -- searched for the gunman. >>> san francisco ge

we think it's time for the union leadership to let us know, to let the people of the bay area know whether they're going to take an offer to their members yet. it is the middle of october. ac transit negotiations have been going on at the same time. there have been two offers in these negotiations, even though we are months beyond the deadline. the reason we want that to happen is we think we have a great offer on the table. we have a 12% base raisin crease that they will get regardless. we have also built into this a bonus. b.a.r.t ridership and revenue is greg faster than we project, we will carry a portion of that. they can get up to a thousand dollars a year additional. that about one and a quarter percent of pay for the average paid b.a.r.t worker. so economically, these fields are important. the other thing important to us are work rules. we have a very well paid work force. we offer great benefits. what we need from them are a set of work rules that allow us to work efficiently and productively and give the kind of service our customers need. one other thing is beneficial practice s

union leadership says it's time to make a change how officers are deployed it's not just about savingh but smarter policing. >> it's not just about the overtime. what you are touching upon is one little piece of a much bigger problem and bigger puzzle that the city for years has put on the back burner. >> reporter: tonight at 6, the blueprint baltimore's police union laid out to change how the department spreads out the force and what else they are asking for to bet are protect you. -- pet are protect you. -- bet are poe trek you -- better protect you. >>> graphiccally you can see what we have set up showing mayor stephanie rawlings-blake salaryu of 160,000 relative to some in law enforcement. also you can go in and look by name at individuals find out what their official salary is and fine out how overtime is now being affected by that and what's being done to raise the wages. again, more on this story with joce coming up tonight at 6 here on abc2 news. >>> next thursday after scandal a tragic day care story every parent want to pay attention to. a mother mourning the loss of her 9-m

now the union have not issued a strike notification which suggest to us that the union leadership willagree to keep negotiating. now the last strike lasted 4 and a half days and according to the bay area council, bay area lost 73 million dollars to lost productivity. i can tell you that the teams have told me off camera they plan to stick it out through the night. we'll continue to provide updates throughout this newscast. in fact, i even brought a tooth brush and pillow to stay here all night if we have to so that when the morning team comes in we can provide everyone with the latest information. this is 7 news. >> thanks. he's on it there. we are on it here. stay with up. if any development during the newscast we will bring it to you right away of course and we'll stay there for the duration. >> men time lisa is live at the fremont bart station where lisa you have been talking with riders who are a bit worried about all this. >> they are very worried indeed dan. as you mention the bart deadline is just under an hour away and that means they have to make some tough decisions. they hav

now the union have not issued a strike notification which suggest to us that the union leadership willagree to keep negotiating. now the last strike lasted 4 and a half days and according to the bay area council, bay area lost 73 million dollars to lost productivity. i can tell you that the teams have told me off camera they plan to stick it out through the night. we'll continue to provide updates throughout this newscast. in fact, i even brought a tooth brush and pillow to stay here all night if we have to so that when the morning team comes in we can provide everyone with the latest information. this is 7 news. >> thanks. he's on it there. we are on it here. stay with up. if any development during the newscast we will bring it to you right away of course and we'll stay there for the duration. >> men time lisa is live at the fremont bart station where lisa you have been talking with riders who are a bit worried about all this. >> they are very worried indeed dan. as you mention the bart deadline is just under an hour away and that means they have to make some tough decisions. they hav

that is, this is the second time that the union leadership said this is a good deal and it's the second time drivers said thanks, but no thanks. there's a question even if they work out the deals, will the drivers accept them? that has people doubly nervous. >> it seemed like it was a done deal but not until the the drivers vote. >> reporter: this is the second time. >> second time. we'll see. thank you, phil. >>> by the way, bart and its unions have just more than a week to work something out. they could walk off next thursday. >>> new at 5:00 a san francisco man is arrested and charged with masterminding a billion- dollar online drug empire. 29-year-old ross albrecht ran a website under a pseudonim. the site which the feds have seized made commissions off the anonymous exchange of illegal drugs and services. they arrested ulbright yesterday at a library. he faces federal narcotics, hacking and money laundering choices as well as putting a hit on a silk road user who threatened to blackmail him. >>> the killing of a san francisco college student stepping off a muni train, prosecutors s

