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Asbestos Major Workplace Hazard Report Highlights on Workers’ Memorial Day

11 August 2013 - 7:47pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/State House – There were 32 fatal on-the-job accidents in Massachusetts last year and an estimated 300 plus deaths due to occupational diseases - over 90 due to asbestos-related illness - according to a report released this week.

Launched on the steps of the State House Thursday, Dying for Work in Massachusetts: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces is an annual joint effort by Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) and Massachusetts AFL-CIO.

Pelosi Lands in Boston as Family and Medical Leave Act Turns 20

26 March 2013 - 8:52pm | Andrew Jeromski
by Andrew Jeromski

BOSTON/Downtown Crossing - US House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hit the hub on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act at the West Street headquarters of the Service Employees International Union Local 615.

The former Speaker of the House, joined by Rep. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.), also took the opportunity to applaud local efforts to win paid sick time for workers, blast the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional and lay blame on the US Senate for striking down a key piece of President Obama’s landmark health care bill.

Public Option Advocates Rally for National Health Care on Labor Day

12 September 2009 - 10:23pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - Over 5000 members of labor unions, Democratic Party chapters and health care advocacy organizations gathered on the Boston Common for a Health Care Rally on Labor Day. The event was called to shore up regional support for a public health care option - though not a single-payer option - in the proposed national health care reform plan being pushed by President Barack Obama and Democratic Party leaders.

Advocates Lobby Legislature to Restore Health Care Funds for 30 000 Mass. Immigrants to the 2010 Budget

10 July 2009 - 11:17pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/State House - Over 75 people representing immigrant, labor and health advocacy organizations spilled out into the hallway during a packed State House press conference where a campaign was launched Wednesday to restore funds for health benefits for 30,000 immigrants covered by the Commonwealth Care program in the 2010 Massachusetts budget.

Rally for Hospital Workers Shakes Up Longwood

8 May 2008 - 9:25pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON - Over 1000 workers from two dozen area hospitals and allied healthcare facilities showed up for a boisterous rally today at 4 p.m. on Avenue de Lafayette in the heart of the Longwood Medical Area. Their main demand was clear ... they want "free and fair elections" and respect for workers rights as they attempt to unionize legions of hospital workers in the Greater Boston area.

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