Posts by Local589 Admin
MBTA brings in Peter Pan to help with Red Line shuttle buses
Dear 589 members As some of you may have heard, the MBTA brought in Peter Pan Bus Lines today to help with the Red Line shuttle buses. We felt it necessary to inform you, our members, of the circumstances behind this. Due to the MBTA’s high demand and heavy ridership as a result of the…
Read More2024 Carmen’s Union Yearbook: Celebrating a Year of Unity and Progress
Thank you to all our hardworking Local 589 members for making 2024 a success! We look forward to building on our progress in the year ahead. Watch this video to relive some of our top moments from the past year! #UnionStrong #NewYearsEve2025
Read MoreHonoring Richard Murphy’s Lifetime of Service to Transit Workers
Today, at the New England Joint ATU Conference, retired ATU IVP Richard Murphy was presented with a plaque honoring his lifetime of service to improving workplaces for transit workers in Boston and across North America. A former president of Local 589 in the 1990s, Murphy began his career as a bus and streetcar operator. Congratulations,…
Read MoreT’s woes are bigger than any general manager
Boston GLobe | By Joan Vennochi | FEBRUARY 09, 2015 LIFE ISN’T fair. After years of bad policy decisions and general neglect, the MBTA is falling apart under the watch of General Manager Beverly A. Scott. Scott, who has held the position since September 2012, inherited a broken system. As she said in a radio…
Read MoreLocal 589 Endorses Adrian Madaro for State Rep (1st Suffolk)
It is with great pleasure the Executive Board and Membership of the Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589, announce the endorsement of Adrian Madaro for the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 1st Suffolk District. Election is March 31, 2015. We encourage all our members and their families to support Adrian. For more information about Adrian or how to…
Read More2025 ATU International Basketball Tournament
Passionate about basketball? If you’re an active member in good standing, don’t miss this Saturday’s tryout for the chance to represent Local 589 at the 2025 ATU International Basketball Tournament!
Read MoreLegislators step onto the T for a taste of riders’ experience
Boston Globe | By Steve Annear | March 19, 2015 It had been more than a year since State Representative Marjorie Decker took the Red Line to work, but as she boarded a crowded train at Harvard Square before 9 a.m. Thursday, it all came back to her. “It’s like riding a bike,” she said.…
Read MoreSenate leaders skeptical of plan to allow more MBTA privatization
Boston Globe | By David Scharfenberg | April 16, 2015 Senate leaders are skeptical of a House plan that would open the door to more privatization of services at the beleaguered MBTA. The House has called for a suspension of the so-called Pacheco law, which creates obstacles to outsourcing, for five years for the T.…
Read MoreBaker’s MBTA task force could face pointed questioning on findings
State House News Service | By Matt Murphy | 04/15/2015 BOSTON — Members of Gov. Charlie Baker’s task force on the MBTA could face pointed questioning in two weeks when they testify before a legislative panel, as some senators raised concerns Tuesday over the underpinnings of their recent findings. Since the task force last week…
Read MorePolice Seeking Woman Who Spat at MBTA Employee
Transit Police are seeking the identity of the photographed individual, who allegedly spat at an MBTA employee. On Wednesday, April 1, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the subject spat at the MBTA bus operator of a Route 41 bus near the intersection of Columbia Road and Annabel Street. The subject then assaulted the operator with an…
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