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IBEW Local 103 Becomes First Union to be Full Member of a Transportation Learning Center Training Co

Posted January 2016

In a first for Center supported Consortia, IBEW Local 103 representing Signal Maintainers, Signal Instructors and Supervisory personnel at MBTA has joined the Signals Consortium as a full partner. Prior to this move Local 103 had been underwriting travel for two MBTA employees to attend the Signals Training Consortium meetings. Lynelle Butterfield and Frank Burnett have been representing the MBTA training department under the now retired Training Director Joanne Marrone-Joyce.  Tim Long has been representing IBEW 103, and now retired Signals Supervisor Jan Marie Hagan also represents the Union.  This team has been providing a steady stream of support to courseware development and other Consortium work.

MBTA Signal Maintainers first graduate from the IBEW Apprenticeship program at Local 103 as Journeymen Electricians before being hired into the Signals department at MBTA. Signals specific training, currently takes place within the MBTA Signal Training program but some courses may soon be added to the curriculum at IBEW Local 103. Coordination between the two organizations is being pursued to provide a smoother transition from Construction Electrician to Signal Maintainer.  MBTA Signals Instructors and IBEW Local 103 members have this to say about the signals training consortium:

 
For more information:

  Preview courseware on Transit Training Network
  Contact Project Manager Mark Dysart