Category: Announcement

Feb 05 2016

Union Meeting: Tuesday, February 16, 2016

By Local 589 Webmaster in Announcement
February 5, 2016

Dear members, The regular meeting of the membership will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Boston Teachers Union Hall, 180 Mount Vernon St., Dorchester, MA (behind the State Police Station near Columbia Rd. and Morrissey Blvd.) accessible by the Red Line. The regular order of business will be transacted. …

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Jan 29 2016

Somali man arrested for hitting MBTA bus driver

By Local 589 Webmaster in Announcement
January 29, 2016

(012616 Malden, Ma) On January 26, 2016 at approximately 12:45am Transit Police officers working in Area 2 received a radio call to respond to Malden Center MBTA station for a report of an MBTA bus operator who was assaulted. Upon arrival officers were met by the victim/MBTA employee who informed them of the following; while stopped in the Commercial Street busway a male, later identified as Mohamed Noor, 29, of Malden, entered the bus. Noor however stood in the doorway preventing the victim from closing the doors and continuing on his route. Eventually Noor boarded but refused to pay his fare, the victim explained to Noor he would have to pay his fare or exit the bus. Noor began to make verbal threats and insults towards the victim and in doing so placed other passengers in fear of their safety. When the victim refused to move the bus Noor struck the victim in the face and head with his scarf and hands. Couresty of the MBTA Transit Police

Boston Herald | By O’Ryan Johnson | Wednesday, January 27, 2016 A Somali immigrant was arrested yesterday for hitting an MBTA bus driver and records show transit cops have locked him up three times for violent assaults in less than three years, officials said. Mohamed Noor, 29, of Brookline was arrested after he boarded a …

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Jan 28 2016

D’Alessandro: T tough to fix without more money

By Local 589 Webmaster in Announcement
January 28, 2016

Former John Hancock CEO David D’Alessandro joined Jim Braude on “Greater Boston” last night to talk about a number of issues, including the T, which he explored in a review commissioned by then-Gov. Patrick in 2009. On fixing the T, D’Alessandro, whose outstanding analysis of the T was largely ignored, said: “It’s going to take …