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Congratulations To This Year’s Labor Attorney Award Recipient: Roland N. Goff
Roland has collaborated with the nurses and health care professionals of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) since 2000. During this period Roland negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements with local unit…
Read MoreCongratulations To This Year’s Father Edward F. Boyle Award (Auxiliary) Recipient: Elizabeth Neumeier
Elizabeth Neumeier has been a full-time practitioner in the field of dispute resolution since 1983. Her primary area of practice is the arbitration of labor-management disputes. Ms. Neumeier served for…
Read MoreCongratulations To This Year’s Labor Award Recipient: Jim Pinkham
Jim Pinkham is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for UWUA Local 369 and a 42-year veteran of the utility industry. He began his career in 1982 as a cleaner…
Read MoreLabor History: November 2024 Blog
Disclaimer: These words are the author’s personal views and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion.NOVEMBER 23 1170 B.C. – “History’s first recorded (on papyrus) strike by Egyptians working on…
Read More2024 October Blog
Disclaimer: This work is the author’s personal views and interpretations, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Labor Guild.By 1935, workers felt like they could finally take a…
Read MoreSeptember Blog: The Pullman Strike
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this blog post are those of the writer/author, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Labor Guild. There was…
Read MoreAugust History Blog: 1921 Matewan Massacre and the Battle of Blair Mountain
Disclaimer: These words are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the Labor Guild’s opinion. Two bloody incidences happened in West Virginia in 1921. The first was…
Read MoreLabor History Blog July 2024: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
This month we will talk about the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which began on July 14 and ended on August 2.There were many railroad strikes during the 1800’s. For…
Read MoreSeafood Expo with Taiwanese Fishermen Fighting for Wifi Rights At Sea
By Bruce Tran, Boyle Fellow On March 3rd, 2024, I went to an event outside the annual seafood expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. It is here where…
Read MoreThe Chinese Progressive Association’s 2024 Year of the Dragon Banquet
By Bruce Tran, Boyle Fellow On March 22, 2024, I arrived at the Empire Garden Restaurant in the Chinatown district of Boston for the Chinese Progressive Association’s Annual Award Dinner.…
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