Coffee shop workers organize, inspire others Labor organizing in the Boston area has gotten a hip makeover. Two local coffee shop chains, Pavement & Darwin’s Ltd., have had their employees vote to form unions. These baristas have been the unlikely stars of the progressive left in Boston this past summer: The media exploded after the […]
FEATURE FOLLOWUP: REVISITING RECYCLING
It took decades for workers doing this dangerous job to get a living wage. But are their problems finally sorted out? For the first time ever, Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are boosting the pay for the workers who sort their recyclables after resolving a decades-long stalemate with a regional company. Each city requires that workers […]
BUSINESS PROFILE: PEARL STREET TATTOO CLUB
The new East Somerville space aims to be inclusive (Somerville Wire) – Owners Aisha R. and Arran Lane moved from the United Kingdom to the Boston area in 2019, where they opened Pearl Street Tattoo Club. The shop aims to foster respect and build community, while allowing customers to express themselves creatively through the art […]
OPINION: ON SOMERVILLE’S NOVEMBER 2ND BALLOT, ABOLISH THE SOMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT – YES OR NO?
“[T]he repeated message from the Democratic Socialists of America-Boston candidates for office in Somerville is clear: the outright abolition of the Somerville Police Department.”
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 3
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The third is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What is the most important thing that Somerville landlords, property managers, real estate agents, or […]
