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Costs is labor and benefits. So we are trying to control those costs. Thats what this show, about. Reporter with the clock still ticking, they are still 89 million apart, a figure the unions dispute. That 89 million gap they talk about is for all the workers at bart including management. That number should be much smaller. Bart cant look at it just on two bargaining units. You have to expect that the other bargaining units are going to expect the same thing that these two get. Reporter bart is already spending big to hire a fleet of buses to prepare for a strike. Usually well have 150 and if we need to well get up to 200. Its 900,000. We have already secured buses for a week so were working on a second week. That money has already been deposited. Reporter so we have spent 900,000 just getting ready for this . Thats correct. Reporter and that money is gob. Meanwhile, they are talking and everybody has their financial crossed. No strike notice but no contract deal, either. Stay with kpix ....