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The tentative contract would implement longevity bonuses as a way to improve retention.

The MBTA’s struggles with hiring and retaining workers have grabbed headlines for months, but supporters of a new labor deal featuring pay and benefit upgrades say it represents cause for hope.

“The four year contract is going to give the agency and our workforce long term stability and that’s very important to us as we look forward to the future here, but also the immediate needs,” MBTA General Manager Philip Eng told the Board before their vote. 

A new agreement between the MBTA and its largest labor union is aimed at retaining employees at the public transit agency, with state, transit and union leaders...

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted joined with leaders from Intel, JobsOhio and community colleges to unveil programs for workers in the semiconductor industry.

The four-year agreement between the MBTA and Boston Carmen’s ATU Local 589 includes overall wage increases, signing bonuses and longevity bonuses.

A union contract for nearly half of the MBTA's workforce offers more pay and hiring goals for hard-to-fill positions, officials said.

A new four-year contract for the MBTA’s largest union includes an 18 percent wage increase over the life of the tentative agreement, the most significant pay increase for the agency’s frontline workers since the 1990s, Governor Maura Healey said Wednesday.

As the MBTA works to ramp up hiring, Gov. Maura Healey and T leaders touted new efforts to attract and retain workers.

The labor agreement will cover more than 6,000 MBTA employees for the next four years.