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Veteran driver wins 3rd straight MBTA bus roadeo

Congrats to our union brother, Tyrell Sullivan, and all our other union brothers and sisters who competed in this past Sunday’s annual bus roadeo. This was the 3rd consecutive win for Tyrell, who operates buses on the Route 73 between Harvard Square and Waverly Square. The all-time leader of the T’s competition is the legendary …

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Why Wasn’t The Globe’s Joan Vennochi Fired A Long Time Ago?

One of our members passed along an article about the Boston Globe​’s Joan Vennochi​ (or as some like to call her―”Vennochi-O”) who was caught plagiarizing a WBUR article. Of course, Joan was never fired because she gets to play by different rules than everyone else. A more recent example of Vennochi-O “calling it in” was on …

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Bus drivers will compete in a ‘bus roadeo’ this weekend

Boston Globe | By Adam Vaccaro | Sept. 17, 2015 It’s going to be a big weekend for MBTA bus driver Tyrell Sullivan. Sullivan, a Roslindale resident who drives the Route 73 bus between Harvard Square and Waverly Square in Belmont, is the reigning champion of the T’s annual bus roadeo. The 39th edition will …

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