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18 Mass. DOT employees get raises
bostonherald.com ^ | 05/15/2011 | AP

Posted on 05/15/2011 9:24:27 AM PDT by massmike

The state Transportation Department is under fire for handing out raises to 17 employees at a time when Gov. Deval Patrick called for public employee unions to forgo raises and pay more for health care to ease budget pressures.

The Boston Globe reports Friday that Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan handed out the raises totaling $140,000 just two months after saying the economy was too weak to increase salaries for public sector executives.

One employee got an 18 percent pay hike.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: dot

1 posted on 05/15/2011 9:24:28 AM PDT by massmike
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To: massmike

Union bosses approving union supervisors to give union workers, raises. Politicians and the public at large, be damned.


2 posted on 05/15/2011 9:26:32 AM PDT by George from New England (Escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: massmike

Fire them all.


3 posted on 05/15/2011 10:07:56 AM PDT by bikerman (Where Has My America Gone?)
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To: massmike

Idiot editor alert.

Headline and story don’t match.

18 in headline, 17 in body of story. Makes me wonder if either number is correct.


4 posted on 05/15/2011 12:44:59 PM PDT by PAR35
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