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Last updated 09/21/2009 - 2:59pm
09/21/2009 - 2:59pm

Lawrence mayoral candidates make their pleas
By Jill Harmacinski
jharmacinski@eagletribune.com
September 18, 2009 02:45 am


LAWRENCE — With just six days to go before the primary election, nine mayoral hopefuls made passionate personal pleas for votes following a cordial and lively televised candidates forum last night.


09/17/2009 - 3:43pm

 
Letter: Kennedy always a friend of working man and woman

To the editor:
Ted Kennedy understood the history of America's middle class.
In 1935, Congress allowed workers to form unions by signing petitions. Once they had a union, they could bargain with their employer. Once they could bargain, their wages increased.
For decades, wages increased at the same rate that worker productivity increased. The middle class grew. Families' lives got better.
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Last updated 05/19/2009 - 12:18pm
05/19/2009 - 12:18pm

Tradesmen protest UML bid

By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com
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03/23/2009 - 8:55am

600 Union Members Demonstrate Against Doctors Contracting Practices That Drive Down Area Standards for Working Families

The following is a press release from the Massachusetts Building Trades Council released on March 18th, 2009.


03/16/2009 - 1:36pm
Construction jobs in Mass. at 10-year low
Deep decline has many vying for same spots


02/25/2009 - 2:16pm

Negotiate health benefits

The Lowell Sun
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02/09/2009 - 1:54pm

GUEST OPINION: Free choice and small business,
02-07-09
By Sen. John F. Kerry
The Herald News
Posted Feb 06, 2009 @ 02:33 PM


01/30/2009 - 10:15am

 
Union rosters swell by 80,000 in Mass.

By Robert Gavin Globe Staff / January 30, 2009

 

01/05/2009 - 11:33am

Lowell bus drivers' union vote up in the air

By Angel Roy, aroy@lowellsun.com
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01/02/2009 - 10:33am
A handshake that made healthcare history
Partners HealthCare was born in 1993, but its powerhouse potential didn't fully hit home until 2000. That's when the emerging giant cut a quiet deal with Blue Cross to ratchet up insurance costs across the state. Nothing in Massachusetts healthcare has been the same since.


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