News in Brief: August 4, 2014
3 August 2014 - 6:40pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Tufts Educational Daycare Center – Medford
State House
News in Brief: July 28, 2014
29 July 2014 - 4:20pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Tufts Educational Daycare Center – Somerville/Medford
Growing Protests in Boston Condemn Israeli Invasion of Palestinian Territories
25 July 2014 - 11:42am
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by Jonathan Adams and David Goodman
BOSTON/State House - A large rally in Boston on Tuesday continued protests against the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian Territories that began earlier this month, and has reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds, including dozens of Palestinian civilians.
News in Brief: July 21, 2014
23 July 2014 - 1:29pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Pro-Choice Massachusetts – State House
In a statement released last week, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts thanked Gov. Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Senate President Therese Murray, State Senator Harriette Chandler, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo for their efforts in filing the bill entitled, An Act to Promote Public Safety and Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities, which aims to address safety concerns that have arisen since the US Supreme Court struck down the Massachusetts buffer zone law.
News in Brief: July 7, 2014
8 July 2014 - 12:09pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Domestic Workers – State House
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law the bill dubbed the "domestic workers’ bill of rights" on Wednesday. His assent to the bill follows a state senate endorsement of the bill last month, and will guarantee basic labor rights and government benefits for a wide range of home services workers. Massachusetts is the fourth state with similar legislation, along with New York, California, and Hawaii, and the act will impact around 60,000 domestic workers.
Gas Leaks – State House
News in Brief: June 30, 2014
30 June 2014 - 3:58pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Minimum Wage – Statehouse
Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law on Thursday an act that will gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017. The current state minimum wage is $8 an hour and the first increase will take place on January 1, 2015, when the minimum wage will rise to $9 an hour.
SEIU 888 – Malden
News in Brief: June 24, 2014
24 June 2014 - 1:13pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Youth Justice and Power Union – Boston
The Youth Justice and Power Union staged a rally at Boston City Hall on Tuesday last week. In a rally dubbed a "youth unemployment fair," the group hit out at the lack of funding for youth jobs in the city, and called for greater resources to be made available for creating employment for young people.
MBTA Janitors Enlist State Legislators In Fight To Keep Jobs
9 June 2014 - 4:34am
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by Dave Goodman
BOSTON/State House - Joined by several sympathetic legislators at a State House briefing on Thursday, the union representing custodians who clean MBTA stations and trains took another step in their campaign to stop what they are calling disruptive job cuts this fall. The Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ – who represent nearly twenty thousand service workers throughout New England - believe contractors are poised to lay off almost a third of the T janitors beginning September first.
Organic Food Advocates Call for GMO Food Labelling, Claim Health Concerns
28 May 2014 - 12:21pm
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by Jonathan Adams
BOSTON - Calling for the labelling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) used in food, over 1000 organic food advocates hit out at chemical companies at the March Against Monsanto on Saturday - one of over 400 similar actions around the world.
News in Brief: May 26, 2014
26 May 2014 - 5:17pm
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by Jonathan Adams
Massachusetts Nurses Association – State House
