22News | Tuesday, 19 June 2012 | By Christine Lee BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Senate shot down a proposal Tuesday that would create a Springfield-like Control Board to take over financial management of Boston’s transit authority, the MBTA. Senator Gale Candaras (D-Wilbraham) announced the amendment as the Senate debated a $51 million dollar bailout …
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Jun 19 2012
Alert: Membership Action Needed Immediately.
Three State Senators, Bruce Tarr, Gale Candaras and Jim Welch, have filed an amendment to the MBTA Funding Bill that would create an oversight committee for MBTA financing whose members would have no MBTA Service concerns. Their amendment undercuts all of the recent reforms passed by the Legislature. The Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 …
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Jun 14 2012
Mass. House approves bailout for troubled T
June 13, 2012 | Bob Salsberg | Associated Press House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a temporary financial fix for the MBTA that would stave off, at least for now, deeper cuts in service on the Boston-area transit system. The bailout bill, which also offers help to other struggling regional transit agencies, advanced on a 130-25 …
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