Katie Johnston
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In November, Massachusetts will decide whether tipped workers should make $15/hour in base wages, rather than the current $6.75 rate. The Globe asked 40+ servers, bartenders, and restauranteurs what they think of the ballot question:
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In November, Massachusetts voters will decide whether the minimum wage for tipped employees will remain at $6.75 an hour or be bumped up to the base pay for all other workers.
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"They just put on the wool and they went out and did their business.” @fonseca_esq captures the sweat-soaked dedication of historical reeanactors working through a heat wave.
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Despite searing-high temperatures in the Boston area, living history guides on the Freedom Trail are staying in costume — more for their audience's comfort than their own.
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Sometimes success in work doesn’t come from success in school. I recently talked to a number of local leaders who struggled to get through school – some who never made it through college – and came out just fine on the other side.
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Lousy grades or a lack of college degree — or a long, winding road through higher education — haven’t kept accomplished locals from having meaningful careers.
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I talked to a group of newly unionized physicians at Salem Hospital who are deeply concerned about how for-profit practices are affecting patient care. An increasing focus on generating revenue has brought some of them to the breaking point.
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Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.
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"It feels pointless sometimes": As hospitals continue to prioritize profits over patient care, doctors are standing up and unionizing. Via @ktkjohnston @bostonglobe
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Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.
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As showdown with Uber and Lyft draws near, labor groups are struggling to present a united front
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The big fight over gig drivers’ rights in Massachusetts revolves around employment status, but another battle is also being waged over allowing these drivers to form a union regardless of how they’re...
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Embedded in this harrowing story about a seemingly impossible path to homeownership is some seriously dire data.
I'm so honored that Nereida Badillo allowed me to share her story, and that of so many other members of the Puerto Rican community in Holyoke. She wanted to give a voice to Latinos in Massachusetts who have struggled, and strived, like she has.
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I'm so honored that Nereida Badillo allowed me to share her story, and that of so many other members of the Puerto Rican community in Holyoke. She wanted to give a voice to Latinos in Massachusetts who have struggled, and strived, like she has.
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Like others in this city’s large Puerto Rican community, Nereida Badillo longed for a more stable life. But history is difficult to overcome.
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🇺🇸 A Home Of Her Own - At Last ▫Like others in this city’s large Puerto Rican community, Nereida Badillo longed for a more stable life. But history is difficult to overcome ▫@ktkjohnston ▫ https://t.co/RrR1BFhCbt 👈 #frontpagestoday #USA @BostonGlobe 🇺🇸
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Last month, I went to Southie on the worst day you can possibly go to Southie. Never posted the video here. I don't think I'll be getting this assignment again...
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Across Massachusetts, people are rising up against the arrival of migrants. To some, the backlash seems racist. Such a powerful story by @Draillih.
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Some residents are complaining about the staggering costs of caring for migrants in their towns and warning about crime and too much change.
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A sad day in the land of organized labor
Some tough news: The Medieval Times union campaign is over. Despite organizing two castles, workers struggled to win contracts and were facing decertification campaigns. The union just informed the company they’re throwing in the towel. https://t.co/8Yx9VkLfsk
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Deed restrictions stating that “no person of other than the Caucasian race" can buy homes could provide legal justification for special bank loans to combat the damage these covenants have done, via @MiltonValencia.
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The racist practice played a large part in why so much of the state is segregated along racial lines, with economic disparities that still resonate.
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"It feels like the beginning of an existential crisis of who we are and what kind of town we want to become." Well said, @leung
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After years of telling everyone to embrace more housing, this Globe columnist wrestles with welcoming development now that it’s in her backyard.
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‘The boat is leaking big time’: Here’s what Steward’s financial crisis looks like for patients and staff at its hospitals. @ktkjohnston, @felicejfreyer, @DanaGerber6
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The long-brewing financial problems have meant a sudden lack of access to certain services and supplies and employees doing everything provide high-quality care despite difficult conditions.
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How not to run a hospital. "Surgeons buying their own medical instruments. Nurses devising their own mouthwash solution for patients on ventilators. Patients eating crackers after all the sandwiches ..." https://t.co/LTqTWvpkIX via @ktkjohnston @DanaGerber6
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The long-brewing financial problems have meant a sudden lack of access to certain services and supplies and employees doing everything provide high-quality care despite difficult conditions.
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“I think I used the word ‘riot,’ ” an employee told me about informing her boss of the staff's verrrry unhappy response to his suggestion to do away with work-from-home Fridays. Many companies are grappling with how to do hybrid right.
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A growing number of managers want workers in the office more often, citing the connections, collaborations, and innovations that in-person work can bring.
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Such a beautifully written story by @itsivyscott about the dilemma facing the bar owner in Lewiston, Maine, where a mass shooting took place.
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With Schemengees Bar & Grille, Kathy Lebel brought her own love of billiards to life, always reinventing, always coming back with the next big idea for how to have a great time. Now, she's unsure...
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Amazing Spotlight story by @fernandesglobe on low-income parents being disproportionally investigated and blamed for infant deaths when co-sleeping.
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Government officials are blaming some parents who endure the tragedy of an infant death while co-sleeping. Instead of compassion, they got mostly criticism and penalties — and this falls largely on...
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