A sobering report was released this week by the Brookings Institution and the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University that shows a precipitous drop in national employme
Somerville, Mass. - Magoun Square resident Melody Chapin is not Brazilian.
Somerville, Mass. - The Union Square Post Office is up for sale. It might become a condo development, or a café or a gallery. Once the deal is done, residents may lose access to the historic mural in the lobby.
Do you ever wish the free software was just a little bit better? As a longtime free software advocate, I certainly have had this thought many times. Sometimes nothing can be done because a particular feature is patent-encumbered, but sometimes clear user feedback is all that's needed.
BOSTON/Kenmore Square - Just days after a settlement agreement was reached between Insomnia Cookies, several striking workers, and their union, the employer has suspended a union
BOSTON/Fenway - An officially recognized Northeastern University student organization, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), has been suspended by the Northeastern administration for a string of alleged violations of school policy regarding protests.
BOSTON – The question hangs there in the air all day, like a kite buffeted in a strong wind. How do you find the strength to go on? For the 49 year old mother, giving up can not be an option: her child needs a place to live.
Cambridge, Mass. – A former temporary worker hired by the Newton, Mass. employment agency Overture Partners to work at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge alleges he worked nearly 1,500 hours of overtime without receiving the full pay owed to him under federal and state wage and hour laws.
This is Open Media Boston's News in Brief for March 12, 2014
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Cambridge, Mass. - Four workers at Insomnia Cookies in Cambridge have reached a settlement with the fast food company after they were fired for going on strike in August.