Category: Above & Beyond

Gov. Healey, Local 589 Announce Tentative Agreement to Improve Frontline Employee Retention and Recruitment at MBTA

Today, President Jim Evers and members of Boston Carmen’s ATU Local 589 joined Governor Maura Healey, MassDOT Secretary and CEO Gina Fiandaca, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng, and MBTA officials to announce a tentative new labor agreement aimed at improving frontline employee retention and recruitment at the MBTA. The …

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Celebrating the Storied Career of 50+ Year Member Thomas Connolly

Today we celebrated the storied career of 50+ year member Thomas Connolly. Tom, who wrapped up his career with the MBTA last fall, was an icon of the Bennett/North Cambridge district and spent much of his career operating early morning trackless trolley trips on the 71, 72 and 73 routes out of Harvard Square. His …

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A Green Line driver sprinkles in anime shoutouts. And T riders are loving it.

Boston Globe | By Abby Patkin | March 28, 2023 A Green Line train emerges from the subterranean belly of Kenmore Station, loaded with passengers as it chugs along the Boston College branch at evening rush hour. Operator Wali Holly’s voice crackles over the intercom, giving the usual reminder to request above-ground stops. Then he adds …

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