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New Bedford Workers Call for Immigration Reform

By Taylor Cormier 4 weeks ago

Nearly forty people gathered at the corner of Sixth and Elm Streets in New Bedford Wednesday afternoon, standing in support of immigration reform.

May 1st marked International Workers' Day, a day that typically highlights the contributions of union and immigrant workers

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32 Mass. Workers Died on the Job in 2012

By Taylor Cormier 5 weeks ago

Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year.

The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report Thursday highlighting the deaths

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Union, Stop & Shop Reach Tentative Agreement

By Taylor Cormier March 4, 2013

No strike as union reps reach a tentative agreement with Stop & Shop Supermarkets.

According to the Boston Herald, presidents of five chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union reached the agreement at 4am Monday morning, four hours after the deadline.

The contract now goes for legal review, and ratification meetings will be set up with workers.

Some 40,000 Stop & Shop employees a

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Officials Talk Jobs for Maritime Commerce Terminal

By Bryan Booker January 3, 2013

Local laborers and union representatives met Thursday in New Bedford to discuss job opportunities at the proposed South End Maritime Commerce Terminal. The $50 million dollar project is expected to take about 19 months to complete, and use union contractors and sub-contractors

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Andrade Wants Non-Union Jobs at Maritime Terminal Project

By Jim Phillips January 2, 2013

A community organizer says the labor agreement for the Maritime Commerce Terminal project planned for New Bedford gives labor unions the upper hand in hiring for the project.  John "Buddy" Andrade of the Old Bedford Village Development Corporation says city officials didn't push hard enough to make a place for local residents, who do not belong to a union

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