Economy

While organized labor has historically been hallmarked by the male-dominated trades, unionized women seem to be fueling a new era in the movement, particularly in industries highly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic like health care, education, and hospitality.

Registration is open for WBJ's 2022 Economic Forecast Forum, which will look at the economic future of Central Massachusetts.

Greater Worcester’s unemployment rate dropped more than one percentage point in December, hitting 3.6%. That's the lowest unemployment rate since the coronavirus pandemic struck, according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Massachusetts’ unemployment rate saw a significant drop in unemployment in December, decreasing to 3.9%, the lowest it’s been before the coronavirus pandemic.

As it enters the homestretch of its months-long investigation of the changing nature of work in Massachusetts and prepares to draft its report, the Future of Work Commission had an important question to settle Tuesday: just exactly when is "the future?"

In the summer of 2020, Webster developer Galaxy Life Sciences announced plans to build a $50-million biomanufacturing facility at Worcester’s 46-acre life sciences campus, The Reactory.

CEO Carolyn Jackson, who was often personally the target of the union members’ frustration, is now tasked with repairing the hospital's culture. 

Union nurses who have been on strike since March 8 voted on Monday night to ratify a new contract with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, ending an historic 301-day strike initially hinging on staffing ratios.

Just fewer than 1,000 executive branch employees have left their jobs because they did or would not comply with Gov. Charlie Baker's vaccine mandate for public employees, including 656 people whose departures were involuntary.

Unemployment in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area saw a decrease of 0.4 percentage points in November, dropping to 4.8%, according to Thursday’s report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.