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NightSide with Dan Rea - Rundown for October 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024 NightSide News Update. We kick off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Guest columnist Robin Goldstein: Listen to our restaurant workers and save their livelihoods by voting ‘no’ on Ballot Question 5
Imagine this: a high-paid, Ivy League-educated lawyer and nonprofit executive from Los Angeles shows up in Massachusetts and claims that...
Oct 4, 20243 min read
How eliminating the tipped minimum wage could hurt Massachusetts restaurants — and its workers
The ballot proposal could lead to stagnant wages and job cuts By Larry Edelman Hey bartender. Question 5 would allow employers to share...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Question 5 would mean a wage cut for tipped workers like me
I make significantly more than the state minimum wage as a bartender. By Gretchen Shelgren I’m 51 years old and have worked in the...
Sep 30, 20243 min read
Three ballot questions in ‘precarious’ situation, poll indicates
MCAS, tipped wages, and psychedelics questions facing challenges by JENNIFER SMITH THREE OF THE STATE’S five ballot questions,...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
Mayors urge voters to reject higher wages for tipped workers
BOSTON — A bipartisan group of mayors are urging voters to reject a proposal on the November ballot that would raise wages for tipped...
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Mayors across Massachusetts Urge NO Vote on Question 5
Bipartisan group comes together to protect servers, bartenders and neighborhood restaurants put as risk by ill-conceived ballot question...
Sep 11, 20243 min read
Mayors Barrett, Perry, Reardon Back No on 5 Tipped Workers Ballot Question Campaign
Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett is among a bipartisan group of state mayors, urging voters to reject a ballot measure in November that...
Sep 11, 20241 min read
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