Jun 07 2016
Yesterday, the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board met to discuss privatizing the money room. President Jimmy O’Brien as well as several members of Local 589 spoke passionately against the measure citing, among others, security, safety, accountability, and quality. Below are some of the articles written about the meeting as well as some excerpts from …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/06/local-589-testifies-efforts-privatize-money-room/
Jun 06 2016
By State House News Service | June 6, 2016 About a half dozen people tasked with cash-handling duties within the MBTA urged the transit agency’s overseers on Monday not to outsource the agency’s money room operations. Looking at an overhaul of the MBTA’s fare collection systems, agency officials have considered employing a private vendor that could take …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/06/mbta-workers-urge-board-not-outsource-jobs/
Jun 05 2016
Associated Press, June 4, 2016 BOSTON (AP) — A union representing Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers is pushing back against plans to privatize fare collection services. Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589 President James O’Brien says privatization doesn’t equal improved service or reduced costs. Click here to read more….
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/06/mbta-union-pushing-back-privatization-proposal/
