MBTA may privatize up to 250 jobs
The MBTA is considering a plan to privatize some departments in a move that could slash 250 jobs, The Boston Globe reported.
Officials are expected to discuss the possible privatization — a plan Gov. Charlie Baker has backed — at a meeting Wednesday, the Globe reported. The positions in question are those related to fare machine maintenance, counting cash fares, and marketing and retail operations.
While officials haven’t said how much money the plan could save the MBTA, they’re targeting positions that cost the agency around $65 million each year, according to the Globe. Officials said that employees in the eliminated positions could return to previous jobs they held in the agency.
“The goal isn’t reduction of full-time employees,’’ Tim Buckley, spokesman for Baker’s administration, told the Globe. “It’s to find ways for the MBTA to do its job better.’’
Read the full Globe story here.
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