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Service, smiles
Boston Globe – By Eric Moskowitz – October 10, 2010 There were more pigeons than people circling South Station when John Perez rolled in one morning, a few minutes early for his 5:45 a.m. shift. Over 26 years, Perez has logged more than 6,000 workdays as an MBTA bus driver, token collector, and Red Line…
Read MoreBrother Bailey Saves Life
A quick-thinking 36-year-veteran Green Line instructor, John Bailey, plucked a badly injured passenger from a burning taxi just moments before the mangled cab burst into a fireball after flying airborne into a tree along the Mystic Valley Parkway in Arlington yesterday. Here’s brother Bailey’s account from an interview with NECN:
Read MoreBoston Carmen's Union Endorses State Senator Marc Pacheco
Carmen Walking For Cancer
Keep America Moving Coalition Rally
MBTA Retirees Urged to Complete Survey
Earlier today, Local 589 President/Business Manager Stephan MacDougall and Recording Secretary John Clancy sent a letter to MBTA retirees asking them to complete a brief questionnaire to ensure that the union has up-to-date information on all retirees. This action comes as Local 589 and other MBTA unions are filing suit alleging that changes to MBTA…
Read MoreToy and Clothing Drive for Children
The Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 is partnering with the MBTA and Radio 92.9 to ask riders and the general public to “fill a bus” with new toys and clothes for local children in need. The “Fill-A-Bus” drive MBTA bus is parked at JFK Station each day through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Read MoreMan ordered to stay away from T driver
By Travis Andersen – Boston Globe Staff A Somerville man has been ordered to stay away from an MBTA bus driver he allegedly assaulted because of her race in July, under a civil rights injunction obtained by the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley, her office announced today.
Read MoreRadio Spot Featuring Sister Charice Lewis
Working Massachusetts has kicked off a statewide radio campaign to educate the public about the positive impact public sector workers have on the daily lives of all the Commonwealth’s residents, and to improve the public’s opinon of public sector workers and unions. Among those featured in their first commercials is our very own – Sister…
Read MoreMan charged with threatening to shoot riders on T bus
By Jenna Duncan, Boston Globe A man who threatened to shoot riders on an MBTA bus Tuesday morning was arraigned today in Dorchester District Court on a variety of charges, officials said.
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