For the second time in less than a week supporters of unions battling Wisconsin's governor over collective-bargaining rights rallied on Beacon Hill on Sunday. The Herald referred to "hundreds of people" involved in the rally, all seemingly loaded with exaggerated rhetoric.
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Menino has been less visible than Waldo since he injured his knee last month. [Boston Herald]
More than $1 billion per year is spent on the Commonwealth's correctional expenses, and it's rising. [Boston Globe]
The final Senate primary debate took place last night, so "undecideds" have 5 days to make up their minds. [Boston Herald]
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The issue that caused so much drama in the past three years, the drug testing of firefighters, ended without drama today as 20 jakes at three firehouses in Boston were subjected to random drug and alcohol tests.
The city of Boston and the men who fill the ranks of the Boston Fire Department simply can't get along. Contract disputes have long since gone nuclear and now any controversy turns into a five-alarm blaze of rhetoric and posturing perfectly designed for the city's competitive media outlets.
As part of its historic Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the General Motors Corp. announced plans today to close a parts distribution center and warehouse in Norton. This location, which will close before the end of 2009, includes 54 union jobs and 15 managers and other salaried employees. One employee, quoted by the Herald, wasn't optimistic about finding a new job.
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