Mass. Labor News

Teachers Rally As Schools Cut $60M

Josh Waxman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:14:52 -0400

School committee members voted through a sweeping package of cuts and layoffs aimed at closing a $60 million shortfall as hundreds of horn-blowing, sign-toting teachers, custodians and parents mobbed school department headquarters last night in a raucous protest.

Labor Union Rally Outside Bank of America

Josh Waxman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:49:12 -0400

Click the headline to view a video of the March 24th labor rally outside of Bank of America in Boston

VOTER, COMMUNITY GROUPS JOIN TO OPPOSE SALES TAX ROLLBACK - State House News Service.

Josh Waxman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:01:34 -0500

Advocates for voter participation and for low-income families are joining forces in an effort to defeat initiative petitions that would chop the state sales tax to 3 percent from 6.25 percent and repeal the new state sales tax on alcohol purchases.

Northampton City Council Backs Living Wage

John Drinkwater — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:18 -0500

With working families trying to stretch every dollar to make ends meet, the City Council in Northampton, Mass., last night unanimously gave final approval to a resolution defining a living wage as a human right.

Groups rally for job creation

John Drinkwater — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:53:48 -0500

Community groups and unions who want to put the state’s 307,900 unemployed workers back on the job are rallying at the State House for a federal proposal to create 1 million jobs nationwide.

Wal-Mart will pay $40m to workers

John Drinkwater — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:06:16 -0500

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has agreed to pay $40 million to as many as 87,500 current and former employees in Massachusetts, the largest wage-and-hour class-action settlement in the state’s history.

Hospital staffers vote yes on union

John Drinkwater — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:05:02 -0400

Nearly 600 workers at Norwood Hospital, ranging from respiratory therapists to housekeepers, will join the Service Employees International Union as the result of an election yesterday.

Massachusetts AFL-CIO and Boston unions Rally over Layoffs

Alyson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:54:16 -0400

"Hundreds of angry union workers marched through downtown Boston yesterday to protest recent layoffs at the Hyatt Hotel and planned cutbacks at other firms including Verizon."

Casino Jobs Aren't Enough - Boston Globe

Tony Barletta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:17:44 -0400

Whether to build casinos in Massachusetts is an issue that merits spirited debate. But casinos alone aren’t nearly enough to make up for the Commonwealth’s failure to grow jobs. Regardless of how the casino debate turns out, state policymakers should spend far more time and effort on reforms that will spur substantial long-term job growth.

Massachusetts Casino Plan Would Bring Much Needed Jobs - Casino Gambling Web

Tony Barletta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:32:21 -0400

"The economic impact of casinos in Massachusetts would be enormous. The casinos themselves, would pump millions of dollars into the economy from revenue sharing with the state. In addition, the people who gain jobs within the casinos would have more funds to spread throughout their communities."