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March 19, 2018
Editorial

Professional heroes

Brad Kane

In the business world, when we talk about keeping it professional, it usually centers around little things: dress appropriately, show up on time, don't harass your employees. Yet, in office professions like mine, we rarely deal with raw emotions.

  • Electric vehicle charging stations popping up in Central Mass.

    Grant Welker

    In Central Massachusetts, more electric car charging stations are popping up, and they're being used far more than ever.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Business improvement district capitalizing on Hudson's momentum

    Grant Welker

    Downtown Hudson is taking advantage of new buzzed-about businesses by forming a business improvement district to help with aesthetics, parking and marketing.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Voke/tech career development needs funding

    Susan Mailman And Timothy P. Murray

    We urge business leaders to contact their legislators about the need to increase voke/tech school funding. By doing so, we strengthen regional economies across Massachusetts.

  • Meetings Guide & Golf Directory
    Meetings Guide & Golf Directory

    Fitchburg State remaking theater as new community, incubator space

    Grant Welker

    A theater on Fitchburg's Main Street has sat vacant for decades as a lost opportunity to help revitalize a stretch of downtown but the building is now being brought back to life.

  • The newspaper giant of Central Mass.

    Zachary Comeau

    Chances are now very high daily community news coming out of Central Massachusetts will be from a publication owned by a large media corporation, with a strong commitment to the bottom line.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Rebuilding trust

    Susan Shalhoub

    Work betrayals – such as mismanagement of layoffs, executive-level crime, or a leader taking credit for someone else's efforts – erode trust.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    The Holy Cross compromise

    A negotiation isn't successful until both sides are unhappy, and the hallmark of compromise is everyone getting something they want – but not everything. It's an art we seem to have lost the ability to create at the national level, at least among our political leaders.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Worcester chamber: Union Station underutilized

    Zachary Comeau

    As developers descend upon downtown Worcester and attempt to remake the city's center, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is hoping to tap into that optimism by utilizing Union Station's economic potential.

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts should implement more private employee whistleblower protections?
Poll Description

Massachusetts whistleblower laws predominantly safeguard public employees from retaliation when they report violations, abuse, or risks to public health and safety. However, private employees have far more restrictions in regards to their state-provided whistleblower protections, but there are still ways they file retaliation complaints, including federally through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.

In January, the state agency Cannabis Control Commission suspended a whistleblower featured in a WBJ investigation. Without providing reasoning, the CCC put Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube subsequently resigned from her role.

In May, Carla LeBlanc, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital was fired for her appearance on a local podcast in which she spoke out about long-documented concerns regarding working conditions and interpersonal dynamics at the Worcester facility. She then filed a lawsuit against the hospital and its operator under the Massachusetts Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act, which offers protections to private healthcare workers. 

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