A harmful provision contained in the House version of the state budget seeks to exempt the MBTA from the Taxpayer Protection Act; a state law that requires private contractors to demonstrate at least one penny of savings to taxpayers before state services can be privatized.

The State Senate chose not to go along with the House proposal, setting up this vital issue to be decided by the House-Senate Conference Committee which will begin meeting this week to decide on a final version of the budget.

Keeping this exemption in the state budget would result in private contractors being invited to profit off of state services by cutting services and slashing worker wages and benefits, with no accountability to taxpayers.

Please join us at the Mass. State House on June 29 and 30 at 9:30 AM as we seek to educate legislators about the importance of the Taxpayer Protection Act. We will meet on the 4th floor near the cafe.