Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plumbers, whose work is also necessary to the MBTA construction, have been on strike since their contract expired August...
Meanwhile, the Plumbers' Local 12 remains on strike and MBTA construction crews continue to work around plumbing sites...
...electricians and the NECA are not the only ones pleased with the agreement. "We are very, very happy," George Holland of the MBTA said, adding, "A strike would have slowed us down for weeks...
...George Orwell's 1984, the world operates as smoothly as a well-oiled machine under the dictates of Big Brother. Human problems exist, but they are quietly and successfully squelched. To talk to Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) officials, the construction of the extended subway line--due for completion in 1984--is part and parcel of Orwell's perfect world. But beneath the boarded construction loom large problems that even two Big Brothers, Harvard and the MBTA, can't handle...
...walking through a mine field. Shoppers tread on shaky wooden boards while on the left and right simultaneous explosions, car horns and workers' shouts make conversation impossible. If this is annoying for the pedestrian, construction troubles, sky-rocketing costs and labor troubles have caused nothing but headaches for the MBTA...