San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit reminds passengers, the train may not run correctly on Monday after the agency's largest union walked away from the negotiating table time a midnight deadline.
BART spokesman Rick Rice said in a statement, said the agency has not yet received official information from the unions on strike, but must remind passengers, strike could start Sunday night after the regularly scheduled services.
He called union resume contract negotiations, noting that the parties have agreed on several issues when they return to the negotiating table Sunday afternoon, 11 hours trying to avoid a strike.
, "The statement said:" We should take advantage of this momentum to reach an agreement.
Call Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 represents not immediately returned.
Strike will weaken the region's Monday morning commute. Transportation officials say another 60,000 vehicles on the road, blocking the entire Gulf region highways and bridges.
Union contracts expire at midnight set.
With the deadline approaching, both sides said they were far apart sticking point, including wages, pensions, health care and security. Expected around the clock negotiations fell apart Saturday packed union claimed that the two sides met face to face once within 36 hours after leaving an impasse in negotiations.
Sunday's last-ditch talks came after Gov. Jerry Brown's secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Marty Morgenstern, requiring the parties to continue negotiations on the country's fifth largest railway system in order to prevent downtime.
"Our team is not encouraged by the BART proposal, but we have to request the Minister of Labour, we have been bargaining in good faith," said Josie Mooney, SEIU chief negotiator. "But if BART continue to do the" surface bargaining, then we will not be able to reach an agreement. "
Brown spokesman Evan Westrup said on Sunday that the governor will not require a "cooling off period" At this point the mediator will continue to assist countries negotiating parties.
Westrup said: "BART and union owes the public a quick solution to their differences." "All parties should at the table, trying to find common ground."
Two unions, representing nearly 2,400 train operators, station personnel, technicians, maintenance personnel and professional staff, hope to have a 5% increase per year over the next three years.
BART said the union average salary of about $ 71,000 and $ 11,000 annually overtime train operators and station agents. Workers' health insurance also pay a fixed monthly fee of $ 92.
Rice said, BART's latest proposal, providing a total of 8% wage increase over the next four years, instead of the original 4% a year earlier, the total offer. Rice also said that the proposed pay increase of 1% pay employees accept reservations on Monday.
Transit agency also said that it offers to reduce employee contributions will have to make their own pensions, and reduce costs, they will have to pay medical insurance premiums.
Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, BART's latest proposal may not be the best final offer.
"We need to have some substantive discussions," Rice said. "I hope we can make some progress."
BART strike lasted for six days in 1997. Transit agency handling more than 40% of the passengers from the East Bay to San Francisco Bay Bridge deal with another 50% of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman John Goodwin said.
Goodwin said that passengers should consider carpooling, taking the bus or ferry and extra work at home, if the train is stopped. Moreover, if the passengers have to drive to work, leave early, and even later than usual, he said.
"We simply do not know what state," Goodwin said. "Unfortunately, we will not have to go to BART operating assumptions."
Meanwhile, passengers such as Richard Graham, aged 43, who works as a hotel in downtown San Francisco Himalayan banquet manager, left pondering his options, including a three-hour drive from work.
Graham said: "I can not stop thinking," Sunday as he got off the train. "It makes me 2 ? to 3 hours, if I drive to work, and then I found a parking space, and possibly cost me 40 bucks, if there are any left over spots."
 



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