Tag: State Senator Sal DiDomenico

Public Transit Workers Gain Assault Protections in Mass. Budget

Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 Hails Passage of Language that Allows Police to Arrest Persons Suspected of Assaulting an MBTA Worker Facing an increasing number of assaults on transit workers, including incidents from spitting to punching, the Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589 hailed the passage of language in the state budget that will …

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Local 589 President Testifies at State House

Members of the Committee on the Judiciary listen to testimony in the Gardner Auditorium at the Massachusetts State House.

This past Tuesday, Local 589’s President John Lee testified at the State House in support of legislation, S 718,  to help stem the rise of attacks on MBTA employees. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sal DiDomenico, would allow police, with probable cause, to arrest suspects who assault public employees. As the law stands now, unless a police officer actually sees …

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