T Board Approves New Labor Agreement!

Today, the MBTA’s Board of Directors approved the tentative agreement between the T and Local 589 aimed at improving frontline employee retention and recruitment. Watch the video below for highlights from yesterday’s announcement with Governor Maura Healey.

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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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Press Conference Tomorrow (8/2) on New Labor Agreement

Employee retention at heart of new labor deal for largest union at MBTA The four-year agreement between ATU Local 589 and MBTA seeks to bolster MBTA workforce numbers BOSTON, MA: Governor Maura Healey, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) officials, MBTA officials, and members of Boston Carmen’s ATU Local 589 will host a press availability on …

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