play a larger role in sharing governments of their generous pension plans. the union latest proposal calls for a 5% wage increase over three years. yun yirs unions offering to pay into pensions and more for health care but not as much as bart wants. i hope on my tomb stone it s going to say ever the optimist. bart asked the governor to step in and appoint the board, that will deliver a report by the end of the week. he will then zpid whether to grant the cooling off that that the zriblgt requested. do you think 60 day cooling off is what is needed?. we don t think it s needed. we think a contract is needed. we want to make sure trains can continue to run l guarantee. the bargaining session set for next two days. the panel will complete its report. the governor will look and decide whether to grant that 60 day cooling off period by sunday. laura, thank you. a lot of commuters telling us bart might want to follow the lead of ac transit. the bus system and unio
unions presented their cases in public for the first time and we find out how far apart they are. good evening, everyone. the two sides in the bart dispute scheduled new talks for tomorrow and friday. when you hear the number you ll understand why they haven t made a deal yet. we re live at the state building in oakland with the story. laura it s a long way from here to there. first bart said the two sides are $100 million apart. unions said $56 million. bart said average workers make $79,000 per year. the union countered it s like $66,000. the chairman of the special board came out after the meeting and said he was stunned by all of the discrepancis. this hearing is in further of the investigation that the governor requested. the board of inquiry appointed by the governor took more than five hours of testimony from bart ask union leaders about why their talks have yielded little results. everything they have done has been to delay, stall, and impede theaf bargainin
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