Announcement
Greater Boston Labor Council Recommends Endorsement of Nick Collins for State Senate
On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Greater Boston Central Labor Council voted by a two-thirds super-majority to recommend the endorsement of Nick Collins for State Senator in the special election on April 30th. Collins, a current State Representative, is running for the open 1st Suffolk District seat formerly held by Jack Hart. After hearing presentations from all three…
Read MoreMan arrested for threatening MBTA operator
On March 23, 2013 at approximately 9:00 pm Transit Police officers from Area 3 responded to Ashmont MBTA station for a report of a trolley operator being assaulted. Upon arrival officers interviewed the victim/T employee who stated the following: while at Ashmont T station she was angrily approached by a male, later identified as James…
Read MoreTeen throws soda can at Green Line driver, misses
Universal Hub | By adamg | 3/27/13 Four teens got into an argument with a Green Line operator around 4:45 p.m. at the BU West Station. The MBTA reports one of them threw a soda can at the driver. He missed, but T police nabbed him and now he faces a court appearance for assault with…
Read MoreGelzinis: Nick Collins a man for all neighborhoods
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 By: Peter Gelzinis Try as I might, I simply cannot imagine my former state senator, William M. Bulger, ever gathering supporters for a standout at the intersection of Geneva Avenue and Bowdoin Street, the ground zero of Boston’s often turbulent inner city. But times change. Nick Collins, the 31-year-old Southie state…
Read MoreDocumentary: Taken For A Ride
Why Does America Have the Worst Public Transit in the Industrialized World, and the Most Freeways? Taken for a Ride reveals the tragic and little known story of an auto and oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle streetcar lines. Across the nation, tracks were torn up, sometimes overnight, and diesel buses placed…
Read MorePublic Transit Public Good Coalition
Today the ATU Mass. Legislative Council met with our Public Transit Public Good Coalition to discuss transit funding and legislation at the Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council. Click here to see more photos from the meeting.
Read MoreBus Operator Assaulted – Arrest Made
On March 20, 2013 at approximately 1:03 pm Transit Police officers from Area 3 received a radio call to respond to the area of 51 Geneva Avenue for a report of an MBTA bus operator being assaulted. Upon arrival officers interviewed the operator/victim who stated he was spat upon by a male, later identified as KiDante Roberts, 18 of Dorchester. Victim…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed For Stand Outs For Rep. Nick Collins
Local 589 will be holding stands out for Rep. Nick Collins who is running for State Senate. There has been no better friend to us in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that Rep. Nick Collins. He has been there for us so it’s time we are there for him. Volunteers are needed for the following…
Read MoreHelp us ID this person
Transit Police detectives are seeking to identify the female subject depicted in this video. If you know the identity or whereabouts of this individual please contact the Transit Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 617-222-1050. On Saturday March 9, 2013, at approximately 3:20pm, A bus operator was assaulted by a female suspect at Ashmont Station. The female suspect spat…
Read MoreTransit Police Arrest Teenager in ‘Senseless Attack’ on Bus Driver
Boston Globe | By Brian Ballou and John R. Ellement | March 13, 2013 The attorney for an 18-year-old Roxbury man accused of participating in a group attack Saturday on an MBTA bus driver said today that her client punched the driver, but only as an instinctive reaction after he, too, came under attack by…
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