San Francisco braces for summer rail strike as deadline looms

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San Francisco braces for summer rail strike as deadline looms

By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco area residents braced on Sunday for a possible rail strike that threatened to cripple the rush-hour commute for the second time this summer, as a midnight deadline to reach a deal on a labor contract for transit workers loomed. Talks on a deal to avert a Monday morning strike were due to continue on Sunday after negotiators for the city's rapid transit system, BART, and the two biggest unions representing its employees emerged from 13 hours of talks late Saturday night saying they were continuing to exchange proposals. ...

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