Announcement
Payroll Lawsuit
Brothers and sisters, Our attorney is collecting pay stubs with incorrect payroll errors for evidence in our lawsuit. Please scan, fax (617-695-9982), email, or hand deliver a copies of your pay stubs to Peggy LaPaglia (PLaPaglia@carmensunion.org) or myself (JEvers@carmensunion.org) so we can get this case moving. If you have any questions, e-mail us using the…
Read MoreGIC Votes 12-2 To Undo Health Plan Consolidation
State House News Service | By Andy Metzger | February 01, 2018 Upending a controversial move to cut three carriers from the health insurance menu available to public employees, the Group Insurance Commission voted as forecast on Thursday to reconsider its Jan. 18 vote. The board two weeks ago voted 8-5 with two abstentions to…
Read MoreGIC Reconsiders Vote, But We Need to Keep the Pressure On
At last week’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) hearing, President O’Brien and the executive board vocalized the concerns of the membership and criticized the GIC for dropping Tufts Health Plan, Fallon, and Harvard Pilgrim from their list of insurance carriers. Thanks to all those who responded to our requests to reach out to the GIC, Governor’s office, and…
Read MoreCongrats IAM Local 264!
Earlier this week, Commonwealth Magazine reported that the MBTA abandoned efforts to privatize bus repair work at three garages after IAM Local 264 agreed to wage and work rule concessions that will save the authority $4.1 million a year, an amount that was well below the original estimates of savings with privatization. According to the article,…
Read MoreScholarships Available For 2018 Academic Year
The following scholarships are available for the 2018 academic year: ATU Scholarship: The deadline for this scholarship is January 31, 2018. The 2018 ATU Scholarship is in remembrance of Tommy Douglas. This year, five $8,000 scholarships will be awarded, and an additional $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a vocational school applicant. Click here to download the application.…
Read MoreMake Your Voice Heard
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.…
Read MoreSupport Striking Stop & Shop Workers!!!
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…
Read MoreHonoring Bus Drivers
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…
Read MoreKendrick Price Scholarship Fund
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…
Read MoreT’s privatized warehouse system falling short of promises
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…
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