The pay increase over four years. So when unions wouldnt budth the package apparently fell part. Both sides said they were close to making an agreement over the last few days. But again this afternoon, everything fell apart. Bart wanted the unions to take the last offer to a vote of the members. The unions said they did not believe their members would approve it. We have seven hours before this strike. You heard Roxanne Sanchez says no riders will be stranded that means theyll finish the schedule. Laura, thank you. Bart riders just hearing about developments because this occurred within the past hour. And. Abc 7 news joins us live now at Embarcadero Bart situation. Workday is ending people are watching bart here at the station. You can look at the platform where we were just minutes ago. People try tg stay informed asking me what latest was. I told them unions say they will strike at midnight unless bart agrees to arbitration. Here is what man had to say. People dont make enough money,
The he federal Mediation Service here working 20 hours per day for four days, the parties should have been able to come to an agreement. Its because this employer is entractable and committed to having the workers go out on strike its not management that asked for a strike its union. Were available to continue to bargain and to discuss items. Now, unions say they will work through end of the schedule tonight. They will not leave passengers stranded. And will then park trains and unless something changes they will go on strike. I spoke with a uc berkeley labor expert who said at this point now that the mediation period is over, that were going into unchartered territory and said a lot will depend on the strike and how difficult sit on the bay area economy, and commuters. And at some point we might see Legislature Step in if things dont get resolved on their own n oakland laura anthony, abc 7 news. Word of a strike is dispagt news for bart riders coping with the threat of a strike all we
Athletes career end because of a con sugs cushion. It happened to steve young. There was a burial helmet hit. That hit was recorded by a special mount guard like this. The zeatd being included in Research Conducted by 49er medical director dan garza and Research Assistant at stanford university. They showed me some head Impact Research from a different player during a game. They are pointing not necessarily where they are hit but where the acceleration. The n. F. L. Is planning a tenyear study on the consequences of repeated head injuries. We want to have a way to understand how to measure the impacts that occur, not just from the concussions that you see happening, but from what we call the sub concussive events. Cheryl the doctor is chair of Neurology Department at ucsf and Advisory Committee to the n. F. L. He is working with john york coowner of the 49ers who was on the safety committee. They the tell me the n. F. L. Is getting closer to find the best way to Gather Research on impa
Were able to better manage. Reporter at the last minute, the union says they asked for an arbitrator to decide the issues and bart management declined. Soliz and ken, im told the trains will actually run their routes through the night and then stop before tomorrow mornings commute. These people are mad at each other, brian. I dont think they will be working it out tonight. Brian webb in oakland, thank you. Ryan takeo is in berkeley where bart riders are just now hearing about the strike. Ryan . Reporter elizabeth, we have been here since around 4 00. We have told a lot of people, talked to several people, broke into us to them. Commuters on the way back home here at the ashby station, we talked to a lot of people. Most are angry and trying to figure out what their backup plan is for tomorrow but one person really stuck out to me. She said she is glad she knows now that a strike is likely instead of finding out at 10 00 or midnight. She said she has been checking her phone all night all
Anymore. Both sides went home. They seem to have given up tonight. Brian, does bart have any plans to have managers drive the trains some of them could run tomorrow . Reporter they have been going through some training but we asked about that and bart says that has to be approved by the bart board before it could happen so it doesnt look like it will happen immediately anyway. Thank you, brian webb. Lets get right to ryan takeo in berkeley. Bart riders are getting the dreaded news. Ryan. Reporter this all went down in the last 90 minutes. You can imagine the commuters surprise. We are here at the ashby station. We talked to a couple of commuters already. They say that they had no idea that this went down. We had to tell them about these developments. Take a listen. Thats too bad, though. A lot of people gonna be stranded. Back in you will, i tried a little bit of everything, did ac transit one day, the ferry another day, carpool the other day. Carpool seemed to be the most successful.