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Campaign Volunteers Needed This Saturday (10/22)
Brothers and Sisters, Many of you have asked how you can support our endorsed candidates win their elections on Nov. 8. Below are two volunteer events that are happening this Saturday. Please feel free to bring your friends and family. LABOR WALK IN DORCHESTER: When: Saturday, 10/22 at 9:00am Who: Attorney General Maura Healey, Mayor…
Read More2021 Annual Boston Carmen’s Union Golf Tournament
Don’t miss our 2021 Annual Boston Carmen’s Union Golf Tournament on Friday, September 10 at the Brookmeadow Country Club, 100 Everendon Rd, Canton, MA 02021. Shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Awards ceremony and Texas-Style Barbecue immediately following the tournament with BBQ chicken, steak tips, sides, and salads. Open bar for one hour. Cost is $150 per…
Read MoreFrontline First Press Conference
Thank you to all the members who showed up to join Local 589’s E-Board at today’s Frontline First Press Conference. Watch the speech President Jim Evers gave at the conference. Click here to sign the petition to call on the Mass. legislature to use the American Rescue Plan funding responsibly and for the benefit of…
Read MoreOnline Rally This Friday (3/19) to Demand an End to the MBTA Cuts
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The good news is that the U.S. Congress and the newly-elected Biden-Harris Administration are providing about a billion dollars in COVID relief aid to the MBTA as part of the historic American Rescue Plan. The bad news? Governor Charlie Baker and the MBTA are ignoring this promising news and saying they…
Read MoreRallies to Protect OUR Work and Protest Draconian Service Cuts
As you have probably heard on TV or read in the news, starting next spring and summer, the MBTA has plans to eliminate commuter rail service on weekends and after 9 p.m. on weeknights, cease running all ferries, scrap 25 bus routes, and halt subways and buses at midnight, cut streetcar service through Mission Hill, and…
Read MoreWe need you at the State House tomorrow
Brothers and Sisters, We need you now more than ever to come to tomorrow’s (10/20) rally at the State House. The pressure on Gov. Baker and MBTA leadership is mounting. Just today, the Boston Herald has a story out that the MBTA is quietly spending $1 million on privatization, hiring management consultants to find new ways…
Read MoreChristmas Gala fast approaching and tickets are going quickly.
Local 589’s 3rd Annual Christmas Gala is fast approaching and tickets are going quickly. Join us in celebrating the Holiday Season on Saturday, Dec, 17, 2016, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza, Arlington Street in Boston, MA. Cocktail hour from 6-7pm, followed by dinner, and then entertainment and dancing. Tickets are $30.00…
Read MoreThe Boston Carmen’s Union Annual Christmas Gala
Please join us in celebrating the Holiday Season on Saturday, Dec, 17, 2016, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza, Arlington Street in Boston, MA. Cocktail hour from 6-7pm, followed by dinner, and then entertainment and dancing. Tickets are $30.00 each and a table of 10 can be reserved. To purchase tickets, call…
Read MoreUpcoming Rallies and Informational Pickets
For months, we have diligently and respectfully presented the facts — that privatizing operations like the Money Room and the MBTA Warehouse is wrong for the MBTA and wrong for Massachusetts. We need investment in our infrastructure, not another Keolis. We’ve worked to build our case in the press and with the public.But last…
Read MoreRally & Informational Picket This Monday (9/12)!
Brothers and Sisters, At this point, most of us have seen the news that MBTA leadership is targeting bus maintenance and operations for privatization. For months, we have diligently and respectfully presented the facts — that privatizing operations like the Money Room and the MBTA Warehouse is wrong for the MBTA and wrong for Massachusetts. We need investment in…
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