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Cambridge Nonprofit Vinfen Sued for Alleged Wage Violations

28 February 2014 - 3:57am | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

Cambridge, Mass. – A Cambridge nonprofit providing services to adults with disabilities is being sued by a nursing assistant for allegedly failing to pay her overtime for over three years. 

Lakeya Clark from Roxbury filed the lawsuit against Vinfen in federal court in Boston at the end of December alleging that she wasn’t paid in full for more than ten hours of overtime in any given week.

Prosecution of Union Member Arrested During a Legal Picket at Insomnia Cookies Continues

11 February 2014 - 5:13pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

Medford, Mass. – A union member arrested last year on a legal picket outside Insomnia Cookies near Harvard Sq. attended a hearing at Cambridge District Court in Medford on Tuesday. 

Jason Freedman, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World union, was charged by Cambridge Police Department with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct following his arrest on November 14; charges he adamantly denies.

Bus Drivers’ Union Renews Calls to Reinstate Fired Leaders, Veolia Maintains Terminations Justified

3 February 2014 - 11:09pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/South Boston – Members and supporters of the Boston Public Schools’ bus drivers’ union, United Steelworkers Local 8751 rallied Saturday at the Freeport bus yard in South Boston.

The union is continuing with its call on Veolia Transportation to reinstate four of the union’s leaders after they were terminated last year.

Teen Entertainment Magazine Allegedly Failed to Pay Young Writers

24 January 2014 - 6:49pm | superuser
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON - A Boston-based print and online teen magazine that became defunct sometime last year is now facing allegations that it failed compensate around 40 of its young contributors by over $100,000.

Enterteenment, a fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine for teenagers, offered its young contributors scholarship money in exchange for articles.

In wage and hour, and child labor complaints to the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division, it’s now alleged that the magazine owes the teen writers an average of $5,000 each.

Worker Killed in New Bedford Clam Plant Accident, Advocates Call for Increased Safety in Food Processing Industry

21 January 2014 - 4:53pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

New Bedford, Mass. – A supervisor at Sea Watch International Seafood died after becoming trapped in clam-shucking machinery while working a night shift Thursday.

Victor Gerena, 35, who was the father of several children and originally from Puerto Rico, was tragically killed after he became entangled in machinery he was trying to clean; the exact details of which are not yet known.

Rally Calls on Genzyme to Stick with a Union Cleaning Contractor

17 January 2014 - 8:53pm | superuser
by Jonathan Adams

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. 

Major Contract Violations by Veolia Began Months Before Lockout Claims Bus Drivers Union at Boston City Council Hearing

22 November 2013 - 10:30pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/Government Center - Union leaders and members of the Boston School Bus Union 5/United Steelworkers gave extensive testimony at a Boston City Council hearing into Veolia Transportation’s labor practices Thursday night.

Veolia Slammed at Boston City Council Hearing for Bus Drivers Lockout and Contract Violations

22 November 2013 - 9:41am | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/Government Center - Veolia Transportation was slammed repeatedly in a hearing of Boston City Council Thursday night ordered by Councilor Charles Yancey, chaired by Councilor Felix Arroyo, and attended by Councilors Ayanna Pressley and Tito Jackson.

IWW Union Member Arrested at Insomnia Cookies by Cambridge PD During Legal Picket

15 November 2013 - 2:54pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

Cambridge, Mass. - A picket outside Insomnia Cookies in Cambridge resulted in the arrest of a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union Thursday night.

Jason Freedman was arraigned at Cambridge District Court in Medford Friday morning in a brief hearing by the court’s First Judge, Roanne Sragow.

Charged by Cambridge Police for assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, Freedman called the allegations “ridiculous.”

School Bus Drivers Claim They Were “Locked Out” Not on Strike as Two More Officials Fired by Veolia

9 November 2013 - 9:58pm | jadams
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/Dorchester - Around 600 members and supporters of the Boston Public Schools’ Bus Drivers’ Union, Local 8751 of the United Steelworkers, some from as far afield as California, Washington state, Baltimore, and New York, rallied at the Freeport bus yard on Dorchester Avenue in Boston Saturday.

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