wages

Everyone needs to calm down with the crazy rhetoric about the Stop & Shop strike and start being honest with themselves about what is really going on here.

Massachusetts Representative Joe Kennedy III delivered a short and powerful message to the corporate world on the state of our union and our economy last month.

NEW BEDFORD- A pay increase won’t be coming anytime soon for city workers. A motion to adopt a new contract for those employed by the City of New Bedford, proposed by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), was not passed by City Council during session Thursday night...

The City of New Bedford will have to make payments to certain municipal employees after a union secures a court victory.

Have you felt like your paycheck isn't going up?

A measure being proposed by Ward 6 City Councillor Joe Lopes would require that all businesses which receive Tax Increment Financing or STA from the City of New Bedford pay their employees ten percent above the minimum wage.

The Labor Department says employers added 292-thousand jobs in December as the unemployment rate held steady at five percent.

Dozens of Tobey Hospital workers picketed outside the Wareham hospital Friday afternoon to demand fair wages from parent company Southcoast Health.

A new task force was announced during a city hall event Tuesday morning.

Some of the most vital staff in local hospitals aren't making a living wage.