Join riders and workers from across the State on Wednesday, May 16th @ 11AM on the Statehouse Steps as we gather to protect transit systems across the state by launching the Green Justice Coalition’s campaign – Public Transit–Public Good. Leaders will speak out FOR fair short-term fixes and meaningful long-term solutions and AGAINST regressive proposals…
05/02/2012 | By Travis Andersen | Boston Globe Assaults on MBTA bus drivers and other employees are on the rise, officials said today outside a T board meeting, and transit police are fighting back. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the MBTA, said 24 bus drivers were spat on last year, and 12 spitting incidents have…
By Eric Moskowitz | Globe Staff | April 29, 2012 If it’s not rush hour and you’re waiting for the Green Line, get ready to come up front: All four branches of the trolley line will soon keep rear doors closed at most above-ground stops, cutting down on free rides as part of a broader…
By Globe Staff – April 26, 2012 An 18-year-old Roxbury man is facing charges he menaced an MBTA bus driver on April 18, while MBTA Transit Police continue to search for a second man who spat in the driver’s face during the same incident.
April 25, 2012 | CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Police arrested a man for spitting in the face of a Silver Line operator in Boston on Wednesday. Sean Stuart, 43, was arrested shortly after the incident, which occurred at 10 a.m. at the corner of Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Stuart allegedly refused to pay…
Boston Herald | Renee Nadeau Algarin | April 23, 2012 The MBTA has released surveillance video of two teens who allegedly spit at and threatened a bus driver last week in hopes of bringing them to justice. The incident took place around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday after a suspect believed to be in his late teens…
Delegate Patrick Hogan reports that twelve Local 589 bus drivers volunteered their time and skills to pay tribute to Norfolk County Deputy Sheriff Ryan Tvelia who was killed in a motorcycle accident recently. These Local 589 members continued a tradition of paying tribute to fallen Police and Fire Fighters by providing transportation for the funeral…
MBTA Police Chief Paul MacMillan and Deputy Chief Joseph O’Connor met this morning with Local 589 to address the growing number of assaults on T workers. President/BA John Lee, Recording Secretary John Clancy, Delegate Patrick Hogan, Assistant Secretary Peggy LaPaglia and Legislative Agent Richard Guiney meet with T Police leadership for two hours at Local…
Don’t miss the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston Carmen’s Union featuring Comedian Lenny Clarke. This is a once in a lifetime event with great food, fun, drink, dancing, and a lot of laughs. Where: Harborview Room at the Seaport World Trade Center When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, doors open at 6pm. Tickets: $50 –…
The Executive Board and members of the Boston Carmen’s Union joined with the ATU to demand funding for public transportation at an April 4th State House Rally. The ATU sponsored a national day for workers and riders to join together to urge funding public transportation services across America. The April 4th National Rally coincided…
The results are in from the April 2nd Special Election for Local 589 Financial Secretary-Treasurer. Jim Evers was elected by the membership of the Boston Carmen’s Union ATU to fill the position of Financial Secretary-Treasure with 492 votes to Paul Eid’s 421 votes. Local 589 President/Business Agent John Lee congratulated Brother Evers on behalf…
On the anniversary of Dr. King’s death, April 4, transit workers join together with the occupy movement and transit passengers across the country to honor Dr. King’s legacy. Dr. King declared, transit systems in most American cities…have become a genuine civil rights issue…If transportation systems in American cities could be laid out so as to…
On the anniversary of Dr. King’s death, April 4, transit workers join together with the occupy movement and transit passengers across the country to honor Dr. King’s legacy. Dr. King declared “transit systems in most American cities…have become a genuine civil rights issue…If transportation systems in American cities could be laid out so as to…
Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 members joined Machinists Union members at a Sunday rally in Norwood to protest the lack of a contract at Boch Motors. Workers at Boch Motors voted over a year ago to become members of the IAM and to date Boch
Don’t forget that the general election for Financial Secretary/Treasurer is Monday, April 2, 2012. Voting is between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Boston Teachers Union Hall, 180 Mount Vernon Street in Dorchester, MA. Click here to see a sample ballot.