BART Strike & Oscar Grant: strike hampered by police racism

http://www.zennie62.com - For weeks now, BART management and labor have been arguing over who should give up what on the eve of the expiration of contracts with the five unions that represent BART workers. But there's a problem: the matter of the murder of Oscar Grant and the revelation that another BART officer used a racial slur, and this was captured in a new video, raise questions regarding labor's moral standing to strike. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[dandyesq]

How about the African American community apologize to the police for a change? If I had a dime a for every time I went onto BART and witnessed problems created by African Americans I would be a millionaire. While what I wrote is true, I'm only saying this to point out how ridiculous it is to request an apology from an entire group be it the police or African Americans. The vast majority of both groups are fine. It is simply too bad that a few bad apples must ruin it for everyone else.

[queueupladeez]

Good riddance to that piece of trash. I hope his dumb ass is being raped in hell.

[hikari94122]

We should end Unions all together. This isn't 1950 anymore...

[DarkSolidNinja]

Criminal or not criminal...Oscar Grant did NOTHING! R.I.P Grant...excelent video, you have a really good point! I agree with you! :D

[zeroxeno8888]

First of all I want to say fuck ATU 1555 (the union). As a BART commuter myself for the last 10 years riding bart is always the most awful experience for me twice a day every damn working day. The delay, the full load train, the smell, the homeless sleeping on train, the fucked up AC, and much more... How the hell BART still got problem for doing that kind of job with 350,000 riders per day??? I spend a lovely $300 a month for the fair is that what I'm getting? And why the govnm don't do shit?

[rtschoolboy]

I am not stupid, I made an observation about some of the station agents that is dead on.

[sssssssss999999]

oscar grant was a criminal who would be alive today if it werent for his lifestyle

[bigpun37]

your just stupid and i wont say anything else about that

[bigpun37]

just to let you guys know I am a train operator at BART and we are not asking for a raise. See this shows that you guys are misinformed.

[rtschoolboy]

Bart station agents should not strike because they are worthless, lazy,rude ,arrogant and can be easily replaced.