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How would you like to drink some yummy housemade cocktails and look at fresh San Francisco art? Muni Diaries friend Nate1 (who designed our fav T-shirts) is having an art opening at Blackbird bar on Saturday. Hosted by Secession Art and Design, the new show is called Stay Awhile:

Motion and typography create a world that is electric. Splashes of spray paint purposefully pixelate a Bay Area landscape. The warmer days of summer make the evening cocktails sparkle. Nate 1 has developed a new style with a nod to old-school San Francisco graffiti that paints a city in motion having a beautiful time. Drinks, please!

Celebrate and meet Nate 1 at the opening party Saturday. All art is available for purchase online too at the Secession online store.

Details
Stay Awhile, art opening at Blackbird Bar
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 6 p.m.
2124 Market St
Take Muni there: Church Street Station, or take 22 or 37 lines.

Photo by Kyu Kim

Here’s a roundup of everything you need to know about the Muni Sickout as it enters its third day. KCBS’s Elaine Leung reports that today, 75 percent of Muni vehicles are in service. Hey, it’s a start.

Muni Sickout: Drivers Who Worked Monday Getting Extra Pay
SF Weekly reports that SFMTA will not pay those workers who participated in the Monday version of the sickout (no word yet on Tuesday or Wednesday). And the agency will reportedly use those savings to pay workers who did show up that day, Flying Spaghetti Monster bless ’em.

SFMTA Asks Muni Workers Out Sick To Provide Doctor’s Note Or Not Get Paid
CBS Bay Area reports that SFMTA is basically calling the operators’ bluff. “Oh, you’re sick? PROVE IT.” Also, get ready to seethe and sharpen those pitchforks: As is, Muni workers get 13 sick days per year.

Mayor Ed Lee condemns Muni worker ‘sickout’ as major delays continue
Add another body to the side of “Cut it out, Muni operators.” The Examiner reports that Mayor Ed Lee is essentially saying, “ur doin it rong.”

Union Advises Muni Drivers To Get Back To Work
Yeah, so yesterday we reported that the union didn’t call for the sickout. Now CBS Bay Area reports that they’ve gone a step further and told members to return to work. We can get on board with that. You?

Photo by Michael Dunn

It’s Day 2 of the Muni sickout. Here are a couple of stories worth reading, if you’re not already so pissed off that you can’t see straight, that is. We hope you can see straight.

Muni Sickout: Labor Radical Calls Press Conference, Blames Billionaires
SF Weekly looks at the labor leaders at the helm of this work stoppage. And offers a nice little anecdote about a speaker never showing up to an event because, you guessed it, he tried to use Muni to get there. Ah …

SF Supe Plans Resolution To Urge End To Muni Driver Sickout
SF Appeal brings us news of SF Supervisor Scott Wiener’s resolution to get drivers back to work. ““Muni drivers have a tough job, and they deserve good pay and benefits as well as respect for their service to our city,” [Wiener] said. “Similarly, Muni riders deserve to have a functional system to get to work, school, doctor’s appointments, the grocery store and elsewhere.”

Muni “Sickout” Day 2: Union Officially Rejects Labor Deal
Big surprise here. SF Weekly reports that Muni’s union officially rejected the proposed budget that ignited this whole mess. According to this report, the union offered to negotiate further, but that offer was rejected.

Muni Drivers’ Union Denies Responsibility For Transit-Crippling “Sickout”
Sounds fishy, but SF Appeal reports that Muni’s largest union, Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, denies asking workers to stage a sickout this week. ““The union played no role in what’s happening on the streets right now, we did not sanction that,” said Eric Williams, president of the union.