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>> THEY USE HAVE JUST HIT A
WALL. WE WILL TRY TO GET
INSIDE SCOOP WITH MICHAEL
YAKI. WHAT IS THE POLITICAL
SIDE TO THIS? THERE'S ALSO
THE NEGOTIATION SITE.
>> IT SEEMS TO HAVE COME
DOWN TO A WORK RULE ISSUES.
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SAID THAT
IT DESK. THOSE TYPE OF
THINGS. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE
NOT SURE WHAT IS THE COST
THIS BREAK DOWN. ALL OF WORK
RULES ARE NO AND VOID AND
THEY STATED THAT WILL START
AGAIN. THE QUESTION IS THIS
IS ALL THE PUBLIC CARES
ABOUT IS WHY DID THEY GO ON
STRIKE? DID THEY REALLY HAVE
TO PUSH THEIR BUTTONS. I
SPOKE WITH EIGHT LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE UNION THAT ARE
CLOSE TO PEOPLE AND I WANTED
TO KNOW IF THERE REALLY
NEEDED TO GO THIS FAR OR IF
OTHER STEPS COULD HAVE BEEN
TAKEN.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HAVE REALLY SHOOK ME IS THAT
IF THIS GOES INTO NEXT WEEK
IT WILL BE A WHILE AND IT
MAY BE AWHILE BEFORE THINGS
GET BETTER.
>> IS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A
BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATIONS.
BART MANAGEMENT COUNSELLING
STATED THAT THEY HAVE A
CONTRACT OUT AND THE U.S.
STATE SAID THEY DO NOT. THE
UNION STATED THAT WE WANT TO
HAVE YOUR LAST PROPOSAL.
>> THE UNION LAST NIGHT
STATED THAT THEY MADE
CONCESSIONS AND THEY AGREED
AND THEN THE PRESIDENT
ABOARD STATED DEBATE DID
NOT. THE UNION PRESS
RELEASE STATED THAT IT IS
ALL ABOUT THE WORK RULES.
REGARDLESS OF ALL THIS,
THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND NOT
JUST THE BART BOARD MEMBERS.
THERE ARE EIGHT OTHER
MEMBERS ON BOARD THAT NEED
TO ROLL IN. THERE'S ALSO THE
PEOPLE WILL HAVE LEVERAGE
OVER THE SITUATION. THE
STATE LEGISLATORS AND
GOV.--IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO
CHANGE THE GAME, YOU WANT TO
TRY TO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO
REPLACE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING, AND YOU CAN DO
THAT IF THE STATE
LEGISLATOR OR THE GOVERNOR
IS WILLING TO DO THAT.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE DID WHEN
WE NEGOTIATED THE CHARTER
REFORM FOR MUNI SOME YEARS
AGO. WE HAD THE UNION ON ONE
SIDE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE
OTHER SIDE. WE BROUGHT THEM
TOGETHER AND BASICALLY WE
STATED THAT WE WILL TRY
FIND-SEDGWICK AND WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WORK.
>> SO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT
ARE STRANDED, ARE YOU SAYING
THAT THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING
PRESSURE ON LAWMAKERS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. BISHOP PUT
UPON THEM AND THE BART BOARD
MEMBERS THAT THEY ELECT
EVERY YEAR. THEY NEED TO SET
SOMETHING TO THE GOVERNOR
FOR HIM TO TAKE LEADERSHIP.
NOW IS A TIME AND IF THIS
GOES INTO NEXT WEEK IT WILL
GO ON TO A BASICALLY THE YEN
JUST HAS TO SAY THEY HAVE
MONEY.
>> THEY'RE SPENDING A LOT OF
MONEY FOR NEGOTIATING A ZERO
SIDES HAVE BEEN UP 24 HOURS
AND THEY HAVE VERY SHORT
TEMPERS. THEY HAVE A VERY
LARGE CONTRACT TO DEAL WITH.
>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON BUT I DO THINK THEY
DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THAT
COULD HAVE MADE THIS CLEAR.
THE PUBLIC HAS TO MAKE