This is #7 of "Local Edition," the twice a month newscast sponsored by the WMBR Radio News Department and Open Media Boston.
This is #6 of "Local Edition," the twice a month newscast sponsored by the WMBR Radio News Department and Open Media Boston.
Cambridge, Mass. - The Kendall Square branch of the pharmaceutical company Genzyme was the target of a protest Thursday. Around 30 members of the Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ called on the company to hire what they call a “responsible contractor” from the bids for an upcoming cleaning services contract.
Cambridge, Mass. - About 150 students from at least 10 New England universities assembled at Harvard Sunday to call on their schools to yank their investments in fossil fuel companies.
Cambridge, Mass. - This is #4 of WMBR Radio and Open Media Boston’s collaborative local newscast for the Boston/Cambridge MA area.
Cambridge, Mass. - This is #3 of WMBR Radio and Open Media Boston’s collaborative local newscast for the Boston/Cambridge MA area. This week’s “Local Edition” includes stories on the Boston Mayor’s election – specifically how the candidates address issues important to immigrants; a report on a new academic study on the fast food industry and its overwhelming reliance on federal welfare assistance; and the Boston City Council passes the “Invest In Boston” ordinance which ranks banks according to their community investments.
Cambridge, Mass. - This is #2 of WMBR Radio and Open Media Boston’s collaborative local newscast for the Boston/Cambridge MA area. This week’s “Local Edition” includes stories on Boston protests against Republican Party attempts to hold the federal government and its workers hostage; a recap of the Boston school bus driver’s wildcat strike and the response from Boston mayoral election candidates; a feature on 2013 MacArthur genius grant recipient MIT Professor Sara Seager; and a look (listen) at this year’s HONK festival of activist marching bands.
Cambridge, Mass. - Launched on Friday October 4, 2013, "Local Edition" is a collaboration between WMBR Radio at MIT and Open Media Boston.
Cambridge, Mass. - Over 30 members of the Industrial Workers of the World and allies held a picket outside the Insomnia Cookies store in Harvard Square on Thursday evening as part of their ongoing campaign against the growing dessert chain after it fired four employees in August for attempting to form a union.
Cambridge, Mass. - Labor Day in Cambridge saw a union rally and march in the streets that took aim at local employers. Organized by the Service Employees International Union, around 300 members and supporters participated in the event; it hit out at Cambridge College and Harvard university over layoffs and the use of nonunion contractors.
