Last night all Major news out-lets in the Bay Area announced that the BART Train Operators Union had denied the proposed contract (what ever that may have been), and that the Union denied it. In the ways of Unions and business that means one thing: Strike! I'm all for strikes, and everything they stand for: workers rights, monetary fairness, and "stickin' it to the man". But I couldn't help but cringe when I heard that the Unions strike would start Monday, August 17th. What does that mean? 350,000 Bay Area residents that ride BART to school, work, and for leisure are left in the dust. No doubt the local economy will suffer, as the other forms of trans-bay transportation can no where near supprt that many commuters. Sure, many of those 350,000 can drive. But here's the kicker! The Bay Bridge will be CLOSED for five days in early September. No bridge, No BART. San Francisco may as well be a fucking island. I cannot begin to imagine what that means for the Bay Area, but hopefully BART and the Union have some humanity and figure this all out within the next couple days; although both parties have halted negotiations. Fuck. Well, we're screwed; but only time will show how badly.
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