More than 20,000 people packed into the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Saturday night to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The Democratic presidential candidate called for aggressive reforms in healthcare, college education and debt, criminal justice, climate change, political donations, greater investment in public infrastructure, and a host of other progressive areas. Four local…
By Steve Annear GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 01, 2015 Allen Freeman is a Red Line driver who is getting attention for his creative and colorful narration of what’s happening outside as he drives passengers back and forth each day. By Steve Annear GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 01, 2015 Allen Freeman’s voice booms through the crackling loudspeakers like…
WBUR | By ABBY ELIZABETH CONWAY |September 30, 2015 BOSTON – With absent operators the leading cause of cancelled bus and subway trips, a member of the MBTA’s oversight board told state legislators that the T must take a similar approach to fixing its administrative system as it has to cataloging and updating its infrastructure needs. “The…
RALLY: Keep “Public” Transportation “Public” STOP PRIVATIZATION WHEN: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 WHERE: Various Locations to hand out anti-privatization information to the riding public TIME: 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! Please contact Joe Cerbone or John Clancy at the union hall (617-542-8212) so we can add your name to the list. If we are not…
The following letter written by President James O’Brien to the editor of the Boston Globe appeared in today’s paper: LETTERS Labor is right to note that privatization won’t solve T’s woes September 28, 2015 In Joan Vennochi’s Sept. 13 column (“Labor leaders’ hot rhetoric has grown cold”), organized labor is criticized for attacking the Pioneer…
Thanks to the 100+ members who turned out for Wednesday’s rally outside the Koch-funded Pioneer Institute. Our message to them was simple, stop STOP YOUR LIES! Click here to view photos from the rally. The following is some of the press coverage our rally received: NECN – Video: MBTA Workers Hit the Streets to Protest…
Privatization does not guarantee savings. Proponents of privatizing transit often make lofty claims about savings through private sector efficiencies. But frequently these claims couldn’t be farther from the truth. Public agencies are often more efficient because no profit margin gets siphoned off to shareholders. In Phoenix, Veolia demanded an additional $27.5 million on top of…
Congrats to our union brother, Tyrell Sullivan, and all our other union brothers and sisters who competed in this past Sunday’s annual bus roadeo. This was the 3rd consecutive win for Tyrell, who operates buses on the Route 73 between Harvard Square and Waverly Square. The all-time leader of the T’s competition is the legendary…
Boston Globe | By Adam Vaccaro | Sept. 17, 2015 It’s going to be a big weekend for MBTA bus driver Tyrell Sullivan. Sullivan, a Roslindale resident who drives the Route 73 bus between Harvard Square and Waverly Square in Belmont, is the reigning champion of the T’s annual bus roadeo. The 39th edition will…
One of our members passed along an article about the Boston Globe’s Joan Vennochi (or as some like to call her―”Vennochi-O”) who was caught plagiarizing a WBUR article. Of course, Joan was never fired because she gets to play by different rules than everyone else. A more recent example of Vennochi-O “calling it in” was on…
Thank you to all our sponsors and players for making this year’s Boston Carmen’s Annual COPE Golf Tournament such a tremendous success. Although the overflow turnout of members and supporters were greeted with rain in the morning, the afternoon brought warm sunshine. “It was truly a great day and we had a lot of fun while…
Last Friday, Boston Globe columnist, Joan Vennochi, wrote a column titled: “Labor’s hot rhetoric grows cool without facts.” Judging by the title of her column, the only one light on facts appears to be Joan Vennochi herself. In her column, Vennochi criticizes organized labor for attacking the Pioneer Institute. Pump the breaks right now and think about…
Thank you to all our members, leaders of other unions and their members, and the various elected officials (e.g., State Sen. Pacheco, Cong. Keating, State Sen. Keenan, etc.) who attended our Labor Day rally to keep our public transportation system public. Many have estimated we had as many as 1,000 union members at the rally.…
Today, the executive board was busy building signs and making final preparations for tomorrow’s Labor Day rally. Click here to see some more photos. We’re ready to rally, are you? Don’t forget, 7:00 a.m. tomorrow at Lincoln Square Park at the intersection of Park Plaza and Eliot Street, which is next to the Park Plaza Hotel. Click…
Boston Globe | By Nicole Dungca | Sept. 04, 2015 When President Barack Obama arrives at the Greater Labor Boston Council’s Labor Day breakfast on Monday, he’ll be greeted by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers rallying against privatization. The Boston Carmen’s Union, the T’s largest labor group, plans to protest the T’s recent proposal to…