INQUIRER.net: San Francisco public transport hit by strike

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INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

San Francisco public transport hit by strike Jul 2nd 2013, 01:25 SAN FRANCISCO—Tens of thousands of San Francisco commuters face possible prolonged travel disruption after the first strike by the city's mass transit system for 16 years started Monday.   The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which carries 400,000 people a day in and around the West Coast city, closed down from midnight after wage negotiations between unions and bosses fell apart.   Train operators, mechanics, station agents and maintenance workers want a five-percent pay increase, and are fighting efforts to force them to contribute to pensions and health insurance.   Freeways were snarled and buses and ferries that were working packed as commuters a... Keep on reading: San Francisco public transport hit by strike Media files: SF-Strike.jpg (image/jpeg)

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