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State Wire: Voc-Tech Schools in Mass Help Reduce Skills Gap

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted November 14, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"The worst thing that can happen is for a youngster to finish high school, barely pass MCAS, and have no skills."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: education, jobs, news

Opinion: Change Boston’s Manufacturing Strategy Or We’ll Miss Out On High-Paying Jobs

Written by ED GASKIN Posted April 26, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Many in government wrongly believe Boston can’t become a manufacturing hub

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: economy, jobs, news, opinion, Tech

TOWARD A SHORTER WORK WEEK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

ILGWU Local 62 marches in a Labor Day parade - photo courtesy of the Kheel Center.

Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Employment, epidemic, Finland, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, quarantine, shorter work week, social democrat, Social Democratic Party, socialist, unemployment

OPEN LETTER TO UMASS PRESIDENT MEEHAN FROM UNIVERSITY UNIONS

Written by UMASS UNIONS UNITED Posted May 13, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by Joseph Ramsey

Demands job protections, engagement with students, staff, and faculty on reopening campuses

Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, jobs, labor, letter, Marty Meehan, Massachusetts, opinion, slider, UMass, union

THERE IS NOTHING ‘VOLUNTARY’ ABOUT WORKING BAD JOBS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Apparent Horizon, Ben Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Boston Herald, co-operative, Column, contingent work, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, Elections, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Mondragon, policy, Politics, propaganda, social democracy, socialism, worker

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS FALL INTERNS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 22, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

(Interested candidates, please read this whole editorial)

 

At DigBoston, we like to have a lot of interns working for us at all times. Particularly college journalism students who will soon be seeking jobs as full-time newspaper ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: DigBoston, economy, editorial, education, Fall, intern, internship, Jason Pramas, jobs, Journalism, Politics, reporter

HOW TO DO PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION FOR DIGBOSTON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 24, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

DigBoston covers by former interns Kuresse Bolds (left) and Murray (right)

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: commission, contract, DigBoston, editorial, Employment, how-to, illustration, illustrator, image, Jason Pramas, jobs, Journalism, labor market, photographer, Photography, visual art

PIZZA BARONS LAY OFF 1,100: PAPA GINO’S & D’ANGELO WORKERS NEED TO ORGANIZE FOR JUSTICE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 7, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Mainstream press coverage of mass layoffs like Sunday’s shutdown of almost 100 Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo fast food restaurants generally looks upon such tragic events through a glass, darkly. Because journalism in the service of the rich and powerful is a ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, D'Angelo, Jason Pramas, jobs, justice, labor, layoff, malfeasance, minimum wage, Papa Gino's, PGHC, union, WARN Act

GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 7, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, economy, encampment, Greenfield, Health, Healthcare, Homeless, homelessness, Housing, Jason Pramas, jobs, Mayor William Martin, news, opiates, policy, Politics, poor, poverty, public, Western Massachusetts

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief

 

What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: boondoggle, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Redevelopment Authority, building, capitalism, construction, corporation, corruption, criticism, deal, fort point, GE, General Electric, Giveaway, Gov Charlie Baker, headquarters, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, Necco, PILOT, PR, Procter & Gamble, public, public relations, scam, scheme, tax breaks

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