Developer at Somerville’s Union Square project misses targets around local hires and diversity
Master developer US2 continues to miss hiring targets for the Union Square Revitalization Project, but the Somerville City Council lacks relevant workforce data, leaving the all-volunteer Union Square Neighborhood Council to hold developers accountable.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: ‘Pests,’ dating horrors and ‘Of the Ether’ dance
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a “Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains” reading, Nick Zaino’s 100 Years of Boston Comedy, Urbanity’s “Of the Ether” dance and a “DM Mayhem” show of horrifying texts from men.
There’s tension at Somerville Avenue Starbucks around workers wearing union gear, group says
Workers walked out of a Somerville Starbucks after getting threats from management for wearing union apparel, according to a labor organization.
Post says Milk Bar closed to bust a union effort, while company blames Harvard Square landlord (updated)
Around four hours after a notice of intent to unionize came a hastily composed response that the shop would be closed, according to a post on Instagram.
Staff wants to unionize a Starbucks in Somerville, following on mixed success at indie coffee shops
Workers at a Somerville Starbucks filed a petition Friday with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, less than a week after around 60 baristas and managers at an independent Somerville coffee shop group approved their first contract.
Roust Coffee prepares to open in Darwin’s space with a business model familiar … from Darwin’s
Roust Coffee, which plans to open in the Harvard Square location of the closed Darwin’s Ltd. coffee shop, will seem familiar – right down its manager.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll’ to a Poetry Brothel
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a book on the “Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll” as well as more music to hear, a Poetry Brothel as well as more basic readings, nature walks and museums, labor history and “Lovefool” and holiday happenings from shopping strolls to drag shows.
Henriette Lazardis, exploring 1910 ‘Terra Nova,’ knows what keeps her readers turning the page
After teaching English literature at Harvard for 10 years, Henriette Lazardis became a full-time writer with a new novel: “Terra Nova,” a story of love, betrayal and adventure set against the backdrop of Antarctic discovery.
Jamie McCallum can’t stop reporting ‘Essential,’ the story of labor organizing during a pandemic
Sociologist Jamie McCallum brings his “Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice” to a Harvard Book Store reading on Tuesday.
Kids are again saying ‘Give us what we need’: Tech education and entrepreneurship revamp
Twenty years after we added biotechnology and graphic design as well as space and funding to CRLS technical education, it has been depleted and ignored again.
