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By Chris Megerian and Lee Romney
August 9, 2013 , 9:52 p.m.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is seeking a judge's help
to prevent a potentially crippling Bay Area transit strike as
negotiators continue working to end an acrimonious,
months-long contract dispute.
If the Bay Area Rapid Transit system and its biggest unions
do not reach a deal by Sunday morning, Brown will ask a San
Francisco judge to order a 60-day "cooling-off period" in
which workers would be prevented from walking off the job.
A strike would "significantly disrupt public transportation
services in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and endanger
the public health, safety and welfare," according to a petition
filed Friday by Brown and California Atty. Gen. Kamala
Harris.
Meanwhile, representatives from a transit union and a Bay
Area business group said negotiations have made some
progress.
"It's definitely getting closer," said Des Patten, a spokesman
for Service Employees International Union Local 1021. He
said there could be a resolution as soon as Saturday.
Union leaders have previously opposed Brown's involvement
in the dispute, but Patten said "it has probably been helpful"
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setting a timeline for negotiations.
John Grubb, chief of staff at the Bay Area Council, which
represents the region's business interests, also credited the
governor's involvement in pushing both sides closer. Brown,
he said, "helped remove some of the leverage of a strike."
BART spokesman Rick Rice said that even though "there's
been some movement" in the negotiations, "there's more
work to do. We're committed to trying to get it done this
weekend."
In a statement, Brown said: "I urge all parties to think of the public and resolve this matter without
delay."
The 104-mile train system known as BART carries 400,000 riders every weekday. Transit officials
and union leaders have been embroiled for months in a dispute over salaries, health benefits,
pension contributions and safety issues.
Unions have sought pay raises of at least 20% over the next three years, while BART management
offered 8% during the four-year contract.
Previously there has not even been an agreement on how far apart the two sides remain. BART
officials said there was a $62-million difference over three years; the unions pegged it at $56 million.
About 2,600 workers went on strike for 41/2 days in early July, causing chaos in the Bay Area.
Workers returned to the job and agreed to continue negotiating for 30 days.
When it appeared that another strike was imminent last weekend, Brown stepped in and appointed a
three-member investigatory panel, preventing a walkout for seven days.
The panel issued a report Friday bolstering Brown's case to block a strike, saying a stoppage would
clog roads, cause more traffic accidents and slow response times by emergency personnel. The
report also cited an estimate from a regional business group saying a strike would cause the Bay Area
to lose $73 million per day in gross domestic product.
Times staff writer Anthony York contributed to this report.
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