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BART Transit Strike Begins Friday

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BART workers have announced they will go on strike beginning Friday morning, after tens of hours of late-night negotiations with high level mediators and a week past their strike deadline. We talk about the breakdown in labor negotiations and how commuters are faring.

Guests:

Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU 1021 San Francisco

Alicia Trost, spokesperson for BART

Dan Brekke, blogger and online editor for KQED News

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