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ST. VINCENT NURSES CONTINUE TO TAKE A STAND

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

This week, they began a plan to picket daily, until they reach an agreement.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Massachusetts Nurses Association, nurses, St. Vincent Hospital, Tenet Healthcare

ST. VINCENT NURSES TO PICKET FOR SAFER CONDITIONS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 27, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Risky practices jeopardize the health of patients and workers.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Massachusetts Nurses Association, nurses, St. Vincent Hospital, Tenet Healthcare

STATE WIRE: MANY WOMEN IN HEALTH CARE EARN LESS THAN $15 AN HOUR

Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

About three-quarters of the people working in health care jobs are women, and a new national study from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania finds a large share of them earn low wages and have few benefits.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: American Journal of Public Health, health care, hospitals, Massachusetts, nurses, pay equity

20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

QUESTIONS BEGET QUESTIONS

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted October 23, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Your ballot initiative breakdown, from patient limits, to campaign finance, to transgender rights

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: hospitals, Massachusetts, money in politics, no on 1, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Safe Patient Limits, staffing, transgender, yes on 1

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE HURRICANE CONTINUES

Written by MICHELLE SANTIAGO CORTÉS Posted February 1, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Luisa Mercedes, 53, is from Aibonito, a mountain municipality in Puerto Rico haunted by a local myth involving a llorona (Spanish for “crier”). She paints an apocalyptic picture of a world ravaged by wind and water: “We saw the cars under water where we were staying. We saw a light post ripped out at the root.” She’s wearing jeans and a puffer jacket zipped up to her chin.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Department of Transitional Assistance, doctors, education, Holyoke, licensure, Massachusetts, MassHealth, nurses, Puerto Rico, reciprocity, schools, Spanish, teachers, western Mass

SPECIAL FEATURE: WAITING FOR RECIPROCITY

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Springfield and Holyoke in particular have had an influx of displaced Puerto Ricans, coming to stay with their families, in hotels, homeless shelters, and with friends. Beyond the question of what to do for housing as winter settles in comes the concern over employment, and more specifically, what to do for people who have licensure and years of education in their professions.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Department of Transitional Assistance, doctors, education, Holyoke, licensure, Massachusetts, MassHealth, nurses, Puerto Rico, reciprocity, schools, Spanish, teachers, western Mass

STRIKE. IRON. HOT.

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 18, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

You don't need a union to take action for justice on the job

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Colored National Labor Union, history, labor, Massachusetts, New Deal, NLRA, nurses, strike, tufts, union, unions

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