WHAT MAKES Massachusetts “competitive?” Some people assert that we have to cut taxes on the wealthy and corporations to stop them from leaving for other states. Public conversation about competitiveness has focused on data on out-migration and where Massachusetts is an “outlier.” Some people are alarmed that “110,000 people have left Massachusetts.” But other people […]
Patricia Jehlen
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More workplace protections are needed
ON LABOR DAY, we celebrated working people, and the achievements of the union movement which make our families more secure and make our society and economy stronger. Among them: unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and workplace safety regulations. The experience of the pandemic has underscored the vital role of all those protections, and shows we […]