Politics & Government
BART Director Says 'Labor Negotiations... Have Been Harsh'
In an opinionated letter to constituents Zachary Mallett says the system must focus on maintenance and curb "outlandish benefits."
In the third of three notes to constituents in Pinole and Hercules, BART Director Zachary Mallett says "labor negotiations at BART have been harsh . . . a sticking point in the current negotiations is a weighing between BART changing its past practices of not investing in system maintenance and asset management vs. turning the boat on its long-standing past practices of offering expensive and outlandish benefits to employees vs. providing employees wage increases."
In Part I and Part II of his constituent report, Mallett detailed BART's financial liability and the wage and benefit packages for employees.
Read the rest of his third installment by clicking here.
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