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Market Basket Workers, Customers United for “Artie T”

July 27, 2014 By john-hosty-grinnell

  The Market Basket board of directors faces unified opposition from both workers and customers who want the board to either reinstate ousted former CEO Arthur T. Demoulas (Artie T), or allow him to purchase the company. Judging by … [Read more...]

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“Si se puede!” Thousands March for May Day in East Boston

May 2, 2013 By massuniting

In East Boston yesterday, chants of "Si se puede!" echoed throughout the city as more than 1,000 immigrant workers and community allies descended on Central Square in a massive call for improved wages, safer working conditions and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chelsea, east-boston, everett, immigration, march, may-day, rally, revere, workers

Happy 100th Birthday to the Minimum Wage! And Many Happy Returns.

June 4, 2012 By geraldfriedman

In a quiet ceremony on June 4, 1912, Governor Eugene Foss signed the nation's first statute for a minimum wage, "An Act Establishing the Minimum Wage Commission for the Determination of Minimum Wages for Women and Minors." While it may seem … [Read more...]

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Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Worker Leader and Time 100 Honoree, Will Speak at the Boston Care Congress on June 16th

June 3, 2012 By jbrelsfo

Ai-Jen Poo, a gifted community organizer recently honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak at the Greater Boston Care Congress on June 16th. The Congress will launch the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

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Corporations get bailed out, we get laid off…

September 27, 2009 By Rand Wilson

"Working families have been hit the hardest by this recession -- building trades, health care workers, manufacturing workers and public employees," said Robert Haynes, President of Massachusetts AFL-CIO.  "Despite signs that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, jobless-recovery, jobs-with-justice, march, rally, unions, workers

Low prices, low wages, low employment

August 6, 2009 By kirth

How does that last part happen? Like this:A Montana farm sold mint to an American toothpaste company. One day the toothpaste company mysteriously ceased its orders. Wal-Mart, the toothpaste company explained, had decided that by its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: employment, wal-mart, workers, workplace

Will Walmart live up to their PR on Health Care this time?

July 10, 2009 By wuwm

Despite all of their feel-good rhetoric, the reality is that <a href="http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2009/05/walmarts_new_ad.html" target="_blank">nearly half of Walmart’s 675,000 employees – not to mention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, labor, obama, wal-mart, walmart, workers

Harvard Students, Workers Fight Layoffs (W/ VIDEO)

April 21, 2009 By seth-pearce

In an open letter to Harvard University President Drew Faust, co-signed my many organizations including Harvard's Undergraduate Council SLAM writes: We write to you as members of the Harvard community because we are concerned with our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, campus, harvard, labor, layoffs, protest, students, workers

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