Category: MBTA Operations

Apr 07 2023

MBTA’s Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Employee Advisory Council

By Local 589 Webmaster in MBTA Operations
April 7, 2023

Local 589 sisters Shateara Battle and Katie Kalugin are co-chairs of the MBTA’s Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Employee Advisory Council. They are looking for other Local 589 members to join. Click here to learn more about the Council.

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Apr 20 2022

MBTA Payroll Error

By Local 589 Webmaster in MBTA Operations
April 20, 2022

Good Morning Everyone, Earlier this month, the union was notified about a payroll error made by the MBTA. While the retro checks issued to you on April 1st were supposed to be based on the period of 7/1/21 to 1/15/22, the MBTA added hours worked in late January and February to their calculations. This, in …

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Feb 19 2022

Fully Electric Bus Fleet to be in Quincy

By Local 589 Webmaster in MBTA Operations, News
February 19, 2022

Last week the MBTA held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Quincy bus maintenance facility, scheduled to be completed in 2024. With the ability to house 120 buses, this new facility will be the first entirely electric bus fleet, part of the MBTA’s initiative to replace vehicles with clean, zero-emission buses. This is just one …

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