After seeing [Boston mayoral candidate] Marty Walsh repeatedly questioned about his ability to be both pro-labor and a mayor who can effectively negotiate with municipal employees (“Path carries Walsh closer to his dream,” Sept. 25), I felt compelled to rebut the notion that this is a contradiction.
Newsroom
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Sep 30Boston Globe
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Aug 28The Pump Handle
On July 5, James Baldasarre, a 45-year old a Medford, Massachusetts US Postal Service employee who had worked for USPS for 24 years, died from excessive heat. According to news reports, shortly before collapsing in the 95-degree heat, Baldasarre texted his wife to say, “I’m going to die out here today.
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Aug 27Huffingtonpost.com
Co-authored by Tolle Graham, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
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Aug 19http://scienceblogs.com
The Pump Handle
Really? Industry group launches campaign against worker centers, low-wage workers
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Aug 09The New York Times
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: August 7, 2013Wal-Mart Stores has agreed to a corporatewide settlement to improve safety conditions related to trash compactors and cleaning chemicals in more than 2,800 of its stores, the United States Department of Labor announced on Wednesday.
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Aug 01The Boston Globe
A hearing officer with the National Labor Relations Board’s Boston office has recommended that all objections filed by Citizens League for Adult Special Services Inc. regarding an employee vote to unionize be overruled.
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Jul 30Boston Globe Magazine
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Jul 28Cape Cod Times
Workers concerned they were exposed to asbestos while renovating a town building have asked state Attorney General Martha Coakley to investigate whether Barnstable officials allowed the work to continue despite knowing the carcinogenic material may have been present.
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Jul 25The Huffington Post
Almost 80 teenagers were expected to be sent home from an eastern Illinois hospital Thursday after being accidentally sprayed with fungicide from a crop-dusting plane as they worked in corn field, officials said.
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Jul 09Boston.com
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is opening an investigation into the circumstances of the death of a postal worker who collapsed on the job in Medford Friday, a spokesmen for the Department of Labor said Monday.