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LIVE, J.R. STONE, KRON 4
NEWS. WHILE HE MAY LOOK LIKE
YOUR AVERAGE TEENAGER.POLICE
SAY THIS 18 YEAR OLD IS
ALBERTO SOLANO MINUTES
BEFORE HE BRUTALLY ATTACKED
A 71 YEAR OLD WOMAN OUTSIDE
OF WALMART.ALL CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. WE START INSIDE THE
STORESOLANO AND HIS FEMALE
ACCOMPLICE CAN BE SEEN
WALKING AND ACCORDING TO
POLICE STALKING THEIR
VICTIM. I'LL FREEZE THE
VIDEO HERE AS SOLANO MAKES A
MOTION WITH HIS ARMS, AS IF
HE IS SHOOTING THE VICTIM
SHORT TIME LATER THE 71 YEAR
OLD, WHO IS FROM INDIA
WALMART. SOLANO AND HIS SURE
THEY DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE
SOON TO BE VICTIM. MOMENTS
LATER THERE IS AN ATTACK.
THE VIDEO IS A SOMEWHAT
GRAINY HERE BUT POLICE SAY
SOLANO CAME UP FROM BEHIND,
GRABBED THE THE PROCESS
THREW HER TO THE GROUND.
THEN DRAGGED HER ON
CONFRONTED BY THE ONE OF THE
VICTIM'S FAMILY MEMBERS BUT
GETAWAY CAR, LEAVING THE
AREA MINUTES BEFORE
EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVED ON
>> PAM: HAPPENING NOW.
BART MANAGEMENT AND IT'S
UNIONS AT THE NEGOTIATION
TABLE, AS THE CLOCK TICKS
DOWN TO A BART STRIKE.
THE STATE MANDATED COOLING
OFF PERIOD ENDED LAST NIGHT
AT MIDNIGHT. AND BART UNIONS
GAVE A 72 HOUR NOTICE.
THAT MEANS ANOTHER NIGHTMARE
FOR COMMUTERS, IF NO DEAL IS
REACHED BY MONDAY.
KRON 4'S JUSTINE WALDMAN IS
LIVE IN OAKLAND WITH THE
LATEST, JUSTINE?
>>REPORTER: THE MAIN
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BART
MANAGEMENT AND THE UNION IS
SAYING THAT SHE COULD
FINALIZE THE DEAL. NOW, SHE
IS ABLE TO HEAR BOTH SIDES
OF THE LABOR DISPUTE FOR
HERSELF.
>> THEY HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO
HER WHAT THEIR GRIEVANCES
ARE.
>> THE QUESTION THAT SHE HAS
BEEN GIVEN MOSTLY IS WHAT TO
THE UNIONS WANT? WHAT CAN
THEY DO TO SOLVE THE SALARY
DISPUTE IN THE COMPENSATION
THAT IS A HOLDING UP THE
TALKS WITH THE VERY
BEGINNING. WHILE YOU HAVE
BEEN LISTENING I WAS ABLE
TO TALK TO SOME UNION
MEMBERS SAID WERE WALKING
INTO THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE
ANOTHER UPDATE AT 10:00 P.M.
THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THERE
IS STILL NO DEAL. BOTH SIDES
WILL WORK TO OUT THE
WEEKEND TO AVOID A BART
STRIKE ON MONDAY. JUSTIN
WALDMAN, KRON 4 NEWS.
>> PAM: NEW TONIGHT AT 8--
FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS
YEAR, THE BAY AREA STANDS ON
THE BRINK OF ANOTHER BART
LABOR DISPUTE. THE DRAMA,
WHICH HAS PLAYED OUT FOR
MONTHS, STARTED LAST SPRING.
KRON 4'S CHARLES CLIFFORD
SHOWS US HOW THE SITUATION
GOT TO THIS POINT.
>>REPORTER: IN AUGUST 2009,
BART MANAGEMENT AND THE
TRANSIT AGENCIES TWO LARGEST
UNIONS, ATU AND SEIU, AGREED
TO A FOUR YEAR LABOR
CONTRACT IN APRIL OF THIS
YEAR, THE TWO SIDES RETURNED
TO THE BARGAINING TABLE TO
WORK ON A NEW DEAL BUT BY
MID JUNE IT WAS APPARENT
THAT THERE WERE MAJOR
DISAGREEMENTS OVER WAGES AND
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
AFTER FAILING TO REACH A
COMPROMISE, BART'S UNION
WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB
AT 12:01 AM ON THE MORNING
OF JULY 1ST, SHUTTING DOWN
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. THE
STRIKE FORCED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO FIND
OTHER WAYS TO GET AROUND.
IT CREATED TRAFFIC JAMS AND
IRRITATED COMMUTERS
>> THEY NEED TO GET IT
TOGETHER.
>> IS A COMMUTER, IS NOT A
GOOD DEAL.
>>REPORTER: ON THE EVENING
OF JULY 4TH, THE TWO SIDES
AGREED TO A 30 DAY COOLING
OFF PERIOD AND THE TRAINS
STARTED ROLLING THE NEXT
DAY.
ON AUGUST 4TH, WITH THE
UNIONS THREATENING TO WALK
OFF THE JOB AGAIN, GOVERNOR
JERRY BROWN INTERVENED. HE
ORDERED BART EMPLOYEES TO
KEEP WORKING FOR AT LEAST
ANOTHER WEEK. A FEW DAYS
LATER BART MANAGEMENT AND
THE UNIONS PRESENTED THEIR
POSITIONS TO AN INQUIRY
BOARD. WITH YET ANOTHER
STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMING AND
NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT, THE
GOVERNOR REQUESTED A 60 DAY
COOLING OFF PERIOD ON
AUGUST 11TH.
SINCE THEN, THE TWO SIDES
HAVE CONTINUED TO
NEGOTIATE, ALTHOUGH
SPORADICALLY. THE GOVERNOR'S