
OAKLAND, CA - JULY 02: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California. For a second day, hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area commuters are scrambling to find ways to work after two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) largest unions went on strike early yesterday morning following contract negotiations with management falling apart the day before. Train operators, mechanics, station agents and maintenance workers are seeking a five percent wage increase and are fighting management who want to have workers to begin contributing to their pensions, pay more for health insurance and reduce overtime expenses. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Bay Area Rapid Transit and its unions are in the middle of a 60-day cooling off period, designed to bring the two sides together and avoid another labor strike.
But union leaders like Des Patton with Service Employees International Union Local 1021 are starting to get concerned that no substantial talks have taken place since the cooling off period was ordered in early August.
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