As the word gets out that 9,000 Verizon workers unionized with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers across Southern New England have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike next Friday unless the company meets their contract demands, it seems a propitious moment to say a few words ab
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25 Jul 2008 - 4:47pm
BOSTON/Government Center - Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner introduced a resolution to “declare that Boston, Massachusetts is a "Coke Free" city” and asks the city administration not to serve Coca-Cola products. Underlying the resolution is a show of solidarity with Colombian workers.
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25 Jul 2008 - 4:24pm
BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Over 100 people from several area community organizations and unions gathered at the State House Steps on Wednesday to rally in support of House Bill 5004 "An Act to Improve Certain Criminal Justice Matters" (the CORI Reform Bill) which would reform the Criminal Offender Rec
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25 Jul 2008 - 11:46am
A glance at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which turns 60 this year, suggests that life could be better for Americans.
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22 Jul 2008 - 8:53pm
From July 28 - August 3, 2008, the Roxbury Film Festival celebrates its tenth year with features and short films celebrating local, national, and international filmakers and artists of color.
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18 Jul 2008 - 3:34pm
Gov. Patrick's recent vetoes to key public services earlier this week are unconscionable given the fact of the worsening economic situation in Massachusetts coupled with recent cuts to state corporate tax rates, and need to be overridden by the legislature immediately.
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18 Jul 2008 - 3:32pm
I'm a big geek, and as such, I spend a couple hours each month auditing my Mac: I free up disk space by deleting large files, remove applications I no longer use, and update those I do.
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18 Jul 2008 - 1:21pm
BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Suffolk University contract janitors with ABM/One Source celebrated a union contract victory with a short rally on Tuesday in front of the Suffolk Law School.
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16 Jul 2008 - 1:58pm
BOSTON/Roxbury - A group of activists from the Jamaica Plain based advocacy organization City Life/Vida Urbana, and their supporters, showed up yesterday morning to protect a single woman facing eviction from her condominium in Roxbury.
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14 Jul 2008 - 11:19pm
http://radioview.podomatic.com/player/web/2008-07-14T20_06_09-07_00
SOMERVILLE, Mass. - We spoke with MA State Representative Carl Sciortino (D-Medford/Somerville) recently at his campaign office.
