By Phil Matier
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 21: A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) worker helps a commuter at the Embarcadero station on October 21, 2013 in San Francisco, California. BART workers continue to strike after contract negotiations between BART management and the transit agency's two largest unions fell apart last week. Management and unions agreed on the financial specifics of the contract but differed on workplace safety rules. An estimated 400,000 commuters ride BART each day. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)A BART worker helps a commuter at the Embarcadero station on October 21, 2013 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were running Tuesday with limited service as a tentative agreement was reached between the transit agency’s management and unions. But what was the deal and how did it all go down?
In the end, they hammered out a deal that, over the life of it, gives BART workers a raise—it’s based on a pay structure that overall nets them about two percent a year for the next four years. They also will keep their health benefits.
Workers had to budge, however, on some work practices.
