BART goes nowhere with single track argument

The excessive overtime pay going to some BART workers grabbed headlines this week, but this one-sided story will not help fix this vital public service.
 
It is disingenuous to argue that over-the-top pay is simply management’s fault. It is also the result of labor’s influence on every aspect of the Bay Area’s decreasingly rapid transit syste
 
Both elected officials and BART management have every incentive to avoid conflict with organized labor. A BART infrastructure bond is likely to appear on the ballot and elected officials are wary of the consequences of standing up to the unions. As they showed two years ago, labor is willing to spend significant resources against candidates who question pay at BART.
 
Pointing fingers at BART management alone may make for flashy headlines, but it won’t solve the problem or deliver the world class transit system that the East Bay needs and deserves.
 
The East Bay Leadership Council believes that the current state of BART is the result of a long history with plenty of responsibility to go around. Saying otherwise is like being stuck on a single track -- an experience that BART riders know all too well.