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Local 26 union members in a conference room in the Boston City Hall. A third wave of hospitality strikes led by the Local 26 union began on Friday, Sept. 20. PHOTO BY LIAM DUNNE

Health, safety ordinance on the table as UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers await contract

Liam Dunne October 1, 2024
City officials deliberated a public health and safety ordinance for hotels on Sept. 26 after workers went on strike at four additional Boston hotels in the third wave of citywide strikes in the past month.
City Council meets and passes the Boston Resident Jobs Policy, which aims to increase employment opportunities for Boston residents, minorities and women. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

City council meets, passes Boston Resident Jobs Policy

Till Kaeslin January 26, 2017

Boston City Council passed the Boston Resident Jobs Policy ordinance Wednesday afternoon, but failed to set a hearing date for the Jim Brooks Community Stabilization Act. The Boston Resident Jobs...

EDIT: BYOB proposal could invigorate Boston nightlife

EDIT: BYOB proposal could invigorate Boston nightlife

Editors February 13, 2015

Boston might be about to get a lot more interesting: in a Wednesday City Council hearing, City Councilors Michelle Wu and Stephen Murphy introduced a proposal that would allow restaurant patrons to bring...

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