THIS SEASON’S TORRENTIAL, climate-driven rain and floods devastated the Massachusetts farm economy, damaging over 110 farms, 2700 acres and causing millions in crop losses. Fortunately, the state and federal governments, […]
Labor issues
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Baker pressed on Holyoke Soldiers’ Home labor agreement
Gov. Charlie Baker is eager to sign a bill on his desk providing $400 million for the construction of a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, but first he has to make […]
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Baker pressed on Holyoke Soldiers’ Home labor agreement
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is eager to sign a bill on his desk providing $400 million for the construction of a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, but first he has to make […]
Posted inOpinion
Hotels that fire their workers must be held to account
WHEN MY FAMILY immigrated from Cabo Verde in West Africa, many of them got their first jobs in Boston’s hotels. My cousins Iva and Lucindo Brandao worked in the Colonnade […]