Benefit
Meeting on the Pension Agreement This Sunday (3/12)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, A Special Meeting of the membership will be held this Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., at the Boston Teachers Union Hall, 180 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA. The purpose of this Special Meeting will be for the Membership to VOTE on the PENSION AGREEMENT ONLY. This is a Special Meeting and the only…
Read MoreNew Dental and Vision Benefits
Dear Active Members and Retirees, The Trustees of the Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Vice President Bill Berardino and Assistant Secretary Karen Maxwell, are proud to announce new dental and vision benefits for active members and retirees. You should have received a package in the mail about these new benefits. If you did not see it,…
Read More2016 Supplemental Benefits Enrollment Schedule
Below are locations and enrolment dates for 2016 supplemental benefits enrollment. Location Enrollment Dates Albany Street Garage September 15 – 16 Alewife Yard September 7 – 9 Arborway Yard September 7 – 9 Ashmont September 7 – 9 Bennett Garage September 7 – 13 Cabot Garage September 7 – 9 Charlestown Garage September 7 –…
Read MoreScholarship Opportunities Available
Looking for money for your child’s college education? As a member in good standing, your child (graduating high school seniors) can now apply for the 2023 Mass. AFL-CIO Scholarship and the 2023 Union Plus Scholarship. The 2023 National ATU Scholarship is not yet available, but we will let you know as soon as it is…
Read More2017 Supplemental Benefits Enrollment Schedule
Below is the 2017 Supplemental Benefits Enrollment Schedule for Local 589. Please call National Group Protection (NGP) with any enrollment questions at (800) 344-9016.
Read More2017 Supplemental Benefits Enrollment Schedule
Below is the 2017 Supplemental Benefits Enrollment Schedule for Local 589. Please call National Group Protection (NGP) with any enrollment questions at (800) 344-9016. Location Enrollment Dates Albany Street Garage September 14 – 15 Alewife Yard September 6 – 8 Arborway Yard September 6 – 8 Ashmont September 6 – 8 Bennett Garage September…
Read MoreTax Information for 2016
Union Dues………..$936.00 Assessments……….$260.00 ——————————- Total…………….$1,196.00 Health Insurance Cost: All deductions for your health insurance in 2016 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 2016. Fraternally, John Clancy Recording Secretary ATU Local 589
Read MoreMBTA Must Fix Service, Not Play Games with Workers’ Social Security
Yesterday, Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford responded to a Boston Globe story that reports the Baker Administration wants to manipulate Social Security retirement benefits for MBTA employees: “Rather than focusing on improving service, the Baker administration treats T riders and employees as second class citizens. Manipulating Social Security retirement benefits for MBTA workers who have…
Read MoreMBTA wants to take an ax to retirement benefits
Boston Globe | By Adam Vaccaro | June 26, 2017 Future MBTA retirees would receive reduced pension payments and would have to work longer to earn the maximum benefit under a proposal to be unveiled at the transit authority’s board meeting Monday. James O’Brien, president of the Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589, which negotiates the pension…
Read MorePension Fund Update
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Wednesday, June 14, Tom Roth, president of the Labor Bureau Inc., and our chief negotiator for 42 years provided a presentation to members of the Legislature at the State House about the real status of the MBTA Pension Fund; disproving recent information released by the MBTA about the status of…
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