The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart. The events at CS&S are an example, of the label “progressive except for Palestine”.
The workers and board of directors of the afterschool arts nonprofit SAY Si are preparing to negotiate on the organization’s first collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
92,000 employees. Revenue of roughly $26 billion. But its flagship hospital recently made headlines for being the least charitable non-profit hospital in the country.
A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers
A recent spate of union-busting tussles and general bad boss behavior has thrown a harsh spotlight on the rot at the top of various nonprofits, liberal political organizations, and beloved cultural institutions.
One of the nation’s most respected public defender nonprofits is unionizing, the latest in a surge of union drives at prominent nonprofits across the country.
Once you have a strong union contract, management can’t erode your pay or benefits, or fire you without notice.
Publicly owned internet networks are giving some rural regions an advantage over even the techiest big cities.
What about in Somerville? According to a recent email I got from the City’s Assessing Department, “if the University was a taxable entity it would generate residential tax at $596,700 and commercial tax at $6,103,800.”
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