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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Workers&#8217; Rights</title>
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		<title>Support Stop &amp; Shop Workers &#8211; Fri., Feb. 26, 5:00 p.m.</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/25/events/support-stop-shop-workers-fri-feb-26-500-p-m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Bumpus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 26, 2010; 5:00 pm; ] You can show your support for workers at the Somerville Stop and Shop by joining Massachusetts Jobs with Justice in handing out fliers on Friday at 5:00 - corner of McGrath Highway and Mystic Avenue.

Thousands of grocery workers throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut - members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>our trash vendor</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/21/workers-rights/our-trash-vendor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davis76c</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has reached an agreement with five Somerville waste disposal companies, collectively known as Russell, and its corporate officers... to pay $70,000 to 352 current and former employees as well as a $20,000 penalty to the Commonwealth to resolve allegations that the company violated the Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws. In addition, Russell has agreed to a two-year monitoring and compliance plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Strike Alert! Support Angelica Workers!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/12/13/health-care/stike-alert-support-angelica-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Bumpus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 450 laundry workers at Angelica Textile in Somerville went out on strike Thursday... negotiations have been focused on obtaining quality affordable healthcare, well-funded pension benefits, and living wages. Come support these hard working employees as they stand up for a fair contract!]]></description>
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		<title>Despite unresolved allegations against FW Russell, City renews waste disposal contract</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/27/workers-rights/despite-unresolved-allegations-against-fw-russell-city-renews-waste-disposal-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Board of Aldermen extended the City&#8217;s contract with FW Russell for another year plus 5 more under a new contract despite concerns stemming from a 2-year-old investigation by AG Coakley&#8217;s office into the waste disposal company&#8217;s labor practices. The company was selected for offering the lowest price among 4 bids procured by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pittsburg Precedent</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/19/schools-and-youth/the-pittsburg-precedent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/19/schools-and-youth/the-pittsburg-precedent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh floats a sales tax on college tuition!]]></description>
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		<title>Duplicity: Long for Deval</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/09/23/politics/duplicity-long-for-deval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyatt or Tufts, Deval's choice is the hotter bed.]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Actions to Support Rite Aid Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/08/10/events/somerville-actions-to-support-rite-aid-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/08/10/events/somerville-actions-to-support-rite-aid-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Bumpus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ August 10, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] Rite Aid warehouse workers in Lancaster, California need our support. Before workers voted to form a union in 2008, Rite Aid committed dozens of unfair labor practices. And since then, in an effort to prevent them from achieving a first contract, the warehouse workers have faced continuing anti-union terror.]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville youth lead effort to halt teen injuries, death</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/30/schools-and-youth/somerville-youth-lead-effort-to-halt-teen-injuries-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/30/schools-and-youth/somerville-youth-lead-effort-to-halt-teen-injuries-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Fischman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With summer just around the corner and tens of thousands of young people entering the workforce in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick has proclaimed May &#8220;Safe Jobs for Youth Month&#8221; to focus attention on preventing workplace injuries and deaths.
The proclamation was announced at a youth leadership conference organized by youth leaders from the Jovenes Latinos program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Teachers Association endorses H.R. 676, the national &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/22/health-care/somerville-teachers-association-endorses-hr-676-the-national-medicare-for-all-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/22/health-care/somerville-teachers-association-endorses-hr-676-the-national-medicare-for-all-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rand Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of the Somerville Teachers Association (STA) voted to endorse HR 676 at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 7.
&#8220;Health care reform is finally on the national agenda,&#8221; said Linda Vitiello, President of the Somerville Teachers Association. &#8220;We are excited to be part of a national grassroots movement for Medicare for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest at Rite Aid drugstore focuses on employer abuse and the need for the Employee Free Choice Act</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/05/workers-rights/protest-at-rite-aid-drugstore-focuses-on-employer-abuse-and-the-need-for-the-employee-free-choice-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/05/workers-rights/protest-at-rite-aid-drugstore-focuses-on-employer-abuse-and-the-need-for-the-employee-free-choice-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rand Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small group of union members converged on the Rite Aid drugstore in Davis Sq. on Friday, April 3 to condemn the company&#8217;s abuse of workers&#8217; rights and urge Congress to pass the &#8220;Employee Free Choice Act&#8221; &#8212; a law backed by President Barack Obama that would better protect employees who want to form unions [...]]]></description>
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