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Unions Blast MTA Consultant's Virus Report as 'Whitewash' of Its Failings

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 7/14/20

The unions representing tens of thousands of Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers are blasting the findings of a consultant lauding the agency for its response to the COVID-19 virus that has so far killed 132 of their colleagues, with one major labor leader terming it "revisionist history."

"The MTA took early, proactive, and decisive action to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 to employees and riders, with demonstrated action prior to the first case of COVID-19 being confirmed in New York," according to a 38-page analysis from WSP, a global-management consultant, submitted  June 26.

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