You could actually see an industry in transition on Wednesday. Amazon held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen of its US warehouses, including the one in Fall River, […]
Employment
Posted inThe Download
Another hit for football
We may be known as home to the reigning NFL champions, but Boston is also the center of research efforts that have methodically plowed through the defensive line the multibillion-dollar […]
Posted inEducation, Opinion
Accountants are in high demand
NOW THAT ALL THE MORTARBOARDS have been flipped in the air, college graduates are assessing their career prospects. Amid all the noise surrounding their choices, at least one trend is […]
Posted inEconomy
Unpaid internships – hard work, questionable legality
BOSTON-BASED ARGOPOINT placed an ad on Craigslist in February seeking a marketing intern of whom a lot seems to be expected. The ad specified nine required qualifications, including a strong […]
Posted inEconomy
GE picks Boston for HQ location
GENERAL ELECTRIC said on Wednesday that it decided to bring its headquarters and 800 workers to Boston after a careful evaluation of the city’s “business ecosystem, talent, long-term costs, quality […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Mass. needs paid family and medical leave
WHEN LIZ FREDETTE GAVE BIRTH to her son, she had to go back to work four weeks later because her company offered just a week of paid maternity leave, and […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
The pushback against T-Day openings
Workers want their lives back. That’s the sentiment behind the campaign to curb retail Thanksgiving Day business. The latest group to jump into the fray is package store owners who […]
Posted inUncategorized
Lawrence facing housing crisis, report says
A NEW REPORT suggests Lawrence is facing a major housing crisis, with property values low, rents high, and new construction failing to keep pace with population increases. The study, funded […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Waging the war on poverty
IN 2015, THERE are emerging signs of bipartisan energy to address poverty. While contemplating a third presidential run, Mitt Romney vowed that a potential campaign would include a pledge to […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics, State House News Service
Pregnant workers seek fair job treatment
SHOULD A PREGNANT worker expect her employer to offer “reasonable” relief from her workload or from certain tasks? Elizabeth Guyer, a former nurse practitioner who worked in Harvard University’s student […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Politics
Earned sick time good for families, businesses
Think about the people you know who don’t have earned sick time. Maybe it’s your sister. Maybe it’s your neighbor. Maybe it’s the man who bags groceries for you every […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Politics
One size does not fit all
Question 4 mandates sick leave for every worker in the state. That sounds like a great idea, but the devil is in the details. Requiring employers to provide paid and […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Low-paying job does not mean unimportant
I’ve been a personal care attendant (PCA) for more than 13 years. It’s a job I’m incredibly passionate about, because I have the opportunity to care for my clients in […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
The hidden injuries of long-term unemployment
The worst of the economic recession has thankfully passed. Massachusetts’ unemployment has fallen from a high of 8.7 percent in January of 2010 to 6 percent in April. But this […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
To fill our talent pool, fix remedial education
jonathan was trying. But his professor, Mike Williamson of Middlesex Community College in Lowell, could see the student’s frustration mounting as he worked, once again, to conquer Algebra 1. He’d […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Addressing poverty requires holistic approach
Alone, poor, and guilty. Guilty of poverty itself and its toxic effects. That’s still the way single mothers are cast today because in our culture it’s “her baby, her fault.” […]
Posted inEconomy, Education
DOR deals with ‘silver tsunami’
The Massachusetts Revenue Department, facing a “silver tsunami” of retiring workers, is creating its own employee pipeline. Instead of posting a job and hoping for the best, the Revenue Department […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Opinion
Educated workforce key to high wages
In our modern economy, what creates strong state economies that support high-wage jobs for their people? Low taxes, well-educated workers, or something else? When we look at data from across […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Economy, Politics
What happened to Johnny Ramos is criminal
JOHNNY RAMOS SAYs he did “a lot of stupid things” when he was a teenager growing up in Boston’s South End. He says he never used drugs or carried a […]
Posted inEconomy
Making it in Massachusetts
Barry Bluestone (left), dean of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University,and Michael Tamasi (right), owner of AccuRounds and a leading manufacturing industry voice.when the great […]
Posted inEconomy, Education, Politics
Waiver warfare
of the domestic policy achievements of the past two decades, most would agree the two biggest are the welfare reform law of 1996 and the No Child Left Behind education […]
Posted inBallot Questions, Economy, Education
Teachers’ union opposes ballot question deal
The state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 22,000 public school employees, has forged an alliance with the AFL-CIO against a deal struck by the state’s largest […]
Posted inEconomy, Health Care
The Haiti-Boston connection
jim ansara looks out over the sprawling 180,000-square-foot National Teaching Hospital under construction in Mirebalais, a town in the central plateau of Haiti. Audacious in conception, innovative in execution, the […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Chasing the middle class
the 2012 massachusetts Senate election is shaping up as a competition for the hearts and minds (and votes) of the Bay State middle class. Both US Sen. Scott Brown and […]
