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by Jason Pramas | 9 Jun 2010 - 11:58pm

BOSTON/State House - Over 200 immigrant, labor, religious and community advocates held a rally in front of the Grand Staircase in the State House on Thursday to protest anti-immigrant legislation that was recently passed by the Mass. Senate, and to demand that Sen.

by Jason Pramas and the OMB Staff | 4 Jun 2010 - 10:25pm

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by Rand Wilson | 4 Jun 2010 - 12:47pm

Hundreds of telecom workers voted unanimously at IBEW Local 2222's regular membership meeting on Wednesday, June 2 to support a grassroots campaign to make "tearing down the artificial wall separating the non-union Verizon wireless from the mostly union wireline side of the business" a top prior

by Elizabeth Washburn | 3 Jun 2010 - 12:00am

The following is a photo essay of a rally held outside the Park Street T Station on Saturday.

by Jason Pramas | 1 Jun 2010 - 3:23pm

BOSTON/Back Bay - Completing a 5-day, 60-mile march, striking workers from the Shaw's Distribution Center in Methuen, Mass. and their supporters arrived at the Shaw's supermarket at the Prudential Center for a picket and rally on Thursday.

by Reebee Garofalo | 29 May 2010 - 1:55pm

While Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray and a handful of Democratic Senators were busy outflanking their Republican colleagues on the right in the we hours of the morning of May 27 by crafting the most conservative immigration measure to hit the state in a good long time, Zac de la R

by Jason Pramas | 28 May 2010 - 10:52pm

Words cannot describe the contempt in which this publication currently holds the Mass. Senate for their disgraceful vote to kick our state's immigrant communities to the curb this week.

by Aaron Tanaka (Advocate) | 28 May 2010 - 3:03pm

BOSTON/State House - In a resounding majority vote of 139 to 17, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a much anticipated bill late Wednesday to reform the state’s criminal record system—known as CORI.

by Jason Pramas | 27 May 2010 - 1:43pm

BOSTON/State House - Outraged at the recent passage of Mass. House Budget Amendment 26, 50 local advocates for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families held a rally and press conference opposite the State House steps on Tuesday.

by Rand Wilson | 27 May 2010 - 12:25pm

Striking workers at the Supervalu-owned Shaw's Distribution Center in Methuen, Mass., have been marching from Methuen to Boston for justice since Sunday, May 23.

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