ATU "tentative agreement" summary

Preserves base salaries but eliminates 3 vacation days and/or floating holidays each year for two years"

TRUE

"Provides a 0.75% wage increase in the fourth year"
Not true. Percentage has been increased

"Gives employees a $500 lump sum payment in both the second & third years of contract"
Not true. Amounts in third and fourth year has been increased" - third year $1000 and 4th $1500.

"Caps BART’s medical expenses by allowing all employees to pay just $85/month to cover themselves and their entire family under the Kaiser or Blue Shield HMO plans - If employees wish to choose a more expensive plan they pay the difference between Kaiser/Blue Shield HMO and the more expensive plan (Currently, BART pays virtually the full cost of the 6 medical plans offered for employees and the entire family)"

True

"Continues to offer free pension (BART will pay both the employer and employee share of pension costs)"

True

"Eliminates BART’s contributions to employees’ secondary retirement accounts"
Not true. Contribution remains intact.

"Reduces BART’s expenses by allowing employees to turn sick leave pay into pension credits"
True

"Eliminates a reasonable number of wasteful work rules and alters the “beneficial past practice” clause in the contract that gives birth to additional wasteful work rules"
Still unclear on this one. Information received is vague.