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BART directors finally approved a contract with the transit agency's largest unions Thursday, signaling the end to a months-long labor dispute that included a pair of strikes, a potential $44 million misstep by district negotiators, and plenty of posturing and finger-pointing on both sides. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART union leaders expressed more dismay than anger Thursday at newboard President Joel Keller's proposal for an advisory ballot measure that would urge state legislators to prohibit strikes by public transportation workers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The two strikes that BART workers staged this year damaged the image of labor unions in California, particularly among middle-of-the-road voters, according to a new Field Poll. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bay Area was two steps closer to relegating the recent BART strikes to history after the transit agency's two biggest unions approved a contract that gives workers more money and management more control. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART's largest union approved a contract with 88 percent of the vote Friday that will give workers a 15.4 percent raise over four years and bonuses of up to $1,000 a year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART's largest union approved a contract Friday that will give workers a 15.4 percent raise over four years and bonuses of up to $1,000 a year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With BART trains running as usual, memories of the recent day-to-day hassle of getting around the Bay Area may soon fade - but some political observers expect that commuters will not forget their overall frustration with both sides in the labor dispute. And that dissatisfaction could spill over into wider political issues. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With BART trains running as usual, memories of the recent day-to-day hassle of getting around the Bay Area may soon fade - but some political observers expect that commuters will not forget their overall frustration with both sides in the labor dispute. And that dissatisfaction could spill over into wider political issues. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART workers went on strike early Friday morning, leaving hundreds of thousands of Bay Area commuters scrambling for ways to get to work. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART unions announced they planned to strike Friday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement during a marathon bargaining session that lasted nearly 30 hours. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bay Area commuters were spared from a BART strike Monday, but the potential for a Tuesday shutdown loomed larger than ever as talks continued. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the clock ran out Monday on a midnight strike deadline, BART and its unions continued their agonized search for an agreement that could avoid shutting down the transit system and causing gridlock across the Bay Area. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the clock ticked down Monday toward a midnight strike deadline, BART and its unions continued to search for an agreement that could avoid shutting down the transit system and causing gridlock across the Bay Area. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART and its unions were meeting over the bargaining table late Thursday night in a last-minute effort to keep the trains running Friday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART trains will continue to roll Friday while negotiators for the transit agency and its two largest unions remain at the bargaining table trying to reach a new contract that would avoid a strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART's unions were demanding Thursday morning that the transit agency's general manager sit at the bargaining table to reach a contract agreement before the 11:59 p.m. cooling-off period ended, warning there were just hours left until the unions could strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alarmingly enough, not much appears to be happening at the BART bargaining table - but away from it transportation officials are in high gear planning how to handle a possible second strike, and those plans could include running limited BART trains driven by managers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART and its labor unions took a break Monday from bargaining, but it wasn't clear how long the hiatus would last. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If a Chronicle manager told me I could retire right now, at age 55, with nearly three-quarters of my salary as a pension benefit, this would be my last column. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The person with perhaps the most influence over whether there will be a second BART strike hasn't even been in the bargaining sessions - it's Gov. Jerry Brown. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART trains operated on their normal schedules Monday morning after Gov. Jerry Brown stepped in late Sunday night to block an impending strike by the transit system's union workers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The person with perhaps the most influence over whether there will be a second BART strike hasn't even been in the bargaining sessions - it's Gov. Jerry Brown. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The person with perhaps the most influence over whether there will be a second BART strike hasn't even been in the bargaining sessions - it's Gov. Jerry Brown. