This Union Is Standing By Their...Man

Most of you should have heard about the trolley car crash in Boston the Friday before Mother’s Day. Now we find out that the driver was not hired for his driving abilities. He was hired because he used to be a she. Great qualifications for the job, eh?

The driver was hired under a minority hiring process because of his “female to male transgendered” status. They ignored his multiple speeding tickets, some of which he got before he was hired. He brags on the internet he was one of the transit authority’s first transgendered hires.

The crash was caused by the driver, who admitted he was texting his girlfriend instead of noticing the stopped trolley car in front of him. The trolley ran a yellow light, then ran a red light and slammed into the parked trolley, injuring 46 and causing almost $10 million in damages.

There was a hearing after which the driver was justifiably fired. He could still possibly face criminal charges. Stand by for all kinds of advocates to come out of the woodwork to support the driver, despite the fact he was dead wrong and deserves to be canned and charged.

The only peep out of the union so far has been to challenge the new regulation issued that a trolley driver caught using a cell phone while on the job will result in immediate dismissal. They could care less for the safety of the passengers, they only care about those who pay dues, like most unions.