now the union have not issued a strike notification which suggest to us that the union leadership willree to keep negotiating. now the last strike lasted 4 and a half days and according to the bay area council, bay area lost 73 million dollars to lost productivity. i can tell you that the teams have told me off camera they plan to stick it out through the night. we'll continue to provide updates throughout this newscast. in fact, i even brought a tooth brush and pillow to stay here all night if we have to so that when the morning team comes in we can provide everyone with the latest information. this is 7 news. >> thanks. he's on it there. we are on it here. stay with up. if any development during the newscast we will bring it to you right away of course and we'll stay there for the duration. >> men time lisa is live at the fremont bart station where lisa you have been talking with riders who are a bit worried about all this. >> they are very worried indeed dan. as you mention the bart deadline is just under an hour away and that means they have to make some tough decisions. they have

. >> workers voted down two contract deals negotiated by union leadership. art, it's unions and management talking right now trying to settle their contract standoff. union leaders have guaranteed they'll let the public know by 10:00 if there will be a strike. one yinin said thachl the other has not confirmed it. worker says they do hope to have a deal by that time. >> riders are getting more frustrated with the situation. according to bart ridership dropped by 85,000 trips on friday, monday, and tuesday. and they attribute that to the uncertainty of people going to sleep in the knowing whether trains will be running. >> hundreds of national parks preparing to open, including yosemite. reporter sarah sandrik tells us how quickly they can be aloud back in. >> reporter: park rangers ready to take down these closed signs the minute the shut down ends. visitors will immediately allowed to enter, and nearly 700 furloughed employees will be coming back to work. >> we have a lot of employees that live here, just outside of the park so folks were asked not to go far.

. >> workers voted down two contract deals negotiated by union leadership. ement talking right now trying to settle their contract standoff. union leaders have guaranteed they'll let the public know by 10:00 if there will be a strike. one yinin said thachl the other has not confirmed it. worker says they do hope to have a deal by that time. >> riders are getting more frustrated with the situation. according to bart ridership dropped by 85,000 trips on friday, monday, and tuesday. and they attribute that to the uncertainty of people going to sleep in the knowing whether trains will be running. >> hundreds of national parks preparing to open, including yosemite. reporter sarah sandrik tells us how quickly they can be aloud back in. >> reporter: park rangers ready to take down these closed signs the minute the shut down ends. visitors will immediately allowed to enter, and nearly 700 furloughed employees will be coming back to work. >> we have a lot of employees that live here, just outside of the park so folks were asked not to go far. we're just very excited.

unions when down. and the problem was not the process, but bart leadership. the strike sofr but man movement just getting started. >> union leadership made it clear to me i've ended my political career. if you listen, then this is my siren song here. >> orinda city councilman defied a party platform when start ban bart strikes.com to ratchet up pressure to prevent future strikes. a growing list of east bay elected officials now endorsing the movement, acknowledge trying to get state's majority to give up the support of labor and the money it brings with it will not be easy. one democrat emphasized the frustrations as a tentative agreement was announced last night. >> this has got to be the last time this happened. i think no one wants to see this happen again. >> he and supporters the solution to deadlock. neither management nor unions expected to embrace the. >> maybe they'll do their best attempts to make sure it doesn't reach arbitration and will settle between themselves rather than having a third party making decisions for them. >> i just think maybe the

unions when down. and the problem was not the process, but bart leadership. the strike sofr but man movement just getting started. >> union leadership made it clear to me i've ended my political career. if you listen, then this is my siren song here. >> orinda city councilman defied a party platform when start ban bart strikes.com to ratchet up pressure to prevent future strikes. a growing list of east bay elected officials now endorsing the movement, acknowledge trying to get state's majority to give up the support of labor and the money it brings with it will not be easy. one democrat emphasized the frustrations as a tentative agreement was announced last night. >> this has got to be the last time this happened. i think no one wants to see this happen again. >> he and supporters the solution to deadlock. neither management nor unions expected to embrace the. >> maybe they'll do their best attempts to make sure it doesn't reach arbitration and will settle between themselves rather than having a third party making decisions for them. >> i just think maybe the

