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April 10, 2020 By SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

GROCERY STORE WORKERS FACE FEARS, CORONAVIRUS, AND UNION-BUSTING

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“I’m constantly having the recommended six feet violated. All of my coworkers and I, we are absolutely drained by the end of the day, because we are constantly trying to protect ourselves and reinforce that space.”

Filed Under: Pandemic Democracy Project, Reports Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, crisis, employees, essential, essential workers, grocery workers, news, news to us, paid sick leave, protest, Shaws, slider, Socialist Alternative, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, workers

April 1, 2020 By CAITLIN RUSSELL

STILL AT ESSENTIAL JOBS DURING CRISIS, RETAIL WORKERS ASK FOR RAISES

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“You’re not considered important until you’re really truly needed, such as in a time like this … I think anyone deemed essential needs a pay bump.”

Filed Under: Reporting, Reports Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, liquor stores, news, news to us, retail, wages, working

March 29, 2020 By ANDREW STANTON

HOW MANY ARE HOMELESS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS? IT’S HARD TO TELL.

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“They’re staying at a friend’s house. They’re staying with an aunt. They’re not staying at Park Street station at one o’clock at night freezing.”

Filed Under: Features, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: coronavirus, count, crisis, homelessness, housing, news, news to us, slider

June 13, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

‘WALK THE TALK’

Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: 350Mass, Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Boston Clean Energy Coalition, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coal, Column, Community Choice Energy, crisis, disaster, economy, emissions, energy, Environment, flooding, fossil fuel, future, gas, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Mass Sierra Club, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, news, oil, planning, politics, Real Estate, sea level rise

May 23, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

CITY ON A HILL

  Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester? Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional Research Bureau (WRRB) […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Activism, agency, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, office, planning, politics, Real Estate, sea level rise, state, TOWNIE, Worcester

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