BART train operators and station agents vowed to strike after regular service ends at midnight Sunday, which effectively would shut down the regional rail agency and force hundreds of thousands of Bay Area commuters to find alternate ways to travel Monday morning.
The decision by union leadership came after the BART Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to unilaterally impose a one-year contract on workers represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555.
"At this point we have no choice but to initiate a work action," said Jesse Hunt, president of the union local that represents about 900 of BART's 3,200 workers.
Both sides left the door open to renewing negotiations to end the contract dispute.
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