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Katie Johnston

Katie Johnston

Reporter at The Boston Globe

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Top Places to Work in Massachusetts: Explore the winners lists and more

Find out which 175 companies have the happiest employees in the state.
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Poor People’s Campaign seeks to increase voting among low-income re...

People in low-income households are much less likely to vote, but efforts to get them to the polls are ramping up.
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Massachusetts ballot questions 2024: Question 3 on Uber and Lyft dr...

Question 3 would give Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize a union.
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Uber, Lyft ballot measure leaves labor movement divided

Question 3 would allow drivers to organize as independent contractors. But could this hurt the fight for employment rights throughout the gig economy?
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‘Our future workforce’: How 41 Haitian migrants solved a Marlboroug...

A Marlborough developmental disabilities provider filled dozens of vacant jobs by hiring new arrivals from three local shelters. But it didn’t come easily.
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Boston hotel workers threaten all-out strike

The workers’ union has given the companies until Friday to reach an agreement for higher pay and stable staffing levels.
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Hotel workers launch strikes at four more hotels

Nearly 1,200 hotel workers at the Omni Parker House, Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, Westin Boston Seaport District, and Renaissance Boston Seaport Hotel will picket for three days.
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Uber, Lyft drivers kick off campaign in support of union ballot mea...

The drivers and the unions supporting them, SEIU 32BJ and the International Association of Machinists, have been organizing for more than two years.
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Thousands of Boston-area hotel workers could go on strike this week...

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.
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Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.

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.
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$15 minimum wage for tipped workers headed to ballot

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.
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This former state employee is still fighting for his pension benefi...

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.
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At Fall River cultivation site, cannabis workers cast off their union

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.
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Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft

Concerns have arisen, alongside the celebrations, over drivers’ lack of full employment protections and possible increases to rider fares.
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‘Oh no, we can’t have this’: Managers knew they couldn’t fire her f...

"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."
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A 23-minute ride for $3.52: Boston’s food delivery drivers are gett...

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.
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Boston chef paralyzed in Uber crash must go through arbitration, SJ...

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.
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For Boston residents returning from prison, a new fund aims to prov...

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.
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Fatal opioid overdoses tied to workplace injuries, state study finds

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.
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These local leaders struggled in school. It hasn’t held them back.

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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Cape Cod Hospital to pay $24.4 million following DOJ investigation ...

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