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COLE ROSENGREN

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FEATURE FOLLOWUP: REVISITING RECYCLING

It took decades for workers doing this dangerous job to get a living wage. But are their problems finally sorted out? For the first time ever, Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are boosting the pay for the workers who sort their recyclables after resolving a decades-long stalemate with a regional company.

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COLE ROSENGREN November 10, 2021
COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

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COLE ROSENGREN July 2, 2019
COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT

Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage?

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COLE ROSENGREN April 12, 2019
COLE ROSENGREN

LIVING ON SCRAPS

Boston is aiming to achieve “zero waste,” which some say can create more living-wage jobs. Is part of this lofty goal rooted in the region’s dirtiest hypocrisy?

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COLE ROSENGREN July 12, 2018
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