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Boston Globe: T, union feud over arbitrator’s award
Boston Globe | October 4, 2013 | By Martine Powers The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 have filed dueling lawsuits in a dispute over an arbitrator’s award that would increase T workers’ salaries by an average of 10.4 percent, giving many employees an extra $10,000 to $14,000 in raises retroactive…
Read MoreSenator McGee Credits Local 589 for Delivering Transportation Funding
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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