BOSTON — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has reached a tentative agreement with Keolis Commuter Services, contract operator of the Masschusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail network, for a five-year contract retroactive to July 1, 2023.
If ratified, the agreement would provide for five years of 5% wage increases, plus an additional $2 per hour in 2027, for a compounded wage increase of 31.87%. Other terms include an additional three days of annual sick leave, a lower threshold for vacation days, and the addition of Juneteenth as a holiday, the union said in a message on its website.
The agreement covers 194 BLET members. Ratification ballots were mailed last week.
Well, that’s convenient, the governor just announced 9 billion dollars for transportation. With the “T” getting all the money it needs to sustain services and get it back to good health. Looks like the employees need an unrealistic increase in pay, 32% !! No wonder why the other commuter systems unions hold out for all the money with examples like this.
I’m not sure Governor Maura can come up with the $9B’s. If she does find $9B’s it won’t be anywhere near enough to retrofit ancient stations for disabled access, electrify the suburban lines, keep the subway infrastructure update, and pay rapidly increasing salaries and energy costs.
Heck, I could spend a few billion making something out of the D-Riverside Green Line Branch, built on the cheap after the Korean War.
@ Charles
She is taxing the wealthy, but she said she is not raising taxes! HAHA, she just announced yesterday that the state owes the feds 2.5b in inappropriate of the covid money the state got. She is upset with the Baker admin. What a state to live in, I imagine the games are the same no matter where you live though. Smoke and mirrors at it’s finest
@ Charles
Sorry, For inappropriate use of covid money