DESPITE SOME “BUMPS in the road,” the MBTA’s outsourced inventory management system is performing much better at less cost than the old warehouse operation run by T staff, top transit authority officials said on Monday. “I think we’re heading in the right direction. And the key is we’re measuring our vendors. We’re measuring the warehouse on […]
Brian Shortsleeve
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MBTA management and union square off over pension fund
THERE IS A chasm between how MBTA management views the agency’s pension fund and how the union that represents the biggest share of T workers sees the retirement account. The Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday spoke with one voice, raising the alarm about a pension system that board members said is worryingly underfunded. […]