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Local 589 Members Approve Two By-law Changes
By a two-thirds vote of Boston Carmen's Union members attending the morning and evening union meetings held on May 27th, two changes that effect dues for Local 589 members have been approved.
The first By-law change approved by a vote of the membership was a change in the dues structure for all Local 589 members. The change to Section 46A creates a new structure at $16 per week, replacing the
$52 per month in the By-laws.
President/Business Agent Steve MacDougall stressed that the dues increase was to strengthen the Union's General Fund after a costly round of research, legal work and arbitration that saw Local 589 members pay almost $440,000 leading into the pending arbitration. President MacDougall noted that the increase was for administrative costs and future fights and did not represent an increase in any Executive Board members' salary nor increases in spending on other issues.
A second By-law change, capping the amount of dues paid by retirees, passed overwhelmingly
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