Congrats to Mayor Marty Walsh who was confirmed as Secretary of Labor! Thank you Marty for your unwavering support for transit workers and public transportation. We look forward to your leadership at the Labor Department. Walsh will be tasked with implementing the Biden administration’s agenda at the department, which includes stricter workplace safety enforcement and…
Today is Transit Employee Appreciation Day. In honor of the hard work our members do all year, and especially through COVID-19, we’d like to share our appreciation in this video dedicated to you. Enjoy!
Yesterday, Gov. Baker announced that essential transit workers and other frontline workers will be eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine beginning Monday. Watch WCVB Channel 5 Boston’s story on the announcement, including an interview with Boston Carmen’s Union President Jim Evers. Click on the video below to watch now.
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…
With the MBTA cutting 20 percent of its T service and several bus routes after receiving $1 billion in federal aid, Congressman Stephen Lynch said that he and the rest of the Transportation Committee plan to have “some hard discussions with the MBTA and with the governor.”
For those who live in the 19th Suffolk, please support Jeff Turco for State Representative in the March 30 special election.
Today, Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu tweeted (see below) it is wrong that our members are still waiting for the vaccine. We could not agree more. Thank you Councilor Wu for standing up for our members who, as essential transit workers, would desperately like to get the vaccine they were promised so they can protect…
In honor of International Women’s Day, and as part of Local 589’s year-long celebration of our workforce, we are proud to present our second membership spotlight video “The Excellence of Women at the T”. Click on the video below to watch.
Below is an excerpt from a story (“Essential workers feel ‘left behind’ in MA COVID-19 vaccine rollout“) in yesterday’s Boston Herald. Click here to read the entire article. ——————- Transportation workers can get vaccines in New York. But Jim Evers, president of the Boston Carmen’s Union 589 of MBTA workers, continues to be frustrated that the administration has further…
Hats off to Delegate Jose Cruz for speaking to Telemundo about Gov. Charlie Baker’s broken promise to vaccinate essential transit workers — protecting them and the riding public. Click on the picture below to watch Cruz’s interview in Spanish.
This morning, we issued a press release calling upon Gov. Baker to follow through with his promise to vaccinate thousands of MBTA employees at the Quincy distribution site. Later, in an interview with Rhondella Richardson of WCVB Channel 5, President Evers called out the governor for his broken promise, which will put frontline transit workers…
Yesterday, President Evers spoke with WCVB Channel 5 about Gov’s Baker’s broken promise to vaccinate essential transit workers to protect them and MBTA riders from COVID-19. Today, he kept the pressure on the governor in this interview with NBC 10 Boston. Click on the video below to watch the interview, including when the reporter talks to riders who support us getting…
Vaccine distribution site in Quincy was expected to vaccinate thousands of MBTA employees — but workers say Governor dropped the ball BOSTON, MA– Frontline transit workers across the nation have been disproportionately afflicted with and killed by COVID-19. Now, essential transit workers in Massachusetts say Governor Charlie Baker is jeopardizing their lives and public health by letting red tape…
Brother and Sisters, We are proud to launch ‘Carmen’s Quarterly,’ Local 589’s newsletter! The Winter 2021 edition of the newsletter is now available online . Look out for the print edition, which will hit mailboxes in the coming days. In this edition, read about our union’s contribution to the fight against the MBTA service cuts,…
This year, the Boston Carmen’s Union will be celebrating you – our members. This video, “Black History: History in Motion,” is the first in a series of web videos that will highlight the extraordinary efforts of our diverse and inclusive workforce. While we cannot celebrate Black History at an in-person event this year, we are…