It will be the state’s first transit strike in more than 40 years and comes a month after union members overwhelmingly rejected a labor agreement with management.
“We don’t have enough staff, we’re overworked, and our units are unsafe,” said a striking mental health worker who said he was recently injured by a patient on the job.
The Healey administration on Thursday announced a new directive aimed at scrutinizing “affordability” of health insurance plans for individuals and small businesses.