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Alex savidge is nearby at oakland city hall. Alex is live to preus what the mayor has to say about the situation. Reporter good afternoon mike and gasia. And you have hundreds of Union Workers in the city of oakland and their supporters, and they spent a half hour blocking the intersection of 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. And you can see that they are on the move, headed back to the plaza in front of city hall. And Union Employees here in the city are fighting for better wages and improved working conditions, and thus far, we heard from the mayor this morning, the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on a contract. And this strike is now in the fourth day here in the city of oakland with 3000 Union Workers off the job right now. That includes librarians, building inspectors, street sweepers, and Parking Enforcement officers. The union has rejected the latest contract being offered which includes a 4 race the first year. And a guaranteed 1 race the second year wit
For the day. Those workers failed to reach an agreement with the city. After the latest round of negotiations fell through. Tom joins us live at Oakland City Hall with more on what happens now and what the strike means for the city. Reporter yesterday evening about this time it was slightly hopeful they might be able to come to an agreement on some new proposal by the city of oakland. Today things took a turn to the uglier. Even as the mayor walked into her News Conference her face was tired and somber. She insisted the City Council Final offer is fair and equitable and retroactive. And that she was declaring a legally significant impasse. Last night we issued our last best and completely final offer. We did receive a response early this morning from. Rejecting our final offer. The last two years we provided workforce with an 8 raise. Right now we have on the table for our workers anywhere between a 5 11 raise. Based on their ossification as well as revenue performance. Reporter the st
But particularly, this time it should be a time when people are gathering loved ones and such a happy time. Its very heartbreaking. Reporter investigators say around 10 30 a. M. The driver of the suv was traveling south on argonaut way, lost control for an unknown reason and plowed into the trailer killing the pedestrian who was working in the immediate area. Fremont Police Officers went to the hospital that was treating the driver and based on their observations arrested him for dui. Investigators believe the substance is some type of narcotic but are unsure if its an overthecounter medication or something illegal. People make decisions on their own, not always wise ones or smart ones, and some of them have very severe consequences such as in this case. Reporter at this hour the eastbound lanes of argonaut lanes are closed but some lanes are open. Most of the wreck is cleared. The identity of the suspected dui driver will be released once he is booked. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. In
The Fire Department says all 29 people have some kind of injury ranging from cuts and bruises to something more serious. Four of them were seriously hurt. Here is a map to show you where this happened. It occurred in the southbound direction on highway 101 just before the cesar chavez exit. Reporter we just got an update from the Fire Department. They still have three lanes of southbound highway 101 before cesar chavez offramp. That is the bus that tipped over. It fell over on the right side. Many of the passengers were able to get out. Some of them were trapped and they had to break through some of the windows. Apparently there were some people who were able to get out who had minor injuries. Others were more seriously injured. They had to break through some of the windows. In order to access it to get some people out. There were a number of people who were seriously injured. They issued a red alert to have all available ambulances coming to the scene. The Fire Department said at this