Due to the impending storm, this event has been canceled, but we are hoping to reschedule in the near future. The Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 is joining with other ATU Locals from across New England to support striking ATU members in New York City. Local 589 is sponsoring a bus that will take…
By Todd Feathers | Globe Correspondent | 01/31/2013 MBTA ridership increased in 2012 — with an average daily ridership of 1.3 million — despite a summer hike in bus and train fares, T officials said today. Last year, 400 million people rode the T, a 2.3 percent increase over 2011. The increase defied the expectations…
The members of ATU Local 589 and the Executive Board stand with our union brothers and sisters in New York (ATU Local 1181) who are braving the wintry weather to get Mayor Michael Bloomberg and School Chancellor Walcott to negotiate with them so they can put an end to the strike. At the center of…
Boston Herald – Richard Weir – Friday, January 18, 2013 Aidan Low was en route to Back Bay to take his girlfriend out for her birthday Monday when the college freshman from West Roxbury realized he had left his backpack with her gift — a $250 pair of topaz earrings — on the back seat of the…
“The members of the Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 are on the front lines of providing accessible and effective public transportation every day. Based on that experience, our Union is fully supportive of Governor Deval Patrick’s comprehensive plan to fund public transit across the Commonwealth as a real solution to a imminent crisis,” said…
2012 Union Dues $832.00 Health Insurance Cost All deductions for your Health Insurance in 2012 were PRE-TAXED. Therefore they may not be deducted on your personal taxes. If you should need your Health Insurance deductions, they would appear on your last Payroll stub of 2012. Fraternally yours, John A. Clancy Recording Secretary
By Eric Moskowitz / Globe Staff / January 12, 2013 Leaders of many of the state’s largest employers and a civic-minded nonprofit are urging Beacon Hill to act boldly on transportation, warning that failure to invest substantially in the Commonwealth’s aging highway and transit network would have a sweeping economic impact. A study commissioned by…
President John Lee joined several members of the Mass. Delegation, including Cong. Joe Kennedy III, at their swearing-in ceremonies today at the U.S. Capitol. President Lee and the Executive Board have made sure to maintain strong relationships with our elected leaders – here at home as well as nationally – to advance and protect the interests…
Here is the excerpt from The Nation magazine concerning the ATU: Most Valuable National Union: Amalgamated Transit Union With their Occupy Transit T-shirts and aggressively progressive approach to fighting for local and regional services, the 190,000 members of ATU are a force to be reckoned with in debates about economic and social justice. They gave critical…
Thank you to all local 589 members who contributed toys to the 12th Annual “Fill-A-Bus” campaign. Thanks to you, around 1,000 toys, mostly from MBTA employees, were donated to children at the Action for Boston Community Development, Mass Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Boston, and The…
Dear Union Brothers and Sisters, As we look forward to the upcoming holiday season, I need to take a minute to pass on a few thoughts. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks there have been a number of issues related to “bypass and clearance” incidents along with other problems related to radios and SPTO concerns.…
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, while at the AFL-CIO Executive Board Meeting, takes a moment to thank President John Lee for the help that she received from all the ATU Locals across Massachusetts during her campaign.