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. >> for 150 days at this point we think that it's time for union leadership to let the people of the bay area know whether they're going to take an offer to membership. it's the middle of october. >> general managers saying unfair left is the final offer so we can reach an agreement. let's be clear. the strike notice for this year is disruption in service with f.we don't reach a deal by midnight tonight. >> and again, all that said work to sides have been meeting today to discuss this offer which is 12% raise over four years. the unions have to pay more for benefits, they say negates that raise. bart says they will not increase the package but are willing to talk about the terms within it. the union says if talks continue and seem to be progressing there, or there is decent progress they may consider moving the strike deadline back again. they're telling riders they should be prepared for the real possibility of a strike tomorrow moshing. >> making matters worse ac transit has given a 72 hour strike notice that. decision cups after workers for transit union local 192 rejected two con

. >> for 150 days at this point we think that it's time for union leadership to let the people of the bay area know whether they're going to take an offer to memberit's the midd. >> general managers saying unfair left is the final offer so we can reach an agreement. let's be clear. the strike notice for this year is disruption in service with f.we don't reach a deal by midnight tonight. >> and again, all that said work to sides have been meeting today to discuss this offer which is 12% raise over four years. the unions have to pay more for benefits, they say negates that raise. bart says they will not increase the package but are willing to talk about the terms within it. the union says if talks continue and seem to be progressing there, or there is decent progress they may consider moving the strike deadline back again. they're telling riders they should be prepared for the real possibility of a strike tomorrow moshing. >> making matters worse ac transit has given a 72 hour strike notice that. decision cups after workers for transit union local 192 rejected two contract proposals las

and we think it is time for the union leadership to let us know, to let the people know whether they will take an offer to their membership. it is the middle of october. a.c. transit negotiations have bib going on -- been going on at the same time, and the negotiations, we have not seen a single offer taken to the membership. we think we got a great offer on the table. we have a 12% base -- wage increase that they will get regardless. we have built into this a bonus. if rider hundred and revenue -- ridership and revenue is growing, they could get a thousand dollars additional. so the economics of the deals are important. the other thing that is important to us is work rules. we have a well paid work force. we offer great benefits. what we need are a set of rules that allow them to work efficiently and deliver the service our customers need. one of the big issues for susben fishal best practices says if we allow workers to do something, you give them a perq, allow them to park their car in this area, suddenly that right goes to everybody in their unit. so this is a way of increasing c

>> management isn't happy, union leadership isn't happy. the public got the best deal. >> reporter: elizabeth, sometime next week the unions will start voting on this contract. >> thank you. >>> bay area commuters eager to get back on bart. no train operators and no trains. kpix 5's reporter on why it took so long. >> bart trains were supposed to be up at 4:00, but when riders showed up, no one was there. >> it was made public so that was a very short period of time to notify everyone to try to get back into the yards and into the train cabs. >> some commuters took advantage of shuttles and ferries, and others came prepared to wait. katy boyar says better late then never. >> hopefully this afternoon will be better. >> bart did start slow with 25 trains and a delay. a late train still meant no strike. >> i got up at 4:30, checked my phone and bart was running. i did a little dance and went back to bed. >> i woke up at 4 a.m. and looked at my phone and i was so happy i couldn't sleep. i was awake all day. >> this sound is music to his ears. >>

. >> yes the union leadership made it clear to me that i have ended my political career. so if you listen to them then this is m i siren song here. >>reporter: city councilman democrat steve glacer defy his party platform when he started ban bart strike.com petition drive to ratchet up pressure on legislators to prevent future strikes. growing list of east bay elected officials are now endorsing glacer movement. they acknowledge trying to get the state democratic majority to give up the support of labor and the money it brings with it will not be easy. one prominent democrat emphasized the entire bay area frustration as the tentative agreement was announced last night. >> has to be the last time this happens. i think everyone is fed up. nobody wants to see this ever happen again. >>reporter: glacer and his supporters want bargaining process that replaces streak with arbitration as the solution to deadlock. neither management nor union are expected to embrace that idea. >> if it's painful for each process for each body to have to go through then maybe they do their best at

