MBTA officials want to hire roughly 2,000 workers over the next year, an ambitious effort with ramifications for the transit system's safety, service frequency and maintenance:
And the trick, T General Manager Steve Poftak said Tuesday, will be onboarding that many people while working in"one of the most constricted labor markets, in my experience, that I've ever seen."for the fiscal year that started July 1, targeting a goal of adding 330 workers funded by the capital budget and 1,759 workers funded by the operating budget.
Summarizing the hiring projections for the MBTA's board, Panagore described them as"the mountain to climb." MBTA and Baker administration officials on Tuesday sought to link their struggles to broader challenges across the economy. The MBTA is not alone among public-sector agencies struggling to attract enough workers. Last month, a Department of Transportation subcommitteethat would boost salaries and offer $5,000 signing bonuses amid difficulty adding and retaining civil engineers.
Massachusetts lawmakers this month are expected to pass a bill calling for more than $10 billion in spending tied to the federal infrastructure law. The state's unemployment rate in May was 3.9%.
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