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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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RECYCLING FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

WILL BOSTON SET A NEW REGIONAL PRECEDENT AND FINALLY PAY RECYCLING WORKERS A LIVING WAGE?

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted April 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: LIVING ON SCRAPS

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 12, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston is aiming to achieve “zero waste,” which some say can create more living-wage jobs. Is part of this lofty goal rooted in the region’s dirtiest hypocrisy?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

A EULOGY FOR GRATUITIES AS WAGES

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Terms of Service

It’s time to curb service industry harassment by ending dependence on tipping

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Terms of Service Tagged With: Boston, gratuities, Haley Hamilton, harassment, Juliet, Massachusetts, restaurant industry, ROC, Saru Jayaraman, Terms of Service, wages

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