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Protest Leads to Arrest of 11 in Newton

Boston Globe and Daily News Tribune

2009 Newsclips

Trabajadores Protestan por Despidos
Fecha: Marzo 26, 2009
Informacion tomada de: Siglo 21

American Dreams Deferred: Recession batters immigrant at all economic levels
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Source: The Boston Globe
 
Workers Losing Jobs, Not 'Hope'
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009
Source: The Boston Herald

Union Workers Take to Street to Protest Layoffs of Janitors
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009
Source: The Boston Globe

Bailout Discontent Takes to the Street
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Source: The Boston Globe

Janitors Face Job Losses
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009
Source: The Harvard Crimson

Not as Well Endowed: Unions labor to save jobs
Date:  Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Source: The Weekly Dig

Students, Staff Protest Potential Layoffs
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Source: The Harvard Crimson

Twin Labor Demonstrations Demand End to Layoffs at Harvard University Staff Amidst Campus-wide Budget Cuts
Date: March 6, 2009
Source: Open Media Boston

Save Harvard Jobs
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Source: The Harvard Crimson

A Necessary Evil: Cuts in custodial staff are regrettable but understandable
Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009
Source: The Harvard Crimson (Opinion)

2008 Newsclips

Labor unions take to streets
Date:           Sunday, June 22, 2008
Source:       Boston Herald

Summary:    Some 80 security officers from SEIU Local 615 rallied near One Boston Place against Apollo Security, Palladian Security and USI, alleging company officers denied workers union recognition.

NU students rally for janitors benefits
Date:            Monday, April 28, 2008
Source:        Boston Metro

Summary:    Upset at Northeaster University’s “unwillingness” to pay its janitors a wage on par with other area schools, students and activists staged a weekend long protest outside the Beacon Hill home of the school president.

 

Students protest low pay for janitors
Date:            Sunday, April 27, 2008
Source:        Boston Globe

Summary:    About 100 supporters of higher wages for Northeaster University janitors marched from the college’s Huntington Avenue campus to the Beacon Street home of university president Joseph E. Aoun yesterday.


Protest waged at Northeastern
Date:           Sunday, April 27, 2008
Source:        Boston Herald

Summary:     Nearly 100 Northeastern University students and alumni began a three-day camp-out in front of the university president’s posh Beacon Hill home yesterday to demand better wages for school janitors.


Pols hear of ID theft, credit woe
Date:           Thursday, March 20, 2008
Source:        Boston Herald

Summary:    At a “town hall meeting” hosted by Local 615 of the SEIU, Attorney General Martha Coakley and U.S. Reps. Barney Frank and Michael Capuano got an earful yesterday from ordinary citizens fed up with a ruinous financial system.

Mayor Challenges Immigrants to Vote

Boston Globe, January 13, 2008

Mayor Thomas M. Menino challenged the city's immigrants yesterday to vote in the upcoming presidential election. At an event organized by the Greater Boston Ya Es Hora ("It's time") Alliance, Menino said Bostonians "cannot allow this election to be a discussion of issues that don't affect people." The event at the Downtown Crossing offices of Service Employees International Union Local 615 drew a largely Latino crowd of about 100. It was part of a national effort to bring out the vote among the 6 million people who became American citizens last year. The SEIU and Ya Es Hora, teaming with community, church, and civic groups, plan to hold meetings in various parts of the city, call residents, and go door to door encouraging people to vote in November, said Rocio Saenz, Local 615 president, who coordinates the Ya Es Hora's "Mi Familia Vota" program.