Kaiser Workers Threaten Massive Strike As Contract Negotiations Stall
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF) — Over 85,000 hospital workers that are members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are preparing to vote to authorize a national strike that would impact states across...
View ArticleOakland Teachers’ Union Expected To Make Strike Announcement Saturday
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Union leaders for teachers in Oakland on Friday said they will make a major announcement about the looming strike Saturday afternoon. The press event is scheduled to happen at the...
View ArticleOakland Students Stage ‘Sick Out’ To Show Support For Teachers
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Students in Oakland organized a “sick out” Friday morning to show support their teachers as they inch closer to a strike. A couple of hundred students from different high schools...
View ArticleOakland Unified Announces Contingency Plans For Teachers Strike
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — With a possible strike authorized by teachers in Oakland looming later this month, the head of the East Bay school district spoke on Wednesday morning about how officials are getting...
View ArticleOakland Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Teachers in the Oakland Unified School District have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike in the midst of a stalemate in contract negotiations, officials announced Monday...
View ArticleBay Area Teachers Show Solidarity With LA Educators Threatening To Strike
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Teachers across the Bay Area on Friday joined a state-wide rally to show solidarity with at least 35,000 Los Angeles educators who are in a contract dispute. What did a...
View ArticleSF Muni Director To KPIX 5: ‘Lots’ Of Options To Deal With Sickouts
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Edward D. Reiskin, Director of Transportation of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spoke with KPIX 5’s Phil Matier Sunday about the status of contract...
View ArticleBART Strike Deadline Nears, Union Leader Warns Riders To Prepare
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Tensions escalated at the BART bargaining table Monday with the possibility of a strike on Tuesday appearing to grow stronger. On Monday afternoon, both the union and BART management...
View ArticleSan Jose Police Officers Reject City’s Contract Offer, 3 Percent Raise
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — In a near unanimous decision, San Jose police officers have rejected the city’s latest one-year contract offer, which included a three-percent raise. Officers who have been asking for...
View ArticleBART Unions Send New Proposal To Management As Deadline Nears
OAKLAND (KCBS) — With a possible second strike looming, unions representing BART workers said they have put forward a new labor contract proposal to management Tuesday. Both sides continue negotiating...
View ArticleBART Unions Considering Concessions On Wages, Pensions, Medical
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART employee unions were considering reducing requested wage hikes and agreeing to pay pension premiums and higher medical insurance costs at labor contract talks in Oakland...
View ArticleBART, Unions Back At Bargaining Table; Gov. Brown To Seek 2-Month Cooling Off...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — The Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency and two of its largest unions have returned to the bargaining table, as a cooling-off period that would avert a possible train strike on...
View ArticleGov. Brown To Seek 60-Day Cooling Off Period For BART
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/KPIX 5) – California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that he planned to seek a court order for 60-day cooling off period on Sunday if the Bay Area Rapid Transit contract dispute is not...
View ArticleBART, Unions Hope To Resolve Labor Dispute Ahead Of August Deadline
OAKLAND (KCBS) — BART trains are running at full strength after last week’s crippling strike, but with only a 30-day contract extension, state mediators have their work cut out for them. The mediator...
View ArticleBART Riders Try To Cope With Alternatives On Day 2 Of Strike
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — BART riders were finding other ways to get to work on day two of the BART strike and most would like to see both sides back at the bargaining table. Frustration summed up how...
View ArticleAC Transit Workers May Strike At Same Time As BART
OAKLAND (KCBS/ KPIX 5) — Workers at Alameda County’s AC Transit bus system have voted to authorize a strike if their union and the transit agency can’t agree on a new contract. The AC Transit contract...
View ArticlePhil Matier: BART Strike Authorization Vote Comes Amid Accusations
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Bay Area Rapid Transit workers plan to vote on Tuesday whether or not to authorize strike while both labor and management continue to trade accusations as to why they are unable...
View ArticleUnions File Lawsuit Against BART Alleging Unfair Labor Practices
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Already acrimonious contract negotiations between BART and its unions are heating up even more, now that union leaders say they’re taking legal action. John Arantes, BART Chapter SEIU...
View ArticleBART Management Requests Mediator For Stalled Contract Negotiations
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - BART management has requested assistance from a state mediator because of stalled contract negotiations with its labor unions, the transit agency announced Tuesday. Contracts...
View ArticleContract Negotiations Between BART, Labor Union Set to Begin
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Contract negotiations between BART and one of its biggest labor unions were set to begin Monday. Union leaders for the mechanics, station agents and train operators who make up the...
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