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Recent Labor News
12/21/2011 - 8:19am
The Patriot Ledger
A group representing nonunion construction workers is calling for the city to rework its ordinance that requires companies that win construction contracts to hire Quincy residents.
12/21/2011 - 5:59am
Wicked Local
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 34, headquarters in Woburn, has raised $23,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
12/21/2011 - 12:20am
MassLive.com
Town officials have settled two more contracts with employee unions, leaving just one union in need of a new contract. Town Manager John P. Musante said the town has settled with both the Service Employees International Union Local 888, which represents about 60 technical and clerical staffers, and the police union, with about 40 members.
12/21/2011 - 12:05am
SouthCoastToday.com
For the second consecutive month, the local jobless rate was below 10 percent, but the positive trend may mask a still-weak job market.
12/20/2011 - 11:34pm
Wicked Local
Cambridge Works recently celebrated the accomplishments of its seventh class of participants during a special graduation ceremony at Cambridge City Hall. The transitional jobs program serves residents age 18-35 who have been unable to get or keep jobs.
12/20/2011 - 8:41pm
MassLive.com
The city’s unemployment rate fell in November from 10.9 percent in October to 10.4 percent, a sign, economists say, that the local economy might be at long last picking up some steam.
12/20/2011 - 4:42pm
Boston.com (blog)
It turns out that today’s Harvard students, protesting on behalf of the 99 percent, are hardly an anomaly, but are part of a proud tradition of affluent Americans -- those who inherited or worked for their fortunes -- finding common cause with the poor, the working class, and progressive movements for social justice.
12/20/2011 - 11:31am
Worcester Telegram
The Worcester area unemployment rate fell sharply to a seasonally unadjusted 6.8 percent last month as the area continued to post job gains. The rate dropped from 7.3 percent in October. A year ago, the Worcester area jobless rate was 8.6 percent.
12/20/2011 - 10:59am
iBerkshires.com (blog)
The Pittsfield metropolitan area had one of the biggest percentage gains in jobs over the past year, up 3.7 percent, as the state has continued to see a drop in unemployment rates.
12/20/2011 - 10:40am
MA Jobs with Justice
A rally in support of the "Verizon 40" will be held by the System Council T6, organized labor at 6 Bowdoin Square, Boston at 6 PM on Dec. 20th to show our support for workers wrongfully fired from Verizon during the strike.
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