BOSTON (WHDH) - MBTA workers are calling for more maintenance workers to improve safety on the T and blasting Gov. Charlie Baker for making cuts during his first five years in office
Workers protested a 20 percent cut to the maintenance workforce they say Baker made earlier in his tenure and said Baker is ignoring recommendations from safety panels.
“He isn’t listening to the experts who say the MBTA derailment record isn’t normal and shouldn’t be happening with this frequency,” said Brian Doherty of the Invest Now Coalition. “It is unacceptable to be cutting the workforce who can fix it while the trains are literally falling off the tracks.”
In a statement, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said, “The MBTA is aggressively hiring at a rapid rate in an effort to double the capacity of the Safety Department and add key areas of subject matter expertise.”
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