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State Wire: Sen. Markey Rallies with Unions, Airport Workers in DC

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted December 9, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Just as airplanes don't fly without pilots, our aviation system at airports would crash without airport service workers"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: labor, news, news to us

State Wire: Citing Unfair Labor Practices, Logan Airport Service Workers Strike

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted December 8, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"They are often working short-staffed, and it makes it really hard for them to do their jobs effectively and on time."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: labor, Logan Airport, news, news to us

How Did Comm Ave Starbucks Workers Make Out After 2 Months Of Striking? We Asked Them … 

Written by JOSH HALPERN Posted October 3, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Seeing the outpouring of support from people all over the Boston area has renewed a lot of our faith in the community.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, labor, news, news to us

COFFEE SHOP WORKERS ORGANIZE, INSPIRE OTHERS

Written by CHRIS HUES Posted November 17, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I don’t think any of us knew what the union was going to do or how big it was going to be.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, labor, news

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SAY PUT FRONTLINE WORKERS FIRST

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Labor and community groups are asking that American Rescue Plan funds be invested in frontline workers and communities disproportionately impacted by COVID

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, COVID, labor, workers

BEWARE ASTROTURF GROUPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mass rideshare, delivery, and real estate industries gearing up propaganda campaigns to convince working people to vote against our own interests

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, astroturf, Boston, Column, corporation, Democracy, DoorDash, gig work, Housing, human rights, Instacart, Jason Pramas, labor, Lyft, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, propaganda, Real Estate, rent control, renter, Uber, worker

LETTER: SNAP BENEFITS FOR AMAZON WORKERS

Written by DON SOLOMON Posted April 29, 2021 Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

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I've been a Dig reader for a long time and read with interest your article on Amazon's low wages being subsidized with SNAP benefits (There's a Cure for Amazon's SNAP Abuse, DigBoston, March 23, 2021).

Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, analysis, Benefits, labor, SNAP, welfare, worker

THERE’S A CURE FOR AMAZON’S SNAP ABUSE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 23, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"amazon warehouse" by hnnbz is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The labor movement needs to fight harder for justice for gig workers

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: activist, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Benefits, Column, contingent, contractor, day labor, Democracy, Employment, gig, independent contractor, Jason Pramas, job, labor, legislation, organize, part time, policy, precarious, PRO Act, reform, regulation, temp, union, wages, worker, working conditions

AS LABOR SECRETARY, WILL MARTY WALSH REPRESENT ALL WORKERS?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 2, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Miami protestors support the “Fight for 15,” a campaign for a higher minimum wage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Or just unionized construction workers… and the corporations that fund the Democrats

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, building trades, Column, criticism, Democracy, Jason Pramas, labor, laborers, LIUNA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, mayor, policy, Politics, President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor, union, worker

RADICAL AND RELEVANT: THE LIFE OF HARRY BRILL

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted January 17, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics

Harry Brill. Photo courtesy of Gary Zabel.

Harry frequently argued that capitalism is barely distinguishable from organized crime. For example, he investigated the connection between insurance companies and automobile manufacturers on the one hand and car thieves on the other.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics Tagged With: bay area, Berkeley, Brooklyn College, California, Carol Brill, Democracy, Harry Brill, labor, Obituary, organizer, radical, socialist, sociologist, UCal Berkeley, UMASS-Boston

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