Jun 17 2016
CBS Boston | June 17, 2016 10:08 AM BOSTON – “It’s the little things that can really brighten up someone’s life especially in hard moments.” That was a Cambridge man’s reaction after having a conversation with a remarkable MBTA bus driver Thursday afternoon. Samuel Gebru was taking the 64 bus home when he started talking …
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Jun 13 2016
The MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board met again to explore more ways to privatize parts of the MBTA. Today’s meeting focused on warehouse logistics. President Jimmy O’Brien as well as several members of Local 589 questioned the savings privatization would bring as well as why it was being privatized at all since the problems …
Permanent link to this article: https://carmensunion589.org/2016/06/carmens-union-opposes-outsourcing-warehouse-logistics-jobs/
Jun 07 2016
Yesterday, the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board met to discuss privatizing the money room. President Jimmy O’Brien as well as several members of Local 589 spoke passionately against the measure citing, among others, security, safety, accountability, and quality. Below are some of the articles written about the meeting as well as some excerpts from …
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