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latest on the b.a.r.t. situation. b.a.r.t. and union leaders continue to work trying to avoid another strike. b.a.r.t. s general manager is likely to make a new offer. talks will resume in less than two hours from now, and all the participants are under a gag order. trying to figure out what it s going to take to get a deal. also alternate the table also at the table, several elected officials. 7 6% are opposed to a strike. union leaders say the latest talks do seem productive. i believe it was very informative for the b.a.r.t. managers, including the general manager to understand where we have been at this point as she is fairly, you know, new to this process. so we re hopeful, but we have a lot of bargaining to do. how much is that helping just having her there. i think she at least is getting both sides of the story and that is important because we don t know what is actually being filtered to her, but when she s sitting at the table, we know this is what w ....
the pay increase over four years. so when unions wouldn t 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 they ll 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 ....
anthony joins us live from oakland. they have eight hours to respond? reporter: that is it, larry. that is for bay area commuters as well. this is a stunning announcement. the a lot of half hour, it appears by the length of the negotiations, 30 hours since yesterday, that they were somehow close to a deal. but roxanne sanchez walked out of this building and made this announcement that they were going to go on strike if the management did not back down from hard line rules. as of midnight tonight we will be on strike. no one will be left stranded. it is now in the hands of the general manager. my name is george cohen. reporter: this is the federal mediator george cohen. on my left commissioner greg limb. i thought i d give you an update and a report of what has been taking place. as you probably know we have been here approximately four days and three hours during which time there has been ongoing, intense collective bargaining. these parties began this relat ....
members of the house voting on the bill that passed the senate earlier that bill passed the senate by a vote of 81-18 with tremendous bipartisan support. obviously now it s in the house of representatives. we expect it to also clear that chamber. we re wondering we re trying to see if the bill will pass with overwhelming support or not. john boehner today urged his caucus to vote for it. the four main things that this bill will do, it will reopen the government, and fund it through january 15th. it will raise the nation s debt ceiling until february 7th. it will basically tell both sides, republicans, democrats in both chambers to come together and try and work towards a long-term budget agreement and will also provide back pay to all of the furloughed workers that have been out of work for the past 16 days, and in terms of obamacare, only one provision of a very watered down strike, basically telling those people who want subsidiaries once it goes through both chambe ....
isn t that we re arguing about arbitration or nonarbitration. what we re really arguing about is how much safety are we willing to compromise? reporter: meanwhile, amalgamated transit union station bryant walked into the caltrans building after 11:00 this morning, but we found out discussions have been ongoing between b.a.r.t. management and union leaders all weekend long. both sides seem to want to make a deal. i m not going to get into the details of what s left to negotiate. we re going to leave that at the table and hopefully resolve it as quickly as possible. reporter: how quickly can they come to some sort of compromise to end this crippling strike is anybody s guess. giving b.a.r.t. workers a 12% pay increase over four years is still on table. work rules and safety issues continue to be deal breakers. but time is crucial. we have to power everything back up. we have to make sure there s money in our ticket vending machines. we have to do all the safety in ....