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Written by MATTEO URELLA Filed Under: MUSIC
An MC known for never stopping pushes through pandemic times
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
A "Frontline First" Labor Day event to support workers' rights
Written by GRACE SYMES 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.
Written by ROB KATZ 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.”
Written by ANNA FEDER 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."
Written by EOIN HIGGINS 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.
Written by CHRISTINA BARNES 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.'
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
You don't need a union to take action for justice on the job
Written by JASON PRAMAS 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.
Written by JASON PRAMAS 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.