Univision Boston: Hotel located in heart of Boston faces problems
From Univision Spanish-language TV: Wyndham hotel located in the heart of Boston faces problems with its workers and OSHA.
Channel 5: OSHA Investigating Boston Hotel After Staff Complaints
OSHA is investigating a Boston hotel after staff claims they were forced to regularly deal with bodily fluids and medical waste without proper equipment or training.
Governor Baker Appoints Local 26 President Brian Lang to MassDOT Board
Our President Brian Lang has been appointed by Governor Baker to serve on the MassDOT Board, which oversees the MBTA. From the Governor’s release:
After a harsh winter that impaired the MBTA and disrupted public transportation for commuters, Governor Baker appointed a special panel of transportation leaders to take a deep dive into the structural problems with the T and deliver recommendations for short and long term plans to improve our transit system.
Boston Globe article here.
Governor Baker’s press release here.
Boston Globe: A path to the middle class, via hotel work
THERE IS arguably no path to middle-class life in Boston more swift and secure than a job in a big hotel. But if you’re a member of Unite Here Local 26, the union that covers more than half of the hotel workers in Boston and Cambridge, the pay and benefits are striking:
Workers win union at Harvard-owned DoubleTree hotel
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Boston-Cambridge in Allston announced Saturday they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott.