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Editorial: Attack on MBTA bus driver highlights need for more protections

Boston Globe | MARCH 12, 2013 The senseless attack on an MBTA bus driver in Dorchester by a group of teenagers Saturday should be a call to action to step up protections for vulnerable T employees. Police report 22 cases of assaults or threats against T drivers so far this year — an alarming statistic …

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T workers’ union calls for passage of bill to crack down on assaults on drivers

By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff The union that represents thousands of MBTA workers says an attack on a bus driver by more than a dozen teens underlines the need to crack down on assaults on public transit workers. “The Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 is relieved and thankful that the Bus Driver, attacked in …

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MBTA bus driver beaten by mob

Boston Herald | By John Zaremba | Sunday, March 10, 2013 An MBTA bus driver was pummeled by up to 15 attackers while on his route in Dorchester early yesterday, MBTA cops said. The victim, identified as a 53-year-old man, was driving the Route 16 bus on Columbia Road at Geneva Avenue about 1:15 a.m. …

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