BEVERLY — The School Committee is requesting a mediator join stalled contract negotiations with the Beverly Teachers Association. The mediator would be a neutral third-party assigned by the…
Read more Beverly officials call in mediator for stalled contract talksBOSTON — Voters in November will get a chance to resolve a fight over unionizing Uber and Lyft workers with a proposal that calls for reshaping the employment…
Read more Question 3: Should ride-hailing drivers be allowed to unionize?BEVERLY — More than 100 North Shore educators and elected officials gathered Thursday night on Cabot Street to hear the stories of teachers like Brittany McGrail. McGrail, who works…
Read more North Shore teachers call state of schools ‘a crisis’ at forumFour years after what was once the “novel coronavirus” was declared a pandemic, COVID remains the most dangerous infectious respiratory illness regularly circulating in the U.S. But a…
Read more Why Are We Still Flu-ifying COVID?Last fall, when RSV and flu came roaring back from a prolonged and erratic hiatus, and COVID was still killing thousands of Americans each week, many of the…
Read more Sick Season Will Be Worse From Now OnEmergency responses—being, well, emergency responses—aren’t designed to last forever, and this morning, the World Health Organization declared the one that’s been in place for the COVID-19 pandemic since…
Read more Only the Emergency Has EndedRecently, after a week in which 2,789 Americans died of COVID-19, President Joe Biden proclaimed that “the pandemic is over.” Anthony Fauci described the controversy around the proclamation…
Read more The Pandemic’s Legacy Is Already Clear
