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The Harvard Club has reached a tentative $4 million settlement with its waitstaff over a tips dispute, according to a letter the exclusive alumni organization sent members earlier this week. Employees filed a class-action lawsuit in November, claiming they had been cheated out of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in tips because of a […]
Nix’s Mate and its owner Peter Lucido Nix’sMate, a New England-style restaurant with a pirate theme in Boston’s FinancialDistrict has been cited for food safety violations. One of its owners has left a trail ofcompanies with bad business practices. Salty Language: “Unions are for lazyf*cks” After opening, Nix’s Mate fired two pro-union workers. In statements […]
On Tuesday, May 15th, Local 26 members joined community, immigrants and faith-based organizations against unfair deportation and profiling of immigrants. Click on the title above to see video footage WCVB and NECN
On May 16, 2012, the 74 workers at the Blackstone-owned Hilton Downtown celebrated union recognition at their hotel. They choose to join Boston’s Local 26 by card count recognition. The victory caps an 8-month organizing effort that began with underground meetings in September 2011. In December, the workers went public with 92% having signed […]
For the past ten years, over 5,000 volunteers have come together for two days in the spring to participate in a Boston citywide clean up event. This year, more than 70 members from Boston’s Local 26 participated in the event to paint a community center, plant flowers, sweep, rake and pick up trash to make our […]