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JOSH HALPERN

AFTER THE STRIKE

How Did Comm Ave Starbucks Workers Make Out After 2 Months Of Striking? We Asked Them …  “Seeing the outpouring of support from people all over the Boston area has renewed a lot of our faith in the community.” Magnus, who asked that we not share his real name for

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JOSH HALPERN October 3, 2022
CHRIS HUES

CHAIN REACTION

Coffee shop workers organize, inspire others Labor organizing in the Boston area has gotten a hip makeover. Two local coffee shop chains, Pavement & Darwin’s Ltd., have had their employees vote to form unions.  These baristas have been the unlikely stars of the progressive left in Boston this past summer:

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CHRIS HUES November 17, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

TUFTS STUDENTS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF DINING WORKERS

Many university employees have been left with no jobs for the summer season.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 4, 2021
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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 9 — MAY 28, 2021

Beautiful Stuff Project; CHA nurses in contract fight Welcome to this ninth episode of the Weekly Wire—an audio roundup of highlights from this week’s articles in the Somerville Wire news service. Our headlines for May 28, 2021 are: THE BEAUTIFUL STUFF PROJECT PROVIDES TREASURE THROUGH PANDEMIC and SOMERVILLE NURSES FIGHT

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF May 28, 2021
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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE – EPISODE 1 – APRIL 2, 2021

Listen to the new podcast from the Somerville Wire

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 2, 2021
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IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ

AN MBTA BUS DRIVER GETS BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER A TWO-WEEK QUARANTINE

“We should only be able to have seven passengers on the bus so they can keep that amount of distance between them. But that is not happening.”

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IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ April 22, 2020
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IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ

INVISIBLE HEROES OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CLEAN HOSPITALS, STREETS

“These men and women are the anonymous heroes of the coronavirus pandemic and are among those who least can afford to lose their wages and benefits during this crisis.”

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IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ March 28, 2020
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
JASON PRAMAS

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

  Some cause for hope in new tenant protection legislation being filed at the State House Yesterday, I saw some good news in the local press. A rarity to be sure. The Boston Globe reported that Rep. Mike Connolly and a coalition of other state legislators are about to file

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JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2019
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