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Video: Honoring the Black Excellence That Exists in Local 589

Screen shot for black history month video.

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 …

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Vacation Relief Update

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Earlier this morning, we were notified by the MBTA about a system error in the BidWeb software. This glitch prevented the system from distributing VR picks to those who had cutoff times at 5am this morning, as well as a 5pm distribution at Bennett last night. In the afternoon, the MBTA …

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Winter Video Message With Updates for Members!

As we move forward into the new year, I am pleased to share a video with updates on negotiations, the pandemic, fighting the MBTA reductions, and most importantly, a message of appreciation from the Executive Board. Over the past couple of months, our union actively fought against the MBTA service cuts, began contract negotiations, and …

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