Item Live | Thomas Grillo | July 24, 2017 LYNN — The Boston Carmen’s Union honored a passenger who intervened when a knife-wielding passenger stabbed an MBTA bus driver. Charles Rozopoulos was treated to a pizza party and awarded a black union jacket by the union Monday, the same one worn by T drivers. …
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Feb 17 2017
Local 589 Offers Condolences for Slain ATU Bus Driver in Canada
Of behalf of all the members of the Boston Carmen’s Union, Local 589’s Executive Board would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of brother Irvine Fraser and our union brothers and sisters at Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505. Brother Fraser was a 58-year-old Winnipeg Transit driver and member of ATU, Local 1505. …
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Oct 30 2016
MBTA trolley operator assaulted by man in Halloween mask, officials say
Fox 25 | Oct 30, 2016 – 12:30 PM BOSTON – An MBTA employee was attacked at the Cedar Grove Station late Saturday night by a man wearing a Halloween mask and costume, according to transit officials. The MBTA said a 45-year-old trolley operator was assaulted on the Mattapan line at the Cedar Grove Station …
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