Massachusetts Labor News
The House and Senate have voted to override Governor Cellucci's veto of a bill providing
improved retirement benefits to Massachusetts teachers. Get more info from the
Massachusetts Teachers' Association!
Registered Nurses at Faulkner Hospital in Boston have reached a tentative agreement, but contract
talks for Brockton's Visting Nurses Association have stalled. For info on these issues (and many
more) visit the
Massachusetts Nurses' Association
site.
Governor Paul Cellucci is appealling an arbitrator's decision requiring the state to
maintain adequate staffing at the Department of Social Services, where the state has
routinely violated the union contract calling for no more than 18 cases per worker. Get the
details at the
SEIU 509 site.
Boston
Bell Atlantic Workers Demand Right to Organize
(6/28)
Boston
Cellucci to veto first pay raise in years for clerical workers
(6/26)
Boston
New England nurses unions flex their muscle
(6/22)
Somerville
Somerville city workers' seniority under fire
(6/18)
Lynn
IUE 201 pickets General Electric over outsourcing and pensions
(6/16)
Boston
Writers' Union sues Boston Globe over rights of freelancers
(6/12)
Boston
Strike authorization vote at Faulkner Hospital
(6/9)
AFL-CIO
Seven Days in June - Action Calendar
(6/7)
SEIU
Local 509 pickets State Board of Ed to protest firings
(6/1)
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