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LIUNA 223 Leader Martin Walsh Wins Top Spot in Boston Mayoral Preliminary

Sep 27, 2013 Nora Frederickson | In The States

Photo by Rosa Blumenfeld at the Greater Boston Labor Council

After 20 years, longtime Boston mayor Tom Menino is stepping down. And after Tuesday, the people of Boston are one step closer to electing a pro-labor champion to follow in his footsteps.

Verizon Workers Rally for Fair Deal

Aug 5, 2011 | Organizing/Bargaining

Rand Wilson of the AFL-CIO Field staff reports on the Solidarity Rally at Verizon’s New England headquarters.

With their union contracts set to expire this weekend, thousands of Verizon employees, members of the Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA), took their fight for a fair contract to the front of the company’s New England headquarters in Boston yesterday.