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MBTA’s Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Employee Advisory Council
Local 589 sisters Shateara Battle and Katie Kalugin are co-chairs of the MBTA’s Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Employee Advisory Council. They are looking for other Local 589 members to join. Click here to learn more about the Council.
Read MoreMBTA Payroll Error
Good Morning Everyone, Earlier this month, the union was notified about a payroll error made by the MBTA. While the retro checks issued to you on April 1st were supposed to be based on the period of 7/1/21 to 1/15/22, the MBTA added hours worked in late January and February to their calculations. This, in…
Read MoreFully Electric Bus Fleet to be in Quincy
Last week the MBTA held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Quincy bus maintenance facility, scheduled to be completed in 2024. With the ability to house 120 buses, this new facility will be the first entirely electric bus fleet, part of the MBTA’s initiative to replace vehicles with clean, zero-emission buses. This is just one…
Read MoreJuneteenth Day Is a Paid Holiday
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Earlier today, the MBTA sent out a notification regarding President Biden’s recent signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. The T’s notification, cluttered with distinctions between affiliated and non-affiliated employees is understandably confusing, so I’d like to clear it up. In recognition of this important holiday, the men and women…
Read MoreImportant Local 589 Arbitration Update
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Yesterday, we had our first meeting with an arbitrator to ask for an emergency injunction to stop how the MBTA conducts roster picking. We had two full days of testimony this week and may meet again in the future. We understand the implementation of roster picking and the delayed rollout of…
Read MoreMBTA Outlines Plan for Widespread Service Cuts in 2021
“It is the same old song of MBTA officials pushing austerity, rather than daring to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share, despite the strong public support for new revenues that will ensure high quality, affordable, safe public transportation,” said Jim Evers, president of the Boston Carmen’s Union that represents thousands of T employees,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Vaccine Facts
As you may know, the Authority is ramping up efforts to begin COVID-19 vaccinations of our workforce through the MBTA’s Occupational Health Services. If you haven’t done so already, please click on the following link and complete the form on the page to opt-in for a COVID-19 vaccination: www.mbta.com/covidvaccine. Filling out this form will assist…
Read MoreGov. Baker Says Operator Did Not Follow Protocol During Orange Line Emergency
CBS | October 27, 2016 6:05 PM BOSTON (CBS) – There are new questions about the safety of the MBTA after passengers kicked out windows to escape a smoky Orange Line train Wednesday afternoon. Governor Charlie Baker says it was more chaotic because of what the operator did but union members say he is a…
Read MoreAfter smoky chaos on Orange Line, MBTA union chief rips into Gov. Charlie Baker
Mass Live | By Gintautas Dumcius | October 31, 2016 “The only way to evacuate those passengers was to do what the [train] operator did – leave his cab to try to manually open each car door,” O’Brien told members of the oversight board of the MBTA on Monday. “But Governor Baker’s first public comments…
Read MoreOpinion: Keeping Public Transportation Public
The Heights | 9/26/16 | By Matthew BeDugnis “Every day these hardworking people continue bailing out a ship that has been taking on water for years. You see it in the MBTA employee who has to figure out how to get an old, rotten, and rusted-out Green Line train back to the station after it…
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