Katie Johnston

A Marlborough developmental disabilities provider filled dozens of vacant jobs by hiring new arrivals from three local shelters. But it didn’t come easily.

The workers’ union has given the companies until Friday to reach an agreement for higher pay and stable staffing levels.

The drivers and the unions supporting them, SEIU 32BJ and the International Association of Machinists, have been organizing for more than two years.

Employees at 35 hotels in Boston and Cambridge, some with little to no savings after decades of physically demanding labor, are ready to walk off the job as early as Sunday.

As many as 4,500 hotel workers at 35 hotels in Boston and Cambridge are prepared to walk off the job after their contracts expire Aug. 31.

Trial testimony revealed that the ride-hailing apps' algorithms can predict how much riders in certain situations might be willing to pay, and how much compensation drivers might accept.

Proponents of the measure say a $15 minimum wage would make earnings more predictable and promote greater equality among workers. Opponents say it would hurt an industry faced with slim margins and high inflation.

Long delays are common in state retirement disputes. John Sorrentino, who worked for the newborn screening program for 18-plus years, has learned that firsthand.

Organized workers doing away with union affiliations is nothing new in the labor movement, and the fact that it’s happening in the nascent cannabis industry reflects just how much the sector has matured.

Concerns have arisen, alongside the celebrations, over drivers’ lack of full employment protections and possible increases to rider fares.

"If my supervisors didn’t know I was trans, everything was smooth sailing," said events coordinator Dreya Catozzi. "But I was open about being trans with co-workers, and once it got to the higher-ups, they felt uncomfortable."

With little oversight from app-based companies, a largely migrant workforce trying to make ends meet is rushing around the city — and raising safety concerns — to satisfy the insatiable demand for takeout.

The state Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday that a passenger who sued Uber for negligence after he was paralyzed in a crash in 2021 must go through arbitration, reversing a lower court’s ruling.

The Fountain Fund, launching in Boston in July, will offer low-interest loans of up to $15,000 and financial planning for formerly incarcerated residents.

Working-age Massachusetts residents who died were more likely to have died of opioid-related overdoses if they had previously been hurt on the job.

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.

The investigation found that cardiac surgeons at the hospital did not sufficiently document patient evaluations for transcatheter aortic valve replacements required for Medicare reimbursement.

Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.

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 classified.

Like others in this city’s large Puerto Rican community, Nereida Badillo longed for a more stable life. But history is difficult to overcome.