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BOLD EAGLES: FOLLOWING DISAPPOINTING CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON STUDENT LABOR, BC’S GRADUATE UNION PUSHES HARDER

Written by GRACE SYMES Posted August 1, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

This is not the first time BCGEU-UAW has caught the attention of the Boston City Council, which passed the Resolution Affirming the Rights of Graduate Student Workers to Organize for Fair Working Conditions in April to specifically call out BC’s treatment of their graduate student workers.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BC, BCGEU-UAW, Boston, Boston City Council, Boston College, graduate student union, labor, Lydia Edwards, unions

MADISON PERKS: LONG-STRUGGLING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PROVIDES NEW OPPS FOR STUDENTS IN TRADES

Written by ROB KATZ Posted April 10, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“There’s so much work here, and the workforce is minimally women. Now they know they can come here and get the percentage raised.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPS, ed, high school, labor, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Massachusetts, unions, vocational schools

GUEST OPINION: IT’S TIME TO CONFRONT THE POWER IMBALANCE AT EMERSON

Written by ANNA FEDER Posted April 5, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

"Emerson has an opportunity to lead on issues of gender equity through a good first contract. Unfortunately, the administration is insisting on a compensation plan that still includes merit pay as a significant portion of possible raises, doled out at the discretion of a supervisor."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Anna Feder, arts, Boston, Emerson, emerson college, faculty, Film, labor, metoo, pay equality, unions, universities

BLOOD SUCKERS: CALL CENTER WORKERS BATTLE ABUSIVE CUSTOMERS, MANAGERS, BEDBUGS

Written by EOIN HIGGINS Posted November 28, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

This time, it was an infestation in the company’s third- and fourth-floor call centers at 294 Washington St in Downtown Crossing. The bed bugs issue, which has reportedly been a problem since April and continues to plague the company’s Boston offices, was the tipping point for SimpliSafe workers.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: bedbugs, conservative radio, conservative television, harassment, labor, organizing, SimpliSafe, unions, workers

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

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

GENERAL STRIKE: IS THE TRUMP VICTORY SPARKING THE RETURN OF LABOR’S MOST POWERFUL TACTIC?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 22, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A general strike is called to cause serious economic disruption aimed at bringing corporations and the government to their knees on a single issue, a group of issues, or even to overthrow the current political economic system itself.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Donald Trump, General Strike, Globe, history, Jason Pramas, labor, New York, Oakland General Strike, Shirley Leung, Taft-Hartley Act, unions, wildcat strike, workers

UMASS CAMBRIDGE: MAKING HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUBLIC WILL SOLVE ITS WORKERS’ PROBLEMS—AND THE COMMONWEALTH’S HIGHER ED CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If you really want to help the Harvard dining hall workers and much of the population of Massachusetts in the bargain, help start political movements to demand structural reform of the state university system.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Apparent Horizon, Beacon Hill, BINJ, Cambridge, Dining Hall Workers, endowment, harvard, higher ed, Ivy League, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, strike, UMass, UMASS-Boston, unions, Unite 26, University of Massachusetts

FIGHT WHERE YOU STAND

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 13, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Organizing for democracy on the job can spark a movement for democracy nationwide.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Antonio Negri, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, Jason Pramas, labor rights, Michael Hardt, organized labor, protests, unions, workforce

KILL SHOT 2: MASS PUBLIC HIGHER ED STILL ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 12, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Will campus advocates spark a rebellion for proper funding or cling to failed politics as usual?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: adjunct faculty, austerity, Beacon Hill, entire UMass system, Faculty Staff Union, funding, legislature, Massachusetts, UMass, UMASS-Boston, union, unions

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