. >> so what we have here, however, is a last-minute saying the union leadership saying for possibly tical reasons within their own unions because let's not forget they are elected as well and the idea of changing work rules that are unfavorable with drivers could cost them their jobs down the line so they said no, we are going to walk on this. my question is, is the public going to buy that? are they going to understand that and how will they react? >> for openers, the public is outraged at everybody connected to anything to do with this transit business literally. the public says, you should not strike. just as the public said to mr. boehner and those people with the tea party, this one you should not do. i believe ultimately, phil, that some tall giant is going to step forward and offer a solution that's going to be publicly acceptable. >> getting kind of ugly though because i believe the executive director of the union started criticizing the other side of bart saying they didn't have the skill to get the job done. so what happens there? how long do you think this is going to last

and we think it's time for the union leadership to let us know, to let the people of the bay area know whether they're going to take an offer to their membership. it is the middle of october. ac transit negotiations have been going on during the same time. there have been two offers taken to their membership but not yet in these negotiations though we're months beyond the deadline. >> reporter: following the b.a.r.t. board president's statement, sciu's executive director responded immediately. >> there's a little bit of strangeness in this offer, and actually to make this offer at 4:00 and not even come to the table and say there it is, and now come out and say we want to talk about it is also very curious to us. so we believe it was b.a.r.t.'s intention and the b.a.r.t. board district's intention to make a last best and final offer and then walk away from it which is essentially what they've done. even though we've been talking, we feel they have no intention of reaching an agreement. we believe this is what's called jamming the other side. >> reporter: well, there you have it. b.a.r.

the union leadership isn't happy.both sides aren't happy, you know the public got the best deal. >> reporter: the good news is that bart fares are not expected to rise because of the deal. that's because they were already scheduled to go up in january. the average bart fare will go up about 19 cents. live in san leandro, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> to pay for the labor costs in this deal, bart says it will likely eliminate some projects and programs this coming year to save $12.6 million. >>> the investigation of that deadly stadium construction accident has resumed. cal/osha now says some questions were raised that have revived the investigation into donald white's death at the 49ers stadium site in santa clara this past june. the specifics of those questions are not being disclosed. earlier cal/osha had determined no violation had happened in connection with mr. white's depth of. >>> happening today, the san francisco city gardener accused of running over a woman in holly park is due in court. he is charged with vehi

we have been at this at a total of 150 days at this point and we think that is time for the union leadership to let us now and the people of the bay area know if they will take an offer. it is the middle of october. there has been to offers that have been taken to their membership during negotiations. the reason we want that to happen is we think that we have a great offer on the table with 12% based wage increase. that they will get regardless a.m. we also built into this a bonus with writer should and revenue is growing faster than the project we will share of $2,000 a year additional about 1 and 1/4% and pay for the average bart workers. so the economics of these deals are important. we have a very well-paid work force in the offer great benefits. we need from them are set of work rose to allow them to work efficiently. one of the big issues for us are beneficial practices if we allow workers in any part of the district to do something, you give them a perk, or allow them to park their car in this area... half a day off and then half of that right will go to everyone in their unit. >> we

there were differences in how adversarial that relationship was between the union leadership, and would never say they got along great but there were big disputes on how to change the curriculum and they think of this as a huge fight but not a huge fight comparatively. the other extreme would be mexico where kids have been out of school for weeks in a travesty of a situation where teachers have been in heralding their right to teach, passed down from their family and the union is very powerful and it is not very balanced historically. snow that relationship which seems to be born of our unions developed and when they developed and why they developed, that is a complex question but doesn't seem to be the present of the unions that the germans as in all of this stuff like the quality of the homework, of the testing, the teaching, the management as opposed to the amount of its or the presence of it. >> the gentleman had his hand up. >> i wanted to say i wanted to echo the sentiment that you have written a wonderful book that is clear and crisp and grounded in research. it is also very opti

conspicuous well, but there were differences and how adversarial relationship was between the union leadership. i would never say that they got along great but there were even in finland, remember there were big disputes because they're trying to change the curriculum. teachers had been inheriting the right to teach passed down from the family. and the union is very, very powerful and it's not very balanced. historically has not been. that relationship seems to be borne of also how unions develop in the countries and when they develop and why they developed. so that's a complex question but it doesn't seem to be the presence of the unions. as in all of this stuff, like it's the quality of the homework, of the testing, other teaching, of the management as opposed to the amount of it or the presence of it. >> actually i think the gentleman had his hand up. >> i wanted to just say, i want to echo, you've written a window book that is very clear, crisp and also grounded in research. it's also very optimistic, i think particularly the case of poland suggests that change is possible. public policy m

