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Mass. Labor 2013 Field Schedule
Labor To Labor Phone Calls: ● There will be Labor to Labor phone calls being made five days a week at the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) office at 15 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge. For more information, contact Martha Rob at 617-947-0165 or Tom Cannel at 857-998-3101. ● Daytime phone banking:…
Read MoreMass. AFL-CIO Educational & Political Conference
The Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 Executive Board participated in the 3-day Massachusetts AFL-CIO Gompers-Murray-Meany Educational Conference held from May 22nd-24th. The annual conference provides workshops on current Labor issues, speakers such as State Treasurer Steve Grossman and Attorney General Martha Coakley with special guest speaker US Senate candidate Ed Markey. Markey took time to…
Read MoreMember Alert: Call Your State Senator
Today, the Executive Board of the Boston Carmen’s Union sent a letter to all Mass. State Senators to oppose the following amendments: Oppose Amendment 19 (Brownsberger): this amendment interferes with the collectively bargained MBTA pension fund, offers no economic benefit to taxpayers or workers and changes decades of court approved legal precedents. Oppose Amendment 112 and 113…
Read More2013 Endorsements
At last night’s meeting of the membership, the members voted to endorse Ed Markey for U.S. Senate, Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston, and Michael Flaherty for Boston City Council At-Large.
Read More2013 Scholarship Awards Banquet Dinner
Last Thursday, Mass. AFL-CIO President Steve Tolman joined the Boston Carmen’s Union’s Assistant Secretary, Peggy LaPaglia, and Shops + Carhouse Delegate, Michael Keller, for an awards banquet at IBEW Local 103 with the Local 589’s 2013 Scholarship Winners. All winners were given $1,000.00 to put toward college. Local 589’s Executive Board would like to offer our congratulations…
Read More59-Year-Old Accused Of Choking MBTA Bus Driver In Saugus
By Bobby Sisk | WBZ-TV | May 14, 2013 SAUGUS (CBS) – The trouble started with a routine ride on the Route 426 bus from the Haymarket T Station. “I take the bus and the guy was really speeding,” explained Franco Contino, who rides the bus daily. During the trip to Saugus, he saw a…
Read More2013 Annual Golf Tournament
Don’t miss this year’s annual golf tournament on Friday, August 2, 2013 at George Wright Golf Course. Shotgun start 8:00 a.m. Make your own foursome or enter as a single. First come, first served. Course spikeless shoe policy in effect. Awards ceremony and Texas-Style Barbeque immediately following the tournament with BBQ chicken, steak tips, ribs, and corn…
Read MoreT Driver Returns Cash Left on Bus to Passenger
Boston Globe | By Brock Parker | May 08, 2013 MBTA driver Kevin White said there was no temptation to take any of the $1,100 left on his bus. The bank envelope sat alone on the Number 73 bus Monday afternoon, making the trip from Harvard Square in Cambridge to Cushing Square in Belmont. A…
Read MoreT czar to introduce glass partitions to protect bus drivers
Boston Herald | Thursday, April 11, 2013 | By Richard Weir The T’s planned pilot program to install partitions in bus cabs to protect drivers from being assaulted by raging riders is getting mixed review from one veteran bus driver who told the Herald today he feels the glass cages could help some operators feel…
Read MoreQuincy man assaults driver, passenger on MBTA bus
By Patrick Ronan | The Patriot Ledger | Sep 04, 2013 QUINCY — A 35-year-old Quincy man has been charged with assaulting the driver and a passenger on an MBTA bus traveling through Quincy Point. Israel Gordon of Sea Street was arraigned Wednesday in Quincy District Court on charges of assault and battery and assault…
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