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Management at NEPM, an NPR and PBS affiliate serving western Massachusetts, announced they are reducing staff by 20%. The cuts come the same week that NPR is preparing to lay off 10% of its workforce.

People who don't have basic digital skills, such as knowing how to upload a resume, often struggle to apply for jobs. That's also true for people without computers or internet access. During a labor shortage, employers miss out on these job applicants.

The rallies were organized by the group Child Care for Connecticut’s Future in six cities and towns across the state. In Stamford, advocates, child care providers and parents rallied outside of a preschool, calling for better working conditions.

Millions more electric cars are expected on New England roads. Are there enough people to repair them?

Ben & Jerry’s has released a statement promising to take decisive action when it learns of child labor on dairy farms supplying milk for its products.That's in response to a story from the New York Times about migrant children working in conditions in violation of labor laws across the U.S.

The employees who would be removed from the UMass Amherst union system work for the university's advancement office.

The current worker shortage in Massachusetts is putting the onus on employers to be 'employers of choice.' Business group AIM says data shows the projected number of available jobs and projected growth in the workforce will further widen the divide in coming years.

Union employees and management at the independent Amherst Cinema in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced they have signed a first ever contract, through June 2025.

Classical musicians have filed a new complaint against the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, through a federal labor board. The players have been without a contract since August 2020.

A Massachusetts state senator said the toy maker LEGO moving its headquarters, and more than 700 jobs, from Enfield, Connecticut, to Boston will have a negative impact on his district.