Into characterizing how the negotiations are going. The mediators asked us not to publicly talk about whats going on. Were going to leave the bargaining at the bargaining table. Reporter b. A. R. T. s spoke person says theyre 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 fourday strike back in july because more people are headed to work and taking their kids to school. The governor has already used his onetimeon the legal privilege to call for a 60 day cooling off period. He says it is now up to the two sides to work it out. Live in oakland, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. Could be some progress. Thank
Things stand right now. Cate. Reporter those negotiations are going on right now. As far as we know, the two sides have still not yet touched on those major points of salary and healthcare. And with those big points and millions apart, we are getting down to the wire. Know that both bart management and the unions want an agreement. We spoke with one group who probably wants it more than them. Bart riders are calling this a hostage situation. What can you do . Were at a standstill. We dont have that many options. So its a big headache. Reporter sure, the key players in the contract battle are bart and the unions, but bay area commuters say they are paying the price. Its a big pain and i do not want them to shut down again. Reporter mike says a bart shutdown doesnt just cost him a ride. It costs him a paycheck. I basically have to work at home when they shut down. I cant get to work. Reporter 400,000 people rely on the Rapid Transit system on a daytoday basis. Four days from now if the t
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Costs is labor and benefits. So we are trying to control those costs. Thats what this show, about. Reporter with the clock still ticking, they are still 89 million apart, a figure the unions dispute. That 89 million gap they talk about is for all the workers at bart including management. That number should be much smaller. Bart cant look at it just on two bargaining units. You have to expect that the other bargaining units are going to expect the same thing that these two get. Reporter bart is already spending big to hire a fleet of buses to prepare for a strike. Usually well have 150 and if we need to well get up to 200. Its 900,000. We have already secured buses for a week so were working on a second week. That money has already been deposited. Reporter so we have spent 900,000 just getting ready for this . Thats correct. Reporter and that money is gob. Meanwhile, they are talking and everybody has their financial crossed. No strike notice but no contract deal, either. Stay with kpix
Reporter okay. They have retrained the managers and the supervisors a small group of them to run cell caltrains if the strike happens but they wouldnt go in and start doing that unless the strike lasted a week or more. They want to hold off initially to see how things go. I dont think they want to anger the unions or their questions about safety. So theres not going to be trains out of the gate. Its going to be buses and ferries. And its going to be a lot of cars on the roads if they stay with the three days heads up. Thank you, phil. New at 5 00, taxpayers could soon be picking up the tab for former three strikes inmates. Santa clara county is considering a plan that could help excons live rent free. Kpix 5 reporter mark sayre is live in san jose to explain the thought behind this plan. Mark. Reporter elizabeth, it was last november that voters approved a plan to release some 3 strikes inmates early and Santa Clara County says by giving them some financial assistance, that is could he