Time to raise up Boston workers
THE BOSTON OFFICE market is booming. Multinational pharmaceutical companies continue to expand, top students continue to flock to world-class higher education institutions, and cutting-edge tech...
View ArticleFighting for a $15 minimum wage
IN 2014, a coalition of community, faith, and labor organizations called Raise Up Massachusetts led the campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage, which was then just $8 an hour. With the minimum wage...
View ArticleSay no to Trump’s anti-labor secretary
ANDREW PUZDER, the CEO of CKE Restaurants and President Trump’s pick for secretary of labor prefers robots over working people. He has said that machines “are always polite, they always upsell, they...
View ArticleBaker should make immigrant licenses part of road-safety agenda
IN MASSACHUSETTS, thousands of immigrant families risk being separated every time they get in their cars to drive their children to school. In a state where most people believe that undocumented...
View ArticleThe unifying force of unions
CORPORATE AMERICA’S anti-union rhetoric isn’t tricking the American people anymore. After decades of labor unions being portrayed negatively, the majority of Americans now have a positive view of...
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