Commuters remain in limbo as talks between BART and its unions continue, but the federal mediator announced Tuesday night that trains will run on Wednesday.
There will be no strike Tuesday; BART trains will run on a normal schedule. A federal mediator says that BART and its unions are making progress and will continue negotiations at 1 p.m.
BART and its unions are contining contract negotiations but if a deal is not reached, BART workers could go on strike. There are 400,000 daily BART passengers who would be affected by a potential strike.
With a midnight strike deadline approaching Sunday, BART's two largest unions announced they won't walk off the job to allow one more day of contract negotiations on Monday. The 11th hour announcement came after weekend-long talks to avert a strike.
Negotiations between BART and its two biggest unions have ended for the night, but there are reports of progress being made. This comes as a threat of a worker strike and traffic nightmare on Monday inches closer.
A union spokesperson announced late Thursday night that negotiations with BART management will continue through the weekend, but a strike is possible on Monday morning if a deal is not reached by midnight Sunday.