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Mass. Labor Leaders: Make Workplaces Safer
By Michael Norton | State House News Service | 4/26/2013 Pausing on Beacon Street in Boston to remember 32 Massachusetts workers killed on the job during 2012, including fishermen, drivers and painters, labor officials Thursday said penalties for negligent employers are inadequate and urged a tighter focus by policymakers on occupational dangers. According to a report released…
Read MoreOne Week To Go
Next Tuesday is election day for two of Local 589’s endorsed candidates: Stephen Lynch for U.S. Senate Nick Collins for Mass. State Senate As they head into the final week of their campaigns, they need our help. Below is schedule of activities for both candidates. Please find some time to help out these two great candidates…
Read MoreMBTA 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 MoreGov. Maura Healey Appoints Phillip Eng as New MBTA General Manager
The MBTA will soon welcome a fresh face to its team as Phillip Eng comes out of retirement to serve as the agency’s next general manager. Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca announced Monday that they would appoint Eng to the role, which has been filled by Interim General…
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 MoreCongrats to Rail Rodeo Winners
Congratulations to the winners as well as all those who competed in today’s Rail Rodeo at Riverside Yard. Click here to see more photos.
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…
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