Tag: State Senator John Keenan

Lawmakers Push MBTA Task Force For Specifics On Report

State House News Service | April 27, 2015 Gov. Charlie Baker’s MBTA task force didn’t have time to “drill down” into the authority’s relationship with its new commuter rail system operator but did learn that the T and Keolis do not have a strong relationship, according to one task force member. At a Transportation Committee …

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Senator McGee Credits Local 589 for Delivering Transportation Funding

State Senator Tom McGee, State Senator Karen Spilka, and Local 589's John Lee.

Senator Tom McGee, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transportation, credited Local 589’s President John Lee along with the other ATU Locals, riders, Community Labor United, and all the other coalition partners for delivering $600 million in transportation funding, including $115 million for the MBTA. Senator McGee, speaking at the MBTA Union Coalition meeting on …

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