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THE CASE FOR NO MORE COPAYS

Written by MARIA TERMINI Posted February 4, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

We cannot let this system continue. Our health is very important. We cannot be complacent and accept the health care system we have as the way things are.

Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Healthcare, Medicare for All, minimum wage

GATEHOUSE EDITORIAL FLACKS FOR MASS RETAILERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Calls for undermining the rising statewide minimum wage with a subminimum wage for teens

 

A couple of days back I picked up a Cambridge Chronicle newspaper at a takeout joint I frequent. Opened it up. Skimmed the top story, and the week’s arrests. Then moved ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, Cambridge Chronicle, capitalism, child labor, Column, contingent work, economy, GateHouse Media, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, minimum wage, neoliberal, Politics, Retailers Association of Massachusetts, socialism, subminimum wage

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

NATIONAL WIRE: RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS TEENS, FAMILIES

Written by ANDREA SEARS Posted January 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A new study from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says raising the minimum wage has little impact on teen unemployment, but can have a big impact on teens and their families.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, lawmakers, legislature, Mass, Massachusetts, minimum wage, State House

TIP HAPPENS: ABOUT TRUMP’S PROPOSED CHANGES TO GRATUITY SHARING

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted December 12, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Terms of Service

The proposition would allow tips to be shared with staff who are currently federally excluded from getting tips, mainly kitchen crew and support staff.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Terms of Service Tagged With: Donald Trump, gratuities, Massachusetts, minimum wage, Restaurants, Terms of Service, tipping

TERMS OF SERVICE: RAISING UP RESTAURANT WORKERS

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted October 3, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

What tipped workers should know about the Fight for $15

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Fight For 15, Haley Hamilton, minimum wage, Raise Up, Restaurants, Terms of Service, tipped workers, tips

GUEST COLUMN: ‘THIS LABOR DAY I’M GOING ON STRIKE…’

Written by CHRISTINA BARNES Posted August 31, 2017 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.'

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Fast Food, Fight For 15, labor day, McDonald's, minimum wage, organizing, union, unions

THE FIGHT FOR $15 CONTINUES (WHETHER YOU’RE WATCHING OR NOT)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 29, 2016 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.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, east boston, Fast Food, Fight For 15, labor organizing, living wage, Logan Airport, Mariama White-Hammond, minimum wage, SEIU, State House, state legislature, union

MANCHESTER DIVIDED: SEIU ‘FIGHTS FOR $15’ IN NH WHILE ITS CANDIDATE FIGHTS FOR $12

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 8, 2016 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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Bernie Sanders, bird-dogging, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Christie, Christians, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Fight For 15, Fiorina, FITN, Granite State Organizing Project, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, livable wage, living wage, Manchester, Manchester Divided, Marco Rubio, minimum wage, New Hampshire, Newbury, polls, primaries, Primary, Protest, Radisson, SEIU, Ted Cruz

MANCHESTER DIVIDED: PROTEST PREP

Written by LUKAS VRBKA Posted February 4, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

New Hampshire activists ask for “platform based on community’s needs”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, bird-dogging, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Fight For 15, Fiorina, FITN, Granite State Organizing Project, Hillary Clinton Activism, Iowa, John Kasich, livable wage, living wage, Manchester, Manchester Divided, Marco Rubio, minimum wage, New Hampshire, Newbury, polls, primaries, Primary, Protest, Radisson, SEIU, Ted Cruz

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