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(MALE ANNOUNCER)
THIS IS THE BAY AREA NEWS
STATION, KRON 4 NEWS STARTS
NOW.
>> NOW AT EIGHT.
BART MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS
MAY BE FAR APART AT THE
BARGAINING TABLE, BUT THEY
AGREE ONE THING,
IF THERE IS A STRIKE.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE
TRAFFIC CHAOS.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A MESS.
>> TONIGHT KRON FOUR LOOKS
AT THE ALTERNATIVES FOR
COMMUTERS
>> CARPOOL, COOL LET'S PICK
SOMEBODY UP
>> PAM: ONE BY LAND AND ONE
BY SEA.
>> THE DOCKS WILL BE AT
CAPACITY IF BART GOES ON
>> PAM: WE ARE NOW JUST
HOURS AWAY FROM LEARNING
WHETHER BART WORKERS WILL GO
ON STRIKE.
THAT MEANS. NO TRAINS. AND A
NIGHTMARE FOR COMMUTERS.
KRON 4'S TERISA ESTACIO IS
LIVE IN OAKLAND. WHERE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY
RIGHT NOW. TERISA?
>> REPORTER: PAM, AT THIS
HOUR, THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE
UNDER WAY AT THE
HEADQUARTERS. THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT GOING ON.
>> LIES!
>> WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
>> REPORTER: FRUSTRATIONS
TODAY AS BART CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED IN
OAKLAND.
AT ISSUE, A NEW CONTRACT
FOR BART'S 2,000 WORKERS.
UNION MEMBERS SAY KEY
ISSUES SURROUNDING
HEALTHCARE, PENSION AND
SAFETY TOP THEIR LIST.
>> WITH LIGHTING IN THE
UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND
STATIONS CAN BE IMPROVED. A
LOT OF CRIME BECAUSE OF
INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING.
>> REPORTER: ON THURSDAY,
THEY HAD A NEW WERE CONTRACT
WITH CONCESSIONS WITH A
MANDATE THAT EMPLOYEES MUST
WORK 15 YEARS BEFORE THEY
WORK FIVE BEFORE THEY GET
LIFETIME BENEFITS AND ALSO
THAT THEY WANT TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR
PENSIONS. RIGHT NOW, THEY DO
NOT ONLY BART PACE AND FOR
THEIR RETIREMENT.
>> BART IS PUTTING
EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE.
>> REPORTER: BOARD ALSO HAS
OTHER PROPOSALS BUT NOT
OFFERING SPECIFICS.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MOVING
TOWARDS THE UNIONS'
POSITIONS ON PENSIONS,
BENEFITS, SALARIES.
HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL GIVE US
MORE PROGRESS AND SOMETHING
MORE TO TALK ABOUT. I WILL
NOT GET INTO THE PACIFIC'S
BECAUSE WE ARE NEGOTIATING.
>> REPORTER: IN THE
MEANTIME, THE TIME IS
TICKING AND IF A STRIKE
HAPPENS IT WILL NOT BE GOOD
FOR EVERYBODY. LATE
THURSDAY, THE UNION SAYS IT
OFFERED A NEW CONTRACT
PROPOSAL TO BART. AGREEING
TO MANDATE THAT EMPLOYEES
MUST WORK 15 YEARS LIFETIME
HEALTH BENEFITS.
THEY ALSO ADDED THAT THEY
WILL AGREE TO CONTRIBUTE TO
THEIR PENSION. RIGHT NOW
THEY DON'T, ONLY BART PAYS
AS FAR AS BART'S SIDE. THEY
TWO CAME OUT WITH A NEW
PROPOSAL. HOWEVER, THEY
IN THE MEANTIME , THE CLOCK
IS TICKING WITH A STRIKE AND
MEMBERS SAY IF A STRIKE
>>