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Statement: Boston Carmen’s Union Pickets, Shuts Down MBTA Money Room

The Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589, facing a vote to privatize their work at the MBTA Money Room today, took a stand against the outsourcing of their work to a private company. Members of the Executive Board, joined by fellow MBTA Union leaders and members, formed a picket line at the Money Room in Charlestown, …

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Media Coverage: Local 589 Fights Moves to Privatize Money Room

Below is some recent media coverage as Local 589 fights against the MBTA’s move to privatize the money room.   Union promises fight as MBTA moves to privatize cash-counting jobs Boston Globe | By Nicole Dungca | October 5, 2016 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is poised to privatize dozens of jobs in its cash-counting …

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Opinion: Keeping Public Transportation Public

The Heights | 9/26/16 | By Matthew BeDugnis “Every day these hardworking people continue bailing out a ship that has been taking on water for years. You see it in the MBTA employee who has to figure out how to get an old, rotten, and rusted-out Green Line train back to the station after it …

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Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/09/keeping-public-transportation-public/