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DOT Negotiations Update
August 17, 2010
For more than nine months, NAGE negotiators have been working to advance the interests of members who worked for the former Mass Highway and the Executive Office of Transportation.
With the merger of the executive branch transportation agencies and the Mass Turnpike in November of last year, NAGE members have found themselves working side by side with former Mass Turnpike employees.
Historically, employees of authorities have had significantly higher salaries and better benefits than state employees because they have had an independent revenue stream and no need to obtain appropriations from the Legislature.
NAGE’s approach in these negotiations has been driven by a few basic principles:
- Employees of comparable experience who do the same job should receive the same pay.
- Employees who do the same work should be in the same bargaining unit and should be covered by the same work rules as other employees who do the same work.
- The Unions that represent transportation employees should work together to ensure that all employees are treated fairly.
After long and hard negotiations in an extremely difficult economic and political environment, we believe we are close to reaching an agreement among all the parties that makes considerable progress toward these goals. More >>
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