Left to right: Local 888 Legal Director John Magner, Local 888 Executive Secretary Treasurer and Boston Police Department steward Marc Parker, Boston Police Department Unit President Mike Shackford, and Local 888 President Tom McKeever.
The Boston Police Department (BPD) dispatch unit located at BPD headquarters recently negotiated the best wage increase in Local 888 history. These historic increases were 16.5% to 32.5% setting unprecedented gains for the hard workers that intake emergency calls for the entire City of Boston. “It was a grueling process, but these workers were due a pay adjustment for the things they hear and see while dispatching on emergencies. These emergencies include murders, shootings, stabbings, all types of traumas, directing callers in resuscitation, sexual assaults, domestic violence, and kidnappings. For what these workers deal with – I vowed to secure them a decent pay increase,” said President Tom McKeever.