Archive for April 2013
MBTA Displays Unifying Message
BostonInno | Hilary Milnes | April 22, 2013 Monday mornings are always a drag–traffic jams, missed alarms, and weekend withdrawals often abound as another week begins. But this Monday, a full week after the Boston Marathon attacks that resulted in a citywide lockdown and 16-hour manhunt, the brisk, sunny morning has something more than a…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed For MIT Memorial Service
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are looking for bus operators to volunteer for the Memorial Service for fallen MIT officer Sean Collier. The memorial service is this Wednesday at noon on MIT’s athletic fields. Bus operators are needed to shuttle police officers and others from the MIT community from the North Jetty and Shriner’s Auditorium…
Read MoreFamily Of Injured MBTA Officer Asks For Continued Prayers
CBS News | April 20, 2013 CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – Family members of the Transit police officer who was shot and critically wounded early Friday morning while chasing the two men wanted for the Boston Marathon bombings are thanking people for their prayers. Officer Richard Donohue, Jr., 33, remained at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on…
Read MoreT cops ‘determined to apprehend the terrorist’
Boston Herald | April 20, 2013 | By Jordan Graham When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man suspected of setting off the Boston Marathon bombs, was finally captured last night after an intense day-long manhunt, it was MBTA Transit Police officers who slapped the cuffs on the man who is accused of nearly killing one of their…
Read MoreMIT cop killed, T cop wounded
Our deepest sympathies to the family of the fallen MIT officer, enormous gratitude to the law-enforcement officials and first responders, and prayers for MBTA Officer Richard Donohue at Mount Auburn Hospital and for a peaceful end to this madness.
Read MoreATU International President Hanley Condemns Boston Bombings
Yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon was a vicious, senseless attack on innocent people that is rightly condemned by all Americans. The Amalgamated Transit Union joins President Obama in his determination to see the full weight of American justice brought to bear upon the perpetrators of this cowardly act. Our hearts and prayers go out…
Read MoreLynch and Collins Suspend Campaigns
The campaigns of Stephen Lynch for U.S. Senate and Nick Collins for Mass. State Senate have suspended all campaign-related activities for an indefinite amount of time out of respect for the victims, and family members of Monday’s tragedy. In the meantime, both candidates have asked that all energy be focused on helping the victims and their families,…
Read MoreWe will never forget this day.
On behalf of the Executive Board and all the members of the Boston Carmen’s Union, ATU Local 589, our collective hearts go out to the victims of yesterday’s senseless tragedy. We would also like to express our gratitude to all of Boston’s first responders – Boston Police, Boston Fire Department, and Boston EMS – for their heroic and…
Read MoreT czar to introduce glass partitions to protect bus drivers
Boston Herald | Thursday, April 11, 2013 | By Richard Weir The T’s planned pilot program to install partitions in bus cabs to protect drivers from being assaulted by raging riders is getting mixed review from one veteran bus driver who told the Herald today he feels the glass cages could help some operators feel…
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