Judge rejects T workers effort to block benefit cuts
)December 29, 2009 02:25 PM
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has dealt a significant blow to MBTA employees fighting a cut in their benefits, saying in a key ruling released yesterday that a group of 22 labor unions was unlikely to win a lawsuit attempting to block Governor Patrick's transportation plan.
The unions had argued in a lawsuit filed in September that Patrick's plan to save up to $30 million a year through cuts to worker and retiree benefits illegally subverts collective bargaining rights by changing their benefits without going to the negotiating table.
They say they earned the benefits over many years and that the T's real problem is the debt that has piled up... (See story for more)
The unions had argued in a lawsuit filed in September that Patrick's plan to save up to $30 million a year through cuts to worker and retiree benefits illegally subverts collective bargaining rights by changing their benefits without going to the negotiating table.
They say they earned the benefits over many years and that the T's real problem is the debt that has piled up... (See story for more)
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