<p>[BART</a> strike set for Monday](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/MNQT198EVF.DTL]BART ”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/MNQT198EVF.DTL ) -Friday August 14, 2009</p>
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BART train operators and station agents vowed to strike after regular service ends at midnight Sunday, which effectively would shut down the regional rail agency and force hundreds of thousands of Bay Area commuters to find alternate ways to travel Monday morning. The decision by union leadership came after the BART Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to unilaterally impose a one-year contract on workers represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555.
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<p>According to the article, the provocation was a result in cost-reduction of Bart employee contracts in addition to shifting around job assignments.</p>