Boat Line Opposes Union-Backed Bill

Editor’s Note: The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill No. 1627 on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 10:30 a.m. in Room B-2 at the State House in Boston. The bill would amend the Steamship Authority’s enabling act to authorize a single arbitrator to determine wages, benefits and other terms of employment for SSA union employees, if the boat line is unable to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the union within five months after the expiration of the prior contract. The boat line opposes the bill.