Top stories we are following on this wednesday, october 9th. We are only days away from a second possible bart strike and there are mixed messages from Union Members who held a demonstration last night. Why some of them are saying there is no unity amongst them details coming up. A dead body found at San Francisco General Hospital police try to determine if it is connected to the disappearance of a patient. Waking up to cooler temperatures this morning. Some major developments in the bart negotiations. We are only days away from a and while negotiations are coming down to the wire, recent progress has stopped the bart unions from issuing a strike notice for now. However, none of this means to those whove worried. Suffered in silence. Hoped. And lived in a state of fear. Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now
Theyre running. Reporter they were at it well into the night and unfortunately the two sides might have actually taken a few steps backwards. Management says they offered or presented its last, best and final offer yesterday. The general manager said it was 7 million more than fridays offer, but the union says its still not good enough. Good news for commuters, though, deciding to give them one more day to come up with a better offer they can accept. Were not going to go on strike because the public deserves to have a riding system that works. Well give them one more day, one more day to get it together. Weve given them two weeks to consider the offer. I hope theyre going to take it seriously and look at it. Its time to bring this to a close. The bay area is tired of going to bed at night not knowing if theyre going to be open. Its been long enough. Reporter the latest offer does come with an expiration date. Management says they have two weeks to accept it before they take it complete
Kpix 5 mark kelly is over wt creek bart. Mark what are t riders saying. There are three key playersn this whole issue. The politicians, the workers ane passengers. And right now. Passengers arent too happy bart rider stan green martiz stood outside negotiation central. He says bart riders are the ones hurt in end. And this is insanityt this point, some politiciane clued in to riders frustrations. Now, theres talk of passing legislationt would keep bart workers from striking. Theyre calling ie hi strike clause and weve n hearing it pop up more and as we marched toward this se deadline. One bart rider tells us why hes ready for change to bart. Nit riderim extremelmore moa lot of people. Rone way or another this bart crisis will be resolved. T burned in the end and quote, this is insanity. At this point, some politicians are clued in to riders frustrations and now theres talk of legislation that would keep bart workers from striking calling it the no strike clause. Weve public hearing it
By the unions last flight. Deborah villalon is live where the two have met face to face tonight. Reporter and theyre inside. The union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b. A. R. T. To get here. They have something for her to contribute on. We know for the last hour theyve been hashing out an offer from yesterday. Something the union calls insane, something b. A. R. T. Calls great. They say its a 20 increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. We feel like we have reached the limit. Reporter stretching is limit is where they are now. It means its the financial envelope. It means that theres a set of costs and set of work rules we really dont want to go beyond. Reporter but the unions have their limits too. We feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and theres a hail marry, there will be a strike. Reporter a strike possibly longer than the four
The two have met face to face tonight. Reporter and theyre inside. The union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b. A. R. T. To get here. They have something for her to contribute on. We know for the last hour theyve been hashing out an offer from yesterday. Something the union calls insane, something b. A. R. T. Calls great. They say its a 20 increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. We feel like we have reached the limit. Reporter stretching is limit is where they are now. It means its the financial envelope. It means that theres a set of costs and set of work rules we really dont want to go beyond. Reporter but the unions have their limits too. We feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and theres a hail marry, there will be a strike. Reporter a strike possibly longer than the four day walk out. A strike bringing more pain for the public