SF Bay Area BART unions vote (98.5% and 99.9%) to authorize a strike
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Members of BART's two largest unions voted overwhelmingly to give their leaders the power to call a strike as early as Monday, officials announced Wednesday morning.
The unions - Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 and Service Employees International Union Local 1021 - held separate strike authorization votes throughout the day and into the night on Tuesday.
SEIU members, who include mechanics, maintenance workers and a variety of BART professionals, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, with 98.5 percent of its voting members approving the move, while 99.9 percent of ATU workers - train operators and station agents - approved a strike vote.
... Union leaders have not announced when a strike would take place. Typically, BART's unions have given the public 72-hour notice when they've threatened to strike, though a warning is not required.
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