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T operator to receive commendation in North Station incident
Video Shows Disgruntled Rider Targeting MBTA Worker
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…
Read MoreBrother Bailey Saves Life
A quick-thinking 36-year-veteran Green Line instructor, John Bailey, plucked a badly injured passenger from a burning taxi just moments before the mangled cab burst into a fireball after flying airborne into a tree along the Mystic Valley Parkway in Arlington yesterday. Here’s brother Bailey’s account from an interview with NECN:
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T bus drivers find patience tested
By Eric Moskowitz Globe Staff / February 3, 2011 Driving the MBTA’s Route 11 bus yesterday between City Point and Downtown Crossing, Carolyn Gillis had to slow or stop for the following amid the snow-narrowed streets of South Boston: a home heating-oil truck parked the wrong way, obstructing the road; a Honda CR-V camped in…
Read MoreNew documentary shows how T workers toil while others sleep
Boston Globe | Jeremy C. Fox | February 13, 2012 Late each night, more than 100 MBTA workers prowl the tracks of the transit system to find damage and make repairs, ending their
Read MoreRidership Hits Record High
MBTA General Manager Accepts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott accepts Local 589’s Jimmy O’Brien #ALSIceBucketChallenge and nominates ATU International President Larry Hanley. Also helping her with the challenge is Local 589’s Larry Kelly and Charlie, the T’s mascot.
Read More2023 In Review
It’s been a banner year for the Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589. We’re immensely proud of our dedicated Local 589 brothers and sisters and our collective efforts to keep Massachusetts moving. Click here to take a look back down the tracks at another successful year.
Read MoreBoston Carmen’s Union Recognized for Supporting Public Transportation
Community Labor United (CLU), a coalition of community, religious, neighborhood and labor organizations, honored the Boston Carmen’s Union at their “Salt of the Earth” Awards on June 6th. Local 589 President / Business Agent John Lee was among five awardees recognized by CLU for organizing victories and successful advocacy campaigns. The Boston Carmen’s Union, in…
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