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OAKLAND, Calif. — A potentially crippling rail strike was averted Sunday as management and unionists reached an agreement hours before a strike deadline.
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 and Bay Area Rapid Transit negotiated through the weekend in a last-ditch effort to avoid a walkout affecting about 330,000 riders. The pact must be ratified by BART’s 900 operators and ticket agents.
“We’re pleased to announce with this tentative agreement . . . trains will run,” said union president Jesse Hunt.
