By Beth Healy and Megan Woolhouse GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
Newsroom
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Sep 22The Boston Globe
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Jun 17Somerville Journal
As federal inspectors investigate an elevator fall at an Assembly Square construction project that killed one worker and injured another last week, construction officials say they met all safety standards at the site.
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Apr 20StateHouse News Service
A top-to-bottom review ordered by Gov. Charlie Baker of the state's maze of regulations continues to generate pushback from a number of outside groups despite the administration's attempts to ease their concerns.
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Apr 10Boston.com
By Justine Hofherr @Jhofherr29
Boston.com Staff | 04.10.15 | 2:37 PMSylbert Stewart lives in a state of constant pain. If he were asked to rate his agony on a scale of one to 10, he says it would be well past 11.“Day-to-day life is very hard,” Stewart said. “I can’t walk down the stairs. I can’t sit for too long. I never sleep.”
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Mar 25The Atlantic
Why Workers Won’t Unite
GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE GUTTED THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND PART-TIME WORK IS SABOTAGING SOLIDARITY. IS THERE A NEW WAY TO CHALLENGE THE POLITICS OF INEQUALITY?
By Kim Phillips-Fein
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Mar 12The Nation
A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain
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Mar 06NPR
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
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Mar 06NPR
At the time of their accidents, Jeremy Lewis was 27, Josh Potter 25.
The men lived within 75 miles of each other. Both were married with two children about the same age. Both even had tattoos of their children's names.
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Dec 29Boston Globe
In “Baker names Democrat as secretary of labor” (Metro, Dec. 13), the Globe highlights the pressing need for a well-run workforce development program within the Baker administration and the strong experience that Ronald L. Walker II brings as incoming secretary of labor and workforce development.
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Sep 26WBUR
BOSTON — A new WBUR poll finds strong support for a ballot question that would allow every employee in Massachusetts — part- and full-time — to accrue and use sick time.
The weekly tracking survey, conducted by The MassINC Polling Group, finds 56 percent of respondents said they would back the proposal, compared to just 25 percent opposed. Another 18 percent are...