Good Evening Brother’s and Sister’s, Thank you for your outpouring of support for UFCW Local 1445. In addition to efforts we’ve already asked you to take, we ask you to take one more step by sending an email to Stop & Shop’s Executive Vice President of Merchandising Mark Messier. He needs to hear your voice.…
On Thursday, 31,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) who work at Stop & Shop across New England went on strike. Although Stop & Shop’s foreign-owned parent company reported more than $2 billion in profits last year, they’re proposing drastic cuts to the wages and benefits that its workers and their families…
On Tuesday, April 16 from 11am to 1pm, the seniors at the Haitian Adult Day Health Center-Sant Belvi (6 Frontenac St. in Dorchester) will hold a celebration honoring bus drivers (MBTA and BPS) who work in their community. The event will take place in the parking lot across the street at the corner of Blue…
Delegate Allen Lee and Assistant Secretary Marcus Taylor seen here with Carol Price, the mother of Kendrick Price who was the fatal victim of gun violence. Kendrick was an assistant basketball coach at UMass Boston and coach of the boy’s varsity basketball team at the Edward Brooke High School in Mattapan. In his role at…
Commonwealth Magazine | Andy Metzger | Mar 20, 2019 Mike Keller, a top official in the Boston Carmen’s Union, which represents the employees who used to handle inventory, said that problems with Mancon are widely known but have been ignored. “They’re willing to admit nothing. They think nothing’s wrong. But the internal talk is it’s…
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Kim Janey took the Route 28 Bus this morning and tweeted about their trip, which you can read here on Twitter. At the end of their trip, they tweeted, “Thank you to our great driver François for a smooth ride!.” We applaud them for their dedication to public transportation.…
A big THANK YOU to all the hard working men and women of Local 589 who keep Massachusetts moving. Happy Transit Driver Appreciation Day! 🎉🎉🎉 #MBTA #TDAD
Please join us in congratulating our union brother and new Blue Line Barn Captain Brian Areyzaga. Kudos to Steven Portney for throwing his hat in the ring. Our union is best served when all get involved.
Today, Local 589 Assistant Secretary Marcus Taylor spoke with 31 new hires about the benefits of joining our union — and all of them signed up. Please join us in welcoming our newest union brothers and sisters.
Tonight, Local 589 Assistant Secretary Marcus Taylor was sworn into the executive board of the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC). Our union sister Katie Mullen was also sworn in as delegate. Please join us in congratulating them as well as thanking Michael Keller for his eight years of dedicated service to the GBLC. #UnionPride
Below is President O’Brien’s letter to the Boston Globe’s editors in response to their recent story about the MBTA’s pension fund. It was printed in today’s paper. March 04, 2019 Re “MBTA woes can’t be cured without pension reform” (Editorial, Feb. 25): No one wants the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s pension fund to succeed more…
Tryouts for Local 589’s basketball team, which will compete in the 2019 ATU International Basketball Tournament (June 12-16) in Duncanville, TX, are the next three Wednesdays (March 6, 13, 20) at the Brooke High School and Eighth Grade Academy (200 American Legion Highway, Boston, MA 02124) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This is a…
Local 589 President Jimmy O’Brien and Delegate Mike Keller for Equipment Maintenance were photographed by the Boston Globe at yesterday’s rally to support our brothers and sisters of UFCW, Local 1445.
The executive board encourages all Local 589 retirees and members (who are not working) to join them at this rally to support our brothers and sisters at UFCW, Local 1445. RespectWorkers #UnionStrong
Last Tuesday, our union brother Marcus Taylor was sworn in by President O’Brien as Local 589’s new assistant secretary. Recently, we had the opportunity to sit down with Marcus for a quick interview. Below are the five questions we asked him and his answers. 1) Where are you from and how did you get interested…