MBTA Operations
Boston Carmen’s Union Statement on Governor’s MBTA Bill
Below is a statement from the Executive Board of the Boston Carmen’s Union regarding the Governor’s MBTA bill. “The Governor’s Special Panel on the MBTA highlighted deep and pervasive management problems at the MBTA. While we agree with many of the recommendations of their report, eliminating the Pacheco Law will only make a bad situation…
Read MoreMBTA Union Lashes Out At Outsourcing Plan
State House News Service | By Andy Metzger | Feb. 10, 2016 BOSTON – The MBTA’s plans for a dramatic reduction in its business-side workforce through outsourcing of cash handling and fare gates generated a forceful rebuttal from transit unions at a Wednesday meeting. “A big part of this is to improve performance,” Chief Administrator Brian…
Read MoreMBTA digs into worker overtime, absenteeism
By Nicole Dungca GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 09, 2016 More than 40 percent of overtime paid to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers in the 2015 fiscal year went to employees who didn’t work 40 hours in one week, according to MBTA officials. Such practices have led the T to launch audits into the agency’s overtime rules,…
Read MoreKeeping Our Buses and Trains Running Smoothly For Our Riders
Last night, crews connected and installed two new pieces of rail on the MBTA RedLine near JFK/UMass station. Another great example of our members always ready to make the repairs needed to keep our buses and trains running smoothly for our riders. More photos like this can be seen on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Read MoreQuick-Thinking Driver Protects Passengers, Helps Save Veteran’s Life
A potential disastrous situation onboard an MBTA bus was avoided Wednesday thanks to a quick-thinking driver and two Boston police officers. Around 12:30 p.m., the driver, Wilberto Colon—a 21-year veteran of the MBTA out of the Cabot Bus Garage—said the man came to front of the bus brandishing a hatchet and told him to stop…
Read MoreRed Line trains once had two workers aboard
Boston Globe | By Matt Rocheleau and Steve Annear | December 10, 2015 The head of the MBTA’s largest labor union said that Thursday’s runaway Red Line train incident could have been stopped sooner if the MBTA had two workers aboard — as the agency did until a few years ago — instead of just…
Read MoreCutting Transit Service Doesn’t Save as Much Money as You Think
Frontier Group | By Tony Dutzik | 12/07/2015 Cuts to transit service are among the many options being considered by Gov. Charlie Baker’s Fiscal and Management Control Board as it attempts to restore the MBTA to fiscal and operational health. Late-night service, weekend commuter rail service, and service on up to 28 regular bus lines…
Read MoreTransit advocates wary as T considers ways to save cash
By Nicole Dungca GLOBE STAFF DECEMBER 07, 2015 Public transportation advocates and union leaders are bracing for an array of cost-saving proposals from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as it struggles to balance its budget. The MBTA is considering more than two dozen options to dig its way out of a shortfall, including hiking fares…
Read MoreLate Owl Night Service on the Chopping Block
Boston Globe | By Nicole Dungca | November 19, 2015 Late-night MBTA service could soon be eliminated, as agency officials deem their experiment with extended hours unsuccessful and expensive to subsidize. As the fiscal control board that oversees MBTA finances looks for ways to dig out of a deficit, several board members appear ready to…
Read MoreVideo: Pyrotechnics preceded June derailment
Commonwealth Magazine | Andy Metzger | July 3, 2019 A VIDEO OF the Red Line derailment on June 11 from the vantage point of the JFK/UMass Station shows the Braintree-bound train coming into view around a slight curve when a big flash occurs toward the rear of the train. The Boston Carmen’s Union put some of…
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