BART union plans to strike Sunday, potentially crippling San Francisco Bay-area commute

September 7th, 2009 Bay Bridge will not reopen Tues. morningSAN FRANCISCO — Transit officials say the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will not reopen in time for the Tuesday morning commute.

September 7th, 2009 Bay Bridge reopening in limbo for Tuesday commuteSAN FRANCISCO — Transit officials are advising drivers who use the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to begin preparing alternate plans for their morning commute, saying they still don't know if the span will reopen as scheduled at 5 a.m. Tuesday. California Department of Transportation spokesman Bart Ney said Monday that repair work on an unexpected crack in the span had begun.

August 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.

August 19th, 2009 Report slams BART officers prior to fatal shootingOAKLAND, Calif. — San Francisco transit officers failed to follow procedures and to work as a team when they responded to reports of fighting on a train, according to a new report released Tuesday.

August 17th, 2009 Officials: Rail strike averted, 'trains will run'OAKLAND, Calif. — A walkout among workers for the San Francisco Bay Area's commuter rail had been scheduled, and contingency plans were in place.

August 17th, 2009 Late deal averts crippling Bay Area rail strikeOAKLAND, Calif. — A commuter rail strike that threatened to cripple the San Francisco Bay Area was averted Sunday as management and a union reached an agreement hours before the strike deadline, officials said.

August 17th, 2009 Rail bosses, union reach deal, SF mayor saysOAKLAND, Calif. — Officials say a tentative agreement was reached in a labor dispute that threatened a crippling commuter train strike in San Francisco.

August 17th, 2009 Bay Area rail, union negotiations down to wireOAKLAND, Calif. — A top Bay Area Rapid Transit official said he was "cautiously optimistic" of averting a crippling commuter train strike as BART and transit union negotiators worked Sunday toward brokering an 11th-hour deal.

August 16th, 2009 Negotiations on between SF rail union, managementOAKLAND, Calif. — Talks aimed at averting a commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area are ongoing, with negotiators intent on hammering out a deal before Monday's commute.

August 15th, 2009 SF rail union, management to resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system and the union representing its station agents and train operators are resuming negotiations to try to avert a strike Monday.

August 15th, 2009 Bay Area rail, union resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — A top Bay Area Rapid Transit official said he was "cautiously optimistic" of averting a crippling commuter train strike as BART and transit union negotiators worked Sunday toward brokering an 11th-hour deal.

August 14th, 2009 California rail union plans to strike SundayOAKLAND, Calif. — The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system says it will go on strike Monday.

August 14th, 2009 San Francisco area rail union sets Monday strikeOAKLAND, Calif. — The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system said Thursday it would go on strike Monday.

July 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - Six workers at India's second largest car company Hyundai Motor India fainted and had to be hospitalised Sunday evening when they were on a sit-in strike for the fourth day. "The workers have not taken any food since yesterday (Saturday) afternoon.

June 16th, 2009 No charges for father whose infant son died in carEL CERRITO, Calif. — Prosecutors in California's Contra Costa County say they will not charge a man whose 4-month old son died after being left in his father's car all day.