MBTA, CARMEN’S UNION AGREE TO CONTRACT RUNNING THROUGH JUNE 2021

The MBTA and its largest union have come to terms on a new contract, one that T officials say will save the system an annual average of $22 million over the next decade, and that the union chief said will protect his members’ jobs and will improve their quality of life. While the T and the Carmen’s Union Local 589 have clashed this year over privatization efforts, the revised and extended c…