WAR AGAINST TRANSIT WORKERS

The unions representing train operators, station agents, mechanics, maintenance workers and professional staff want BART to give them a raise and to protect their health care and pension benefits.
While ridership on BART has reached 400,000, generating an operating surplus, the agency has said it needs to trim costs to pay for $16 billion in major system upgrades over the next 10-15 years.

BART Unions Give Notice of Strike - Mass Transit

PleasantonWeekly.com : BART transit union asks Brown to declare 60-day 'cooling off' period to postpone Monday's strike