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Representatives of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) and the Amalgamated Transit Union meet Thursday with federal Department of Labor officials to try to resolve a dispute that has held up $30 million slated...
...Labor Department told the Urban Mass Transit Administration Friday to delay a $30 million stipend to the T because MBTA officials altered the language in the grant contract, possibly qualifying the terms of the grant's certification...
Meanwhile, MBTA spokesmen yesterday called the Labor Department's decision "a squeeze play" and said the effect of the fund withdrawal on the Red Line Extension project was "uncertain...
...contention centers on the arbitration procedures the MBTA and the union would follow if contract negotiations stall--a distinct possibility given the history of feisty bargaining between the two parties. The present contract of the union--which represents the city's carmen--expires December...
...state law mandates that in any arbitration process, the arbiter must consider in his decision the "ability of cities and towns" to allow wage increases. Until the latest set of negotiations, MBTA spokesman Paul De Natale said yesterday, the two parties did not bargain under...