(Jerry) Brown will intervene to prevent another BART strike

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Commuters will be spared from another BART strike Monday if the transit agency and its unions cannot reach a contract by Sunday.

Gov. Jerry Brown urged the two sides to "think of the public and resolve this matter without delay," but said he did not want a walkoff to happen and requested a hearing Sunday at 9 a.m. in San Francisco Superior Court to order a 60-day cooling off period.

The governor's decision to seek a cooling-off period came after a three-member panel he appointed earlier in the week delivered its fact-finding report about the negotiations.

The report said that while the parties have had numerous bargaining sessions, they all "claim a failure on the part of their counterparts," for lack of a resolution. The two sides have made little progress on the issue of pay, pension and health care benefits.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Brown-will-intervene-to-prevent-another-BART-4721755.php

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1. can Gov Brown also help to end the Prisoners' Hunger Strike?

http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/letters-from-inside/

The questions for California Governor Jerry Brown and Secretary Jeffrey Beard of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are these: How many prisoners have to be harmed by guards and by the prisoners’ struggle for justice before state authorities are willing to consider, seriously, their demands for real change? How many prisoners have to die?


Call Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Suggested script: I’m calling in support of the prisoners on hunger strike. The governor has the power to stop the torture of solitary confinement. I urge the governor to compel the CDCR to enter into negotiations to end the strike. RIGHT NOW is their chance to enter into clear, honest negotiations with the strikers to end the torture.

[Eugene]

2. Judge indicates Bay Area transit strike reprieve, supporting Gov. Brown’s request

Source: Associated Press

Judge indicates Bay Area transit strike reprieve, supporting Gov. Brown's request

By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, August 11, 12:36 PM

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Bay Area commuters are set to get a reprieve from a potential transit strike after a judge indicated at a hearing Sunday that he would grant California Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for a 60-day cooling-off period in negotiations.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow is expected to issue a formal order granting the injunction later Sunday. Bay Area Rapid Transit trains would run for at least the next 60 days while the two sides are expected to negotiate further.

Brown’s request came after a panel appointed by the governor to investigate the labor dispute concluded that a strike would cause significant harm to the public’s health, safety and welfare.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/judge-indicates-bay-area-transit-strike-reprieve-in-ruling/2013/08/11/71ed8126-02a3-11e3-bfc5-406b928603b2_story.html

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3. Judge blocks threatened strike by San Francisco rail workers

Source: Reuters

Judge blocks threatened strike by San Francisco rail workers

SAN FRANCISCO | Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:47pm EDT

(Reuters) - A judge on Sunday issued an injunction blocking a threatened San Francisco-area rail worker strike that could have disabled a critical part of the region's transportation system serving 400,000 daily passengers.

The ruling by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow to bar Bay Area Rapid Transit District workers from striking takes effect immediately and remains in place through October 10, 2013, if BART management and the unions have not reached an agreement.

(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing By Ellen Wulfhorst)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/11/us-usa-rail-strike-ruling-idUSBRE97A09Z20130811