What is going on with BART?

In 2001, a strike was threatened, and BART employees received a 22 percent raise over the four year period from 2001 to 2005.

In 2009, BART employees negotiated a contract that gave no raise for the following four years. When an agreement wasn't reached by July 1st, 2013, the BART unions held a 5 day strike immobilizing many in the Bay Area. The strike only ended because the Governor instituted a 60 day cooling off period.

The major points of contention for the unions are pay raises, reduced employee contribution to pensions, medical benefits and safety.

We have collected many news articles for more context.

The salary data is a herculean Open Data effort from Mercury News and the Bay Area News Group.