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A ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library entrance on Boylston Street. There are five questions on the Massachusetts ballot for residents to vote on in addition to the presidential election. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How did Massachusetts voters decide on ballot questions?

Mara Mellits November 5, 2024
Along with deciding the next president, Massachusetts voters will also decide on five key ballot questions on Tuesday.
A ballot drop box outside of the Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library. Question 3 on the Massachusetts ballot regards an initiative to allow transportation network drivers to unionize. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Proposed Question 3 ballot to allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize

Liam Dunne October 9, 2024
Question 3, a ballot measure seeking to allow unionization and collective bargaining for transportation network drivers, has sparked support from Massachusetts state senators, but Uber and Lyft remain neutral.
Protesters hold up signs for the Reslife Union Rally in front of George Sherman Union. ZIYU (JULIAN) ZHU/DFP STAFF

Boston University students comment on RA unionization

Valeria Rivera February 27, 2023
Following a rally outside of the George Sherman Union earlier this month, Boston University students shared their opinions about the University’s Residence Assistants unionization.
East to West: September 23, 2022

East to West: September 23, 2022

Taylor Hawthorne September 23, 2022

Happy first day of fall! Today on East to West we cover a fire in Allston which left close to $3 million in damages, a campus-wide power outage,Martha's Vineyard migrant crisis and more. Click here...

Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Esports pros need collective bargaining, too

Nick Speranza March 25, 2021
We need to establish esports unions so we can support players and give them more freedom.
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Campus News 101: What’s going on at BU

Weihua Li June 7, 2016

The 2015-16 Boston University school year was one marked by voices. Different groups on BU’s campus, may it be adjunct professors, BU Police Department officers, Student Government, cultural student...

The National Labor Relations Board ruled in October to consider letting graduate students unionize. PHOTO BY ANNALYN KUMAR/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

With labor board considering grad student unions, some BU TAs see need for bargaining

Grace Li December 3, 2015

For Jade Luiz, a sixth-year graduate student in the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the extent of what BU graduate teaching assistants do should attract wider conversations regarding...

Students protest outside of Boston University President Robert Brown's office following the announcement of the closure the African Presidential Center. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Campus news coverage preview

J.D. Capelouto June 10, 2015

The 2014-15 Boston University school year was one marked by intense inquiry. Following a year of significant change, student and faculty brought their voices to the forefront, assessed BU as a whole and,...

Boston University Center for English Language and Orientation Programs lecturers unionized with Service Employees International Union 509 Wednesday. PHOTO BY CARLY ROSE WILLING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CELOP lecturers unionize, join BU adjuncts

J.D. Capelouto April 24, 2015

Part-time lecturers at Boston University’s Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, a center for English learners, voted 23-2 to join the Faculty Forward project of the Service Employees...

A study published Friday by the New Delphi Project from the University of Southern California found a decrease in tenure and tenure-track faculty and an increase in adjunct and temporary faculty. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Non-tenure faculty on the increase, study shows

Molly Minniti February 26, 2015

Postsecondary institutions are increasingly hiring more non-tenure, part-time faculty and fewer tenure and tenure-track faculty, according to a Friday study commissioned by the University of Southern...

Massachusetts adjunct professors gather to vote about unionization at the National Labor Relations Board in Boston Wednesday. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU adjunct professors vote to unionize by a 2-to-1 margin

J.D. Capelouto February 5, 2015

As part of a yearlong campaign that has brought part-time faculty unions to several universities in Massachusetts, Boston University adjunct faculty voted Wednesday to join the Service Employees International...

Boston University adjunct professor Maureen Sullivan symbolically offers her dinner to BU President Robert Brown during a BU workers march in October. The National Labor Relations Board set a January date for BU adjunct professors to vote on whether they will unionize and be represented by the Service Employees International Union. PHOTO BY FELICIA GANS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Adjunct faculty, University administration differ on unionization push

Paige Smith November 19, 2014

In an ongoing effort to address concerns about the treatment of part-time faculty on college campuses, adjunct professors at Boston University are preparing for a January election that will determine...

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