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Last week, former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary James Aloisi wrote a detailed article (“Shutdown process costly for the T“) for Commonwealth Magazine on the complicated and costly process the MBTA has to go through to shut its service down every night. The article cites independent data sources that show the process costs the MBTA $3.8 million dollars …
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Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/09/make-believe-math-wont-fix-public-transportation-system/
For months, we have diligently and respectfully presented the facts — that privatizing operations like the Money Room and the MBTA Warehouse is wrong for the MBTA and wrong for Massachusetts. We need investment in our infrastructure, not another Keolis. We’ve worked to build our case in the press and with the public.But last …
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Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/09/upcoming-rallies-informational-pickets/
State House News Service | By Colin A. Young | Sept. 12, 2016 BOSTON- Angered by what they described as a new push to privatize jobs at the MBTA, members of the union that represents more than half of MBTA employees filled the audience at a meeting of the Department of Transportation and MBTA control …
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Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/09/union-stiffens-stand-privatization-mbta-jobs/