A San Francisco judge has barred members of the local railworkers’ union from going on strike over labor negotiations because of the effect it would have on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). The ruling corresponds with a 60-day injunction issued by California governor Jerry Brown last week.

The county superior court judge ruled that the strike would do “significant harm to the public’s health, safety and welfare.” It would have been the second time the union’s 2,600 members went on strike this summer; last month, workers held out for four days, causing complications throughout the city. The judge clarified that his ruling “has nothing to do with the merits of this dispute between unions and BART.”

According to Reuters, the union says they’re $56 million apart in the bargaining process, while management says it’s more at $62 million. Management’s proposal includes a 9 percent pay raise in the next four years and asks employees to pay 5 percent of their salaries toward their pensions (they currently don’t contribute to any part of their salary), while the union wants at least a 15 percent raise over three years to make up for the contributions for its members’ pension.

Katrina Trinko wrote for NRO last week about the BART negotiations — which are turning even Bay Area residents against the unions.