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Special Assessment for Privatization Fight

We have received several calls about the $5 dollar special assessment to help fund our privatization fight (i.e., legal fees, pamphlets, etc.). It started on October 2nd and will continue until further notice. For questions, please contact the union hall.

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Last Day to Purchase Christmas Gala Tickets Is Monday (12/14)

oston Carmen's Union's First Annual Christmas Gala

The last day to purchase tickets ($30 each) for Local 589’s 2nd Annual Christmas Gala is this Monday, Dec. 12, 2015, at 5pm. They can be purchased either by stopping by the union hall (295 Devonshire Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA) or calling 617-542-8212. This year’s gala is taking place at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park …

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Red Line trains once had two workers aboard

People wait to board a Red Line train at Porter Square MBTA station in February. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Globe | By Matt Rocheleau and Steve Annear | December 10, 2015 The head of the MBTA’s largest labor union said that Thursday’s runaway Red Line train incident could have been stopped sooner if the MBTA had two workers aboard — as the agency did until a few years ago — instead of just …

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