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Commuters were spared another BART strike after Gov. Jerry Brown intervened late Sunday in the negotiations, calling for an investigation into the transit agency's talks with its workers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART unions and management were at the bargaining table Sunday trying to head off a planned strike, one day after leaders on both sides reported a glimmer of hope following months of bitter negotiations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Commuters were spared another BART strike after Gov. Jerry Brown intervened late Sunday in the negotiations, calling for an investigation into the transit agency's talks with its workers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the clock ticking toward a Sunday night strike for BART, transit system officials made a last-ditch plea Thursday for unions to delay any walkout plans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the clock ticking toward a Sunday night strike for BART, transit system officials made a last-ditch plea Thursday for unions to delay any walkout plans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Representatives of BART and its two largest unions met again Tuesday in hopes of settling their labor dispute before a contract extension expires on Sunday. But leading up to those discussions, most of the action and energy took place away from the bargaining sessions as the two sides publicly criticized each other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Representatives of BART and its two largest unions met again Monday in hopes of settling their labor dispute before a contract extension expires on Sunday. But most of the action and energy took place away from the bargaining sessions as the two sides publicly criticized each other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a possible second BART strike just 13 days away, the transit agency and its labor unions still seemed far apart on Monday but did agree on one thing: Both sides said they want to knuckle down at the bargaining table and work out a deal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As commuters slogged about the Bay Area without BART Monday, the transit agency and its striking unions both said they're eager to resume bargaining and end the rail system's first work stoppage in 16 years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As commuters slogged about the Bay Area without BART on Monday, the transit agency and its striking unions both said they're eager to resume bargaining and end the rail system's first work stoppage in 16 years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown relied on bold moves and his Rolodex of political contacts to deliver a prize to harried Bay Area commuters back in 1997 when he pressured BART's management and labor unions to end a crippling strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown relied on bold moves and his Rolodex of political contacts to deliver a prize to harried Bay Area commuters back in 1997 when he pressured BART's management and labor unions to end a crippling strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If only the train schedule were so reliable. Frustrated BART riders know the drill: every four years, management and labor bicker and posture until the very last hours before the contract expires. Commuters are often left going to bed not knowing whether they will have a way to work in the morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a BART strike appearing increasingly possible, Bay Area transportation officials are urging commuters to start planning for the gridlock and chaos that could be unleashed on Monday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a BART strike appearing increasingly possible, Bay Area transportation officials are urging commuters to start planning for the gridlock and chaos that could be unleashed on Monday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hackers carried out a second cyber-attack against BART on Wednesday, breaching the website of the union that represents the agency's rank-and-file police and releasing a roster of 102 officers and other employees along with their home addresses, e-mail addresses and passwords for the site. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Behind the scenes, there's bad news for prosecutors in the upcoming murder trial of ex-BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART launched a hunt for a new police chief Thursday, with the agency's governing board voting to hire an outside firm to conduct the search and promising to allow the community to weigh in on the selection process. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART train operators and station agents voted to ratify a new contract Tuesday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A wave of anger over a threatened BART strike, averted hours before a Monday walkout, carried a sobering message to employee unions and politicians: In hard economic times, voters in the liberal Bay Area can run out of patience over the demands of organized labor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bay Area was spared an unacceptable and unjustified BART strike after labor leaders and the transit agency board worked out an eleventh-hour agreement. Now it's up to members of the union representing train operators and station agents to approve the deal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART train operators and station agents will vote early next week on whether to ratify a contract that would reduce overtime, cap the number of workers conducting union business on the agency's dime, charge employees more for premium health benefits and aim to achieve workforce reductions through attrition - not layoffs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BART management and union leaders reached a tentative contract agreement Sunday evening, averting a threatened strike that would have crippled this morning's commute. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A BART strike would devastate the Bay Area, snarling traffic, disrupting the economy and creating a commute nightmare. Does a holdout union really want the blame for this damage? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bay Area Rapid Transit union officials and BART managers suspended their talks Saturday evening - with plans to continue negotiations today to try to avert a Monday morning strike that would strand the nearly 340,000 passengers who ride the commuter train daily. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

State and Bay Area labor leaders met behind closed doors Friday with BART transit union officials to try to avert a Monday morning strike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In a state where the unemployment rate tops 10 percent, BART workers who expect public support for their planned strike Monday against the Bay Area's regional transit system are dreaming, many average folks say. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]