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Spotlight Team | Dec. 16, 1979

Politically powerful unions clamp an iron grip on the MBTA

  December 16, 1979

A three-month investigation by The Globe Spotlight team has found massive evidence that union domination of management is a major reason why the MBTA, mile for mile, is the most costly and least efficient major transit system in the United States.

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