the president reached out last night to union leadership. we did not hear back.he general manager is here, and ready to reach out. we'll take calls and getting meetings set up. we need to get back in communications. >> we know that this process is difficult and hard, and we apologize and we urge the public to contact the b.a.r.t. district and tell them to finish negotiating a fair deal with our union because we want to sign a contract, workers want to go back to work and we want everyone to be able to get on with their lives. >> reporter: the union said b.a.r.t. wanted to change employees fixed work schedules. some people work a four hour work shift, others work a ten hour shift. the union said this could be a stress for workers with child care issues and b.a.r.t. says some people don't work a full 40 hour workweek and they get overtime on their day off and that is draining the system. the general manager will be making a statement later today. we're not sure what time, we'll keep you posted. live in oakland, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and people have

leadership. right now our country is being held hostage by a small group in washington, d.c. and here in the bay area, the public is being held hostage as well as the union membership by a small group of bart leadership who have refused to show that leadership. right now there's a failure by bart's leadership. the board of directors is holding the bay area hostage. they have stalled the process as they stood on the sidelines not taking appropriate action. we do not want a strike. we want that to be made perfectly clear. we understand the disruption. we understand the impact of everybody in the bay area. and we want it clear that we are not intending to do that. we want a deal. thank you. >> are you giving 72-hour notice? >> that is the bart union spokesman there saying that they do not want to strike and because of that, they are not giving the 72-hour notice of a strike. the deadline hits thursday at midnight. they could -- bart workers could walk off the job early friday morning. but right now, the union is saying it doesn't want to strike, that bart has not budged at all but the unions have given in three different times. they say they don't want to h

evidence in this case >> reporter: the fact that this is the second time union employees have rejected an offer to drop by their leadershipe do we pay. >> more money. >> we need hazard pay. >> reporter: the oakland raiders and a's have eight share a coliseum. they are looking to build and coliseum approximately $1 billion called coliseum way. they will start the research that will cost about $1 billion. in the meantime their lease expires at the end of the year. it is a good chance that they will renew it to, not because they want to but because they do not have any other place to play the game. south >> reporter: to babies in the bay area received parts of her liver and a family friend was a match for her kidney occurred coming up at it we will hear more about christina from her parents and how they plan on continuing her memory. >> pam: police said a group of workers were robbed at gunpoint at a habitat for humanity site in oakland. this video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. the site where former president jimmy carter is scheduled to tour soon. police say eight habitat staff members and workers wer

and here in the bay area, the public is being held hostage as well as the union membership by a small group of b.a.r.t. leadership who have refused to show that leadership. right now, there's a failure by b.a.r.t.'s leadership. the board of directors are holding the area hostage. >> we are continuing to talk. we're talking tonight, and i don't want to go

. >> a public that says no, and the national and the state leadership of the unions are saying, you guystrike, you're going to tick off the bay area a democratic stronghold and set the labor movement back across the state 10 years. >> and that's exactly why walking into that room today will be some unnamed politicians, some bart board directors and some quality leadership that has that mission. >> and as for the cost, nobody is talking about that. you notice that, gang? all of a sudden what was the original deal like we can't come up with that kind of money, we can't accept that, that's out the door! now it's all about settling. >> but the economy has improved somewhat. you know that. i know that. and in addition thereto, when you rehe will will do the fine -- when you really do the fine line and fine-tuning, you can go into the reserves, projections and a combination of those things gives you the flexibility to settle on a legitimate basis. >> okay. question, final question. i got a picture of michelle. [ laughter ] >> what? >> hey, now. >> who came up with the lavender first, you or yo

about is the opportunity for the the american people that wouldn't have happened without the leadership of unions like all these progressive organizations in our great leadership of congress and of course president obama. with that in mind that want to turn it over to someone who is important to our organization and important to this entire movement. the president of afscme, lee saunders. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon everybody. before i get into my remarks the aca has the support of the way from hawaii. we have got the hawaii government employees division which is an affiliate of afscme. they are in the house all the way from hawaii. [applause] today should be about how far our nation has come in providing access to affordable health care. but instead the small faction of extreme -- extremists of the united states congress have made it about themselves and their party's agenda. extremists have spent two years trying to do undo health care reform. they have helped more than 40 votes to repeal a challenge to the law in court. their presidential campaign based on -- and because they could

