BART and Unions Reach Tentative Agreement; Strike Averted After Round-the-Clock Negotiations Lead to Agreement on Labor Contract.OAKLAND, Calif. -- After days of nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. negotiations, BART has reached a tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. agreement with union leaders that averts a strike. Because union membership still needs to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. the agreement, BART declined to reveal the specific details. However, the tentative agreement does address the transit district's $100 million, four-year deficit without burdening BART riders with any additional costs. "We are pleased to announce we have reached a tentative agreement that is good for riders, good for our employees and good for BART," said Joel Keller, President of BART's Board of Directors. "We are confident the agreement, when ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. by the unions' members, will put BART on sound financial footing now and for the future." Keller added that BART and its workers are united in keeping BART the #1 transit system in the country. "We want to thank our riders for their patience and support during the negotiations," he said. |
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