Category: Announcement

MBTA: Bus driver rescues BPD bomb robot

Boston Herald | Laurel J. Sweet | October 15, 2013 A cop robot fell out the back of a Boston Police Department Bomb Squad truck that hit a Massachusetts Avenue pothole this morning — but an eagle-eyed T bus driver rescued the device, authorities said. “It appears the rear door of one of the department’s …

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Starving MBTA will stunt Boston’s growth

Boston Globe | Paul McMorrow | Oct. 8, 2013 Boston is growing at a pace not seen in the better part of a century. The city now has more residents than it has at any point since the 1970s, and has arrived at the renaissance moment city leaders have been chasing for 60 years. There’s no …

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Spilka Addresses Mass. AFL-CIO Convention

Karen Spilka Addresses Massachusetts AFL-CIO Convention

State Senator Karen Spilka, Local 589’s endorsed candidate for U.S. Congress in the 5th District Special Democratic Primary, was a featured speaker at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Convention. Senator Spilka spoke to a packed hall in Plymouth highlighting her 93% Life time Labor Voting Record and making her case that she is the best candidate for …

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