federalization of screeners as a boost to unions, who would organize them, and democrats, who would recruit them. mcinturff: the people who are in the leadershipd firm in favor of federalizing screeners. initial polls by the washington post and time/cnn found overwhelming public support r federal takeover of airport screening. because if you're a member of congress, from the tim you step off a plane when you go back to your congressional district, the people in the cabs, the people in the airport, the people you meet in town meetings, your donors, your friends, your neighbors, you know what they all say is, "hey, what are you going to do about..." fill in the blank. and when they get those kind of issues where everywhere they go and everyone they talk to is saying, "what are you going to do about x?" they come back and say, "wow, guess what, people are really riled up and they want us to do something." and guess what, congress acts. poussaint: despite the clamor for federalizing employees, the republican leadership of the house refused to budge. they succeeded in passing a bill that would keep screeners in the private sector. and they did what

and here in the bay area, the public is being held hostage as well as the union membership by a small group of b.a.r.t. leadership who have refused to show that leadership. right now, there's a failure by b.a.r.t.'s leadership. the board of directors are holding the area hostage. >> we are continuing to talk. we're talking tonight, and i don't want to go any further into characterizing how the negotiations are going. the mediators asked us not to publicly talk about what's going on. we're going to leave the bargaining at the bargaining table. >> reporter: b.a.r.t.'s spoke person says they're working very hard to find a negotiated settlement and willing to continue talks well past the deadline at midnight thursday. any given work day, some 400,000 passengers rely on b.a.r.t. to get where they need to go. earlier today the municipal transit agency issued a warning to commuters to review their contingency plans. they say if b.a.r.t. strikes and if that happens this month, it willikely have a bigger impact than the four-day strike back in july because more people are headed to work and taking their kids to school. th

union is anti-rush j. and the media. >> what overtures will russia make to the new leadership to try to improve ties? >> already tourism started between russia and georgia. it's a small amount. russia is the main potential market for georgian tourists. we have been in the same country for almost 250 years, and people know georgia well and love it in russia. so russia may restart some of the economic tie, but certainly everything will depend on georgi margvelashvili and his team. if they decide to go the anti-russian way, i think it will be worse for georgia and russia. >> we appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. thank you for speaking to us. >> security forces are on full alert in the philippines where more than 50 million are electing their chairman. many have been killed in election-related violence. hundreds have been arrested for violating an election-gun ban. with more than 500 firearms confiscated. at least five people have been killed in bangladesh during a nationwide antigovernment strike. thousands of riot police have been deployed across dhaka. a shutdown caused by the opposition w

lyrical -- was "stop because of the support for the peace process and the leadership role of our regional partners notably the african union and the intergovernmental authority. on january 17, we formally recognize the federal government of somalia after two decades a transitional government. nonetheless, the u.s. government also understood very clearly that somalia would face considerable challenges as it worked to rebuild its statehood. the successes of the african union mission in somalia, contribute companies and strategic partners to combat al- shabaab are demonstrating the strength of an action -- african led a model. this-based al qaeda affiliate is a dangerous present. the terrorist attacks on the west gate shopping mall for which al-shabaab has taken credit is a chilling example of the challenges for somalia and the region. extremism inggests the corner of africa maybe he bought them. it also makes clear that al- shabaab poses a threat to u.s. partner nations and american citizens and u.s. interests in the region and elsewhere. al-shabaab must be stopped. the federal government of somalia must is increased if capa

but here in the bay area the public is being held hostage as well as the union membership who has refused to show that leadership. right now, the board's directors are holding us hostage as they sit on the sidelines not taking appropriate action. we do not want to strike and want that to be perfectly clear. we want a clear that we are not intending to do that. it think gil. think area. thank you. >> reporter: we just ask antoinette if there are required to give 72 hours and she said that they are not required to do that. we were under the impression that they were required to do so. the union indicated that they are not going to give that notice because they do not want to strike and they have indicated that they have given three counter offers and management still has not moved. union officials say that they are not giving that 7 to notice now because they do not want to strike. and they are not required to give any notice reporting live from bart negotiations dan carmen. . >> reporter: it is very likely that we will hear from management tonight. is very likely that we should hear from them within the next hour

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