T, Union Ink Key Deal to Speed Hiring
The nearly 300,000 people who ride the MBTA’s buses every day could be getting some relief from the crowding and unreliable schedules caused by the T’s major staffing shortages.
The nearly 300,000 people who ride the MBTA’s buses every day could be getting some relief from the crowding and unreliable schedules caused by the T’s major staffing shortages.
The union representing thousands of MBTA employees slammed the transit authority over past budget cuts Monday, the day that officials announced a broken axle damaged by a ground ring as the cause of a June 11 Red Line derailment.
The MBTA and its largest union have come to terms on a new contract, one that T officials say will save the system an annual average of $22 million over the next decade, and that the union chief said will protect his members’ jobs and will improve their quality of life.