Committee for Justice for Hector Rivas
Safety for Workers, Students, Community
Seated Left to Right - Don Boehner, President UAW 1596, Tony Hernandez Organizer Painters and Allied Trades D.35, Frantz Mendes President USW 8751, City Councilors Sam Yoon and Charles Yancey, Javier Ortiz (son of Hector Rivas), Cassandra Clark Mazariegos, Rosa Parks Committee, City Councilors Chuck Turner and Felix Arroyo, Bishop Filipe Teixeira. Standing (l-r) - Dorothea Manuela Chair New Mission High School, sister and 3 nieces of Hector Rivas, Rachel Nasca, Women's Fightback Network
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 6:30 PM
U.S.W Local 8751 Boston School Bus Union Union Hall
25 Colgate Rd. Roslindale
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Justice for Hector Rivas Committee on March 9, 2007, the first anniversary of Hector's death at First Student Corporation's Freeport Street Yard, the scene of the death.
December 12, 2006
City Council Hearing
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 6:00 PM
Boston City Council Hearing on School Bus Safety
Boston City Council Chamber, 5th Floor, City Hall
Hector Rivas, a mechanic for the Boston Public School busses and United Auto Workers (UAW) member, passed away on March 9, 2006. He was found unconscious at First Students Inc's Freeport Street yard after inhaling carbon monoxide while starting the school buses on a cold winter morning. First Student had been using gasoline powered jump starters that are located in an enclosed service truck. For over two years UAW local 1596, mechanics union, had urged First Student to ventilate the trucks at a cost of between 25-40 dollars a vehicle. Management refused!
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