think bart will go on strike?

[potluck6]

hope it doesn't will be very bad if they do.my friends dad works for bart and he says they won't know about striking until tomorrow at midnight nice to give folks some time to know.My husband and son commute pretty far so the highways will be awful. not to mention the 103degrees heat right now lordy.

[nickylanena]

It's too hot for that!

[Sendmicheck]

Not with the high heat we are experiencing.

[CHANEYLAKEGIRL]

What is bart?

[nickylanena]

What is bart?

I don't really know what bart is either.

[oldbuddy]

Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco

[BaudLight]

I thought that you were talking about Bart Simpson.  I haven't watched the show for a while.

[davidh121]

I recommend the OP to be more specific, especially as this a forum used by people all over the country. But as to my own thoughts I'm very certain they will strike. I also reside in the Bay Area and have had plans for years for alternate ways to get to work due to past incidents. I can also telecommute, but I cannot do this all the time.

[Falconer02]

More info here-

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/BART-strike-feared-as-negotiations-drag-4590390.php

Commuters have grown weary of the routine. Every four years, BART and its labor unions try to agree on a new contract before time and patience expire and the people who run the transit system go on strike.

Typically a deal is struck at the last minute, often in the dark of early morning, long after commuters have gone to bed not knowing how or if they'll be able to get to work without the Bay Area's largest regional transit system.

It was supposed to be different this year with a new general manager at the helm, a new BART negotiator and the absence of the aggressive campaign mounted by the transit district four years ago.

But with about three weeks to go before contracts expire on June 30, the situation is starting to look familiar. BART and its largest unions - Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents train operators and station agents, and Service Employees International Union Local 1021, which represents mechanics and maintenance workers - are taking hard stances, at least in public, and making little progress toward a contract.

Nobody is ready to talk strike yet, and both sides say they hope to agree on a deal in time to give commuters confidence the trains will keep running. But June 30 is rapidly approaching.