Municipal Employees Council: American Federation of State

American Federation of State: George Popyack, executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 57, called for law enforcement involvement in the probe of the Oct. 19 accident while testifying at a legislative committee hearing in San Francisco. The state Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment convened the meeting to investigate the accident, according to Times Colonist. Much of the attention on the accident centres on the transit agency's "simple approval" policy that makes workers completely responsible for their safety while working on the tracks and SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area Rapid Transit officials were grilled about the agency's safety record during a four-hour legislative hearing Thursday that included a call from a workers' union for a criminal probe into the deaths of two track inspectors who were struck by a train while BART workers were on strike. Popyack didn't say whether anyone specifically should be targeted for possible criminal charges. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.