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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. 

In a letter on Friday, the administration suspended the group until the end of the year, revoking SJP’s access to finances, campus space, and their right to organize.

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. 

Joshua Burdick from Salem, Mass. filed a lawsuit in state court in January that was removed to federal court in Boston last month, claiming that he was misclassified as a temporary worker and an employee exempt from overtime pay.

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. 

A day before a trial was set to begin at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston, an agreement was reached between Insomnia’s parent company, Serve U Brands, and the employees’ union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

BOSTON/State House - Calling on state legislators to reinvest in the Bay State’s public colleges and universities, students, faculty, and staff held an advocacy day at the State House on Wednesday. 

Over 500 people packed the Gardner Auditorium to hear a union representative, and several students who shared their experiences of attending public institutions.