March 10, 2023
A former Massachusetts bus driver and union president settled a suit Thursday that claimed a transportation contractor illegally fired him for giving a television interview about budget cuts, ending a suit that was dismissed, then revived by the First Circuit.
March 16, 2021
A Massachusetts municipal bus driver and union president was fired for doing a TV news interview while driving and not because he spoke out about looming budget cuts during it, a federal judge said Tuesday in an order tossing the driver's free speech suit.