Announcement

Per our request, we pleased to see that Gov. Baker signed an order today requiring Massachusetts residents to wear masks in public. This applies to all workers and customers of businesses and other organizations opened to the public, including public transportation. The order takes effect on May 6 and requires residents to use a face…

Our May 12 union meeting is canceled.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, As you may have heard, we helped the T get access to 200,000 masks. We still have some of the 12,000 masks left that we bought for you, which we will continue to distribute (see updated schedule below). Now the T will be distributing them soon as well, which is great…

This special election will be held at the union office at 295 Devonshire Street on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact your delegate or a member of the e-board.

Tomorrow (4/8), executive board members and barn captains of Local 589 will be disturbing masks to members at the following locations: Charlestown/Bennett from 9am-7pm Quincy Garage from 9am-3pm RTL Delegate Jean will be hitting the early shifts on the Red Line. Other location visits will be announced soon. If you have questions or concerns, please…

ATTENTION MEMBERS!!! Tomorrow morning at 4:00 AM, we will be at Cabot Garage for pullouts to distribute masks that our union acquired and bought for our members. We also have sanitizing wipes that we made ourselves. Don’t worry if you don’t work out of Cabot Garage because we will be coming to you. Tomorrow, we…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are sad to announce the death of our union brother Andrew “Andy” Wong who passed away on Tuesday after contracting COVID-19. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Andy’s family, friends, and fellow workers. Andy was hired by the MBTA on May 4, 1998, and went on to a 22-year career.…

Brothers and Sisters, We recently announced that in memory of Quincy Operator Sanyi Harris (badge #70752), all operators and officials are welcome and authorized by the MBTA to wear a black tie until Feb. 20 in honor of our fallen union sister.  Today, the executive board announced they would like to collect photos of members,…