Announcement
Attention Members: Information about Working Contract and Pension Proposal
To All Local 589 members The current working contract expires June 30, 2014. The Union and the Authority will meet and exchange proposals for the next working agreement (contract). Any member wishing to submit a contract proposal for the working agreement must put it in writing and submit it (by mail or FAX) to the…
Read MoreStanding Room Crowd For Arbitration Award Meeting
It was standing room only as over 650 members packed Florian Hall on Sunday morning to review the Arbitrator’s Award and ask questions. Local 589’s executive board and chief negotiator, Tom Roth, presented the details of the Arbitrator’s Award for the Boston Carmen’s Union contract. The contract award covers 4-years (June 2010 to June 2014)…
Read MoreUpdate: MBTA Sues to Set Aside Arbitrator’s Award
Dear Local 589 Members: We have just received word from our attorneys that the MBTA has sued in Suffolk Superior Court to set aside the award of Arbitrator Sarah Kerr Garraty. That award set the terms of our contract between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2014. After consulting with legal counsel and considering our…
Read MoreLocal 589 Members Sworn-in As Delegates to Greater Boston Labor Council
Boston Carmen’s Union members Paul Eid and Mary Reichert were sworn-in as new Delegates representing Local 589 at the Great Boston Labor Council (GBLC) on October 1st. Local 589 Delegate Mike Keller serves on the GBLC’s Executive Board and along with the Council’s Executive Secretary Rich Rogers welcomed the Bother Eid and Sister Reichert’s active…
Read MoreLabor Walks for Marty Walsh
Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, will be going door to door canvassing for Marty Walsh. Please see below for walk locations and times. For more information, please call Dan Justice at (617)794-2035 We will be walking and talking with the general public. Labor to labor walks will also be available. Walk packets…
Read MoreWarrant issued in MBTA bus driver assault
Transit police detectives have received an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old man accused of assaulting an MBTA operator while he was driving a bus in Chelsea. Douglas Bergeron is charged with assault and battery on a public employee and interfering with public transportation for his alleged role in the Sunday night incident. Investigators were called…
Read MoreBoston Globe: Why the union-bashing?
Boston Globe | By Joan Vennochi | OCTOBER 17, 2013 AFTER LAST April’s Marathon bombings, Bostonians love their first responders — at least until a state arbitrator awards a pay raise to Boston police that would begin to bring their salaries in line with those of Boston firefighters. Like magic, that turns our beloved law…
Read MoreMBTA: Bus driver rescues BPD bomb robot
Boston Herald | Laurel J. Sweet | October 15, 2013 A cop robot fell out the back of a Boston Police Department Bomb Squad truck that hit a Massachusetts Avenue pothole this morning — but an eagle-eyed T bus driver rescued the device, authorities said. “It appears the rear door of one of the department’s…
Read MoreStarving MBTA will stunt Boston’s growth
Boston Globe | Paul McMorrow | Oct. 8, 2013 Boston is growing at a pace not seen in the better part of a century. The city now has more residents than it has at any point since the 1970s, and has arrived at the renaissance moment city leaders have been chasing for 60 years. There’s no…
Read MoreSpilka Addresses Mass. AFL-CIO Convention
State Senator Karen Spilka, Local 589’s endorsed candidate for U.S. Congress in the 5th District Special Democratic Primary, was a featured speaker at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Convention. Senator Spilka spoke to a packed hall in Plymouth highlighting her 93% Life time Labor Voting Record and making her case that she is the best candidate for…
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