Announcement
Special Election for Financial-Secretary Treasurer
Dear Brother or Sister: Nominations will be held at the Union Office at 295 Devonshire St. on Monday, March 5, 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. You may call the Union office (617-542-8212) or Recording Secretary John Clancy
Read MoreStatement by President John Lee
Earlier this month a regular internal audit uncovered irregularities in the Union’s treasury. The positive news for MBTA riders and taxpayers is that this exclusively involved Union funds – no MBTA funds and no taxpayer money was involved in any manner.
Read MoreRegular Meeting of the Membership
Date: 2011-09-20 Location: Boston Teachers Union Hall, 180 Mount Vernon St., Dorchester, Massachusetts (Behind the State Police Station near Columbia Rd. and Morrissey Blvd.) accessible by the Red Line. Description: The regular order of business will be transacted. The morning session will start at 10:00 A.M. The evening session will start at 8:00 P.M.
Read MoreSupporting Our Friends
Thousands of firefighters from the across the country are expected to take part in this Thursday’s funeral for Firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr., the Worcester firefighter who died in an Arlington Street blaze last week. The Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589 is proud, along with MBTA transit officials, to be coordinating transportation for firefighters traveling…
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 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 MoreAttention: Local 589 Active Employees Only
Group Insurance Benefit Deductions Begin Pay Period Ending 7/4/14. The Group Insurance Commission requires 1 month’s advance payment on all benefit plans (excluding the Flexible Spending Accounts). This results in a double deduction taken for the following payroll end dates: 7/4/14 7/11/14 7/18/14 7/25/14
Read MoreUnion Teamwork Saves A Life
What started as a regular workday turned into a team effort lead by Local 589 members to save a man’s life on T property. The MBTA recently purchased a large piece of floor sweeping equipment and a vendor representative was in to set up and demonstrate the machine. While preparing for the training, the vendor…
Read MoreBoston Globe: MBTA operators’ union objects to strict cellphone policy
By Martin Finucane | Boston Globe | June 18, 2014 A bus crash last month left an MBTA bus dangling over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton. The union that represents MBTA train and bus operators is objecting to state a tough new policy against cellphone possession by operators issued by state officials. The Boston Carmen’s…
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