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Three strikes and you're out, BART
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-board-to-meet-Friday-about-contract-glitch-4984274.php
BART directors will meet in a special closed-door session Friday to discuss how to handle a clause the transit agency's management says was inadvertently included in the tentative contract with its labor unions.
The tentative agreement, reached Oct. 21, ended a four-day strike by BART's two largest unions - the second strike in four months. The unions, Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, have overwhelmingly ratified the agreement....
Antonette Bryant, president of the ATU local, said in a statement that she expects the board to approve the contract.
"We negotiated in good faith for six months," she said. "BART management is now attempting to go back on agreements it made in July and August and that were part of the final deal. This is unconscionable."
The tentative agreement, reached Oct. 21, ended a four-day strike by BART's two largest unions - the second strike in four months. The unions, Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, have overwhelmingly ratified the agreement....
Antonette Bryant, president of the ATU local, said in a statement that she expects the board to approve the contract.
"We negotiated in good faith for six months," she said. "BART management is now attempting to go back on agreements it made in July and August and that were part of the final deal. This is unconscionable."
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-rejects-contract-provision-on-family-leave-4999115.php
Terrific. I have an important meeting in Oakland next month.
Does this reset the clock on the 60-day cooling-off period?
BART's Board of Directors voted Thursday not to accept a contract already ratified by its unions unless a provision granting six weeks paid family leave was removed from the agreement.
The vote was 8-1, with director Zakhary Mallett opposed. He said he rejected the contract in its entirety.
Union leaders say they were stunned by the decision and claimed Thursday's vote was illegal, saying the only option open to the board was to vote yes or no on the entire contract.
Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU 1021, the largest of BART's unions, said in a statement following the vote: "We're disappointed that the BART Board of Directors had decided not to fulfill their commitment to the workers and the riders by approving contracts without the provision on family medical leave. The unions have voted on and ratified these contracts in their entirety."
The vote was 8-1, with director Zakhary Mallett opposed. He said he rejected the contract in its entirety.
Union leaders say they were stunned by the decision and claimed Thursday's vote was illegal, saying the only option open to the board was to vote yes or no on the entire contract.
Pete Castelli, executive director of SEIU 1021, the largest of BART's unions, said in a statement following the vote: "We're disappointed that the BART Board of Directors had decided not to fulfill their commitment to the workers and the riders by approving contracts without the provision on family medical leave. The unions have voted on and ratified these contracts in their entirety."
Terrific. I have an important meeting in Oakland next month.
Does this reset the clock on the 60-day cooling-off period?