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Thank you to all our sponsors and players for making our Annual Golf Tournament a huge success. We had great weather and a great day was had by all while helping to build our Union’s COPE (Committee on Political Education) fund. Click here to see photos from the tournament. Special thanks to our union brother and ace photographer, Brian Cummings, …
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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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The Boston Globe | By Adam Vaccaro | September 6, 2016 A report issued by the MBTA’s oversight board to the state legislature last week suggested that the transit agency could privatize bus operations and maintenance work, prompting a rebuke from a board member with labor ties on the very same page of the report. …
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