
Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting
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Written by COLE ROSENGREN Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting
Written by COLE ROSENGREN Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling ...
Written by COLE ROSENGREN Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Boston is aiming to achieve “zero waste,” which some say can create more living-wage jobs. Is part of this lofty goal rooted in the region’s dirtiest hypocrisy?
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
No sooner did the Supreme Judicial Court shoot down the “millionaires’ tax” referendum question last week than the Mass ... read more
Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
What tipped workers should know about the Fight for $15
Written by CHRISTINA BARNES Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
'I work two jobs not by choice but because I don’t receive enough hours at either job to cover my basic needs to support my family. With each paycheck that I earn I have to stretch.'
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“I am fighting for a decent paycheck. I never thought I would be in the streets protesting, but I can’t survive on what I make now.”
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
What doesn't make sense is why SEIU pulled out 500 people onto a chilly windswept hill in suburban New Hampshire to protest for a laudable reform that their chosen presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, absolutely does not support.
Written by LUKAS VRBKA Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
New Hampshire activists ask for “platform based on community’s needs”
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM