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School was out Tuesday in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead with educators on the picket line.

Students in three Massachusetts communities were not in school Tuesday, schools in those districts will be closed again Wednesday as teacher strikes continue on the North Shore. Educators in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead have been fighting for new contracts, forcing about 1,000 students out of the classroom Tuesday. After a long day of bargaining sessions, there are still no contract…

Educators in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead are prepared to strike amid contentious negotiations on benefits and wages. 

Teachers in three North Shore towns are taking to the picket line. Educators in Beverly and Gloucester voted to strike on Thursday. On Friday, Marblehead also authorized a strike, starting Tuesday. All three districts are striking over stalled contract negotiations. Under state law, public employees are prohibited from striking, making all of the strikes illegal. In Marblehead Saturday, union leader…

Teachers in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead are all taking to the picket line amid tense contract negotiations.

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Teachers in three North Shore towns are taking to the picket line. Educators in Beverly and Gloucester voted to strike on Thursday. On Friday, Marblehead also authorized a strike, starting Tuesday. All three districts are striking over stalled contract negotiations. Under state law, public employees are prohibited from striking, making all of the strikes illegal. In Marblehead Saturday, union leader…

Teachers in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead have all authorized strikes over contract negotiations

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Teachers in Marblehead voted Friday to authorize a strike beginning next week.

Teachers in Marblehead, Massachusetts, are the latest in the state to authorize a strike, the Marblehead Education Association confirmed Friday. The union said 99% of its educators voted to strike, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12. The union said they are fighting for a contract that includes things like a safety committee, additional recess time for younger students, access to bereavement leave…

Massachusetts voters said yes to auditing the Legislature but rejected increasing the hourly wage for workers who collect tips. They also rejected the use of certain plant-based psychedelics and eliminated the use of statewide tests as a high school graduation requirement. ...

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Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts will be able to negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions, under a ballot question approved on Tuesday. With 95% of the votes counted as of 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 54% of voters supported Question 3 and 46% were against it. The campaign waited overnight while more ballots were counted and declared victory on Wednesday…

The New York Times Tech Guild announced Monday morning it is officially on an unfair labor practice strike, just one day before the presidential election. 

Hundreds of Hilton hotel workers in Boston who have been on strike for weeks have reached a tentative agreement on a new deal. UNITE HERE Local 26 said Tuesday night that an agreement was in place to end the strike if members vote to ratify the contract Thursday afternoon. The union says about 765 workers at four Hilton properties in…

Nurses voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to authorize a one-day strike at Newton-Wellesley Hospital amid an ongoing contract dispute, their union said.

Over 600 hotel workers from two Omni properties in Boston had been on an open-ended strike since Oct. 14.

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The union president says it’s a historic contract — the best they’ve ever had, and now they’re celebrating.

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After months of negotiations with Omni hotels and about a week of over 600 workers on strike in Boston, the union unanimously approved a tentative contract agreement Sunday to send those employees back to work Monday morning. The tentative agreement was reached late Friday night and ratified Sunday afternoon. The president of UNITE HERE Local 26 says it’s a historic…

The union didn’t release details on the terms that had been agreed to, but did say that, if they’re ratified, the workers will return to their jobs Monday morning.

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The hotel workers strike at two Boston hotels has been suspended as a tentative agreement was reached, the union announced Friday night. Workers at Omni Parker House and the Omni Boston Seaport are no longer picketing, the union 685 UNITE HERE Local 26 announced, with a vote to ratify the contract set for Sunday. The union didn’t release details on…

This November, voters in Massachusetts will get to decide whether or not Uber and Lyft drivers should be allowed to unionize. If approved, Question 3 will make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to let rideshare drivers unionize, enabling them to engage in collective bargaining for wages, benefits and work conditions. In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell…