Jul 09 2015
Yesterday, the Massachusetts legislature did a great disservice to working families, T riders, and taxpayers across the Commonwealth with the suspension of the Taxpayer Protection Act (or Pacheco Law) for the next three years. The goal of the Taxpayer Protection Act (or Pacheco Law) was to protect the Commonwealth from the waste, fraud, and abuse …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2015/07/massachusetts-legislature-puts-taxpayers-at-risk/
Jun 29 2015
Huffington Post | By Allen Frances, professor emeritus at Duke University | May 23, 2015 Let’s get this straight. I am a penny pincher, who hates waste and wants a lean and efficient government. But, that said, we have to face the fact that our massive privatization of what once were government functions has been …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2015/06/privatization-has-been-a-colossal-flop/
Jun 09 2015
Dear brothers and sisters, As you know, our rights, our livelihoods, and our families are under attack with current efforts to privatize the MBTA. However, let us be clear, this is not only an attack on Local 589―it is an attack on the labor movement itself! In response, Local 589’s executive board has organized phone …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2015/06/volunteers-needed-for-phone-banks/
