Posts by Local589 Admin
2011 Rodeo Champs!
2011 Rodeo Champions from the Orient Heights Carhouse Repairers Robert Long and Dana DeRosier with Delegate of Equipment Maintenance Mike Keller. Click here to see more photos.
Read More2010 Green Line Motorperson Safe Drivers
Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589 Vice President Jim O’Brien, Delegate Terry Reed and Barn Captains Allen Lee and Billy Rodenmacher seen here with the 2010 Green Line Motorperson Safe Drivers.
Read MoreRidership Hits Record High
MassINC Forum Calls for New Revenue
A report released by MassINC on Wednesday, October 26th called for potential new tax revenue through a payroll or vehicle miles tax to fund regional transportation projects. Almost 100 people, including Representatives of the Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589, packed a forum where the report was reviewed and listened to Lt. Governor Tim Murray
Read MoreSolidarity License Plate
The Pro Labor Alliance is offering a plate featuring an image of a raised clenched hand, a symbol of strength and unity. Along the bottom of the plate in blue is the word Solidarity. The letters C B in red stand for collective bargaining. The cost of the plate is $40 (in addition to the…
Read MoreScholarship Winners!
Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 President John Lee and Assistant Secretary Peggy LaPaglia seen here with 589 scholarship winners along with their parents.
Read MoreAssaults on T workers on the rise
Boston Herald | April 10, 2013 | By Gary J. Remal and Richard Weir Assaults on MBTA employees are up dramatically this year, T cops say, after arresting a rider they say spat on and then slugged a bus driver in Malden’s Oak Grove Station in the kind of fare dispute that the T police…
Read MoreExecutive Board Attends Mass AFL-CIO Political Convention
The Executive Board of Local 589 were active participants in the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Political Convention held September 15-16th, where Organized Labor took up candidate endorsements after the primaries. Several statewide, Congressional and local candidates addressed the Convention asking for support in the November final election. Panels on the ballot referendums provided information on Questions #1,…
Read MoreLegislative Update: FY 15 Budget
Dear Brothers & Sisters, This past Friday, Governor Patrick signed a $36.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. We wanted to update you on a few things that were included in the passed budget: Driver Assaults: Although everyone is entitled to a safe workplace, this is often not the case for our members. To help ensure…
Read MoreWhy Collective Bargaining Is a Fundamental Human Right
Huffington Post | Robert Creamer | 07/09/2014 The ability for ordinary working people to organize and collectively bargain over their wages and working conditions is a fundamental human right. It is a right just as critical to a democratic society as the right to free speech and the right to vote. Over the last 30 years…
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