Location: Boston Teachers Union Hall, 180 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA Description: The regular order of business will be transacted. The morning session will start at 10:00 A.M. The evening session will start at 8:00 P.M.
Since 1992, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $3 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. Over 1,900 families have benefited from our commitment to higher education. The Union Plus Scholarship Program is offered through the Union Plus Education Foundation. Click here for a…
Five scholarships are awarded each year in the amount of $5,000. A sixth $2,000 scholarship is available for award to an applicant who will attend a technical or vocational post-secondary school. The competition is open to ATU members and their children. All applicants must meet the eligibility requirements and otherwise satisfy these Rules and Procedures.…
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO Scholarships are available to all high school seniors living in Massachusetts. Students with union affiliation will be eligible for both the Mass AFL-CIO scholarships as well as the union scholarships offered by the union that the student is affiliated with.
By Richard Weir / Boston Herald T workers often get a bad rap for all sorts of sins. But for every rude remark or apathetic response some might utter, there are countless acts of unexpected kindness carried out by the men and women of the MBTA each day. People such as T bus driver Ricardo Miranda.
This past Tuesday, International ATU President Larry Hanley joined Boston Carmen Union’s new President John Lee and outgoing President Stephan MacDougall as well as all the membership for a regular meeting. President Hanley swore in all the new officers and barn captains. Click here to view some of the photos from the meeting.
By Travis Andersen – Boston Globe Staff A Somerville man has been ordered to stay away from an MBTA bus driver he allegedly assaulted because of her race in July, under a civil rights injunction obtained by the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley, her office announced today.
The Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 is partnering with the MBTA and Radio 92.9 to ask riders and the general public to “fill a bus” with new toys and clothes for local children in need. The “Fill-A-Bus” drive MBTA bus is parked at JFK Station each day through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
President/B.A.: John Keller – 750 John Lee – 1403 (Winner) Delegate Division I: James Bradley – 284 Terry Reed – 494 (Winner)
BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – A Boston woman was arrested for interfering with public transportation. Natacha Andre, 36, was taken into custody yesterday after police say she assaulted the bus driver behind the wheel of the MBTA bus on Route 31 from Mattapan to Forest Hills. According to police, Andre failed to pay her…
Vice-President/Assistant B.A. – Exec. Board: Frank Cambell – 78 Karen Maxwell – 325 John Murray – 343 James O’Brien – 972
Rider Initiated An Earlier Confrontation With Same Customer Service T Worker Boston, MA – Video released by the Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 shows a disgruntled commuter rail passenger targeting a MBTA worker prior to a confrontation at the Back Bay Train station. The passenger told the MBTA and media outlets that he took out…
“Faced with an aggressive and threatening disgruntled rider confronting her twice within a few minutes, this female CSA responded appropriately to defend her safety and well being.” “Action taken against this worker by the MBTA is unwarranted. The Boston Carmen’s Union stands with our member and will do everything necessary to protect this member’s rights…
Rep. Stephen Lynch (right) shakes hands with John Lee, vice president of Boston Carmen’s Union (Local 589 A.T.U.), at his victory party at Phillips Candy House.
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