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Manufacturing

  • Cultivating Growth Through Training Grants

    June 25, 2012

    When Greg Sexton took over MCS Laser Services in Westford five years ago, he introduced something new to the company — employee training.

    June 25, 2012
  • Polar Among Food And Drink Cos. Backing Recycling Effort

    June 21, 2012

    Legislation that would have put deposits on plastic juice bottles and other drink containers in Massachusetts is dead for now, but some of the companies who opposed the bill because of projected cost increases have launched a statewide recycling i

    June 21, 2012
  • Opposing Statements On 'Right-To-Repair' Expose Dealer-Automaker Tension

    June 21, 2012

    Seeking to avoid a November ballot question on Right-To-Repair legislation, Massachusetts automobile dealers announced jointly with the coalition pushing the bill that a compromise has been reached.

    June 21, 2012
  • Students Solve Littleton Manufacturer's Dilemma

    June 21, 2012

    When higher education and manufacturers collide, innovation can result.

    June 21, 2012
  • Waters Breaks Ground At U.K. Site

    June 19, 2012

    Waters Corp. of Milford broke ground Monday for a new mass spectrometry headquarters in Wilmslow, England, that the company exp

    June 19, 2012
  • Mass. Unemployment Drops To 6%

    June 14, 2012

    The Bay State added 7,500 jobs in May, dropping the unemployment rate to 6 percent, according to the Massachusetts Executive Offi

    June 14, 2012
  • Central Mass. Companies Get $500K For Training

    June 6, 2012

    More than $500,000 is being awarded to Central Massachusetts businesses through Workforce Training Fund Grants.

    June 6, 2012
  • AMSC Secures U.S. Patent

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012

    AMSC of Devens has acquired exclusive rights to a U.S.

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012
  • Mass. Business Confidence Slips

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012

    Confidence among Massachusetts businesses ebbed slightly in May, a month after it reached its highest level in five years, according to the Associated Industri

    Rick Saia June 5, 2012
  • FDA Approves Additional BSX Stent Sizes

    June 4, 2012

    Natick-based Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has received regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two different lengths of its Promus Element stent, which is used to treat coronary artery disease patients.

    June 4, 2012
  • Manufacturing’s New Mass. Momentum

    Jack Healy Special To The Worcester Business Journal May 29, 2012

    The continuing public perception that Worcester’s manufacturing sector is in decline was once again corrected in another recent economic study issued in April by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.

    Jack Healy Special To The Worcester Business Journal May 29, 2012
  • Nypro Joins North Central Chamber

    May 24, 2012

    After the closing of the Wachusett Chamber of Commerce, Clinton plastics manufacturer Nypro Inc. has joined the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

    May 24, 2012
  • Bristol-Myers Devens Plant Gets OK

    May 17, 2012

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Devens biomanufacturing plant in Devens the go-ahead to begin producing the rheumatoid arthritis-fighting drug Orencia for commercial distribution.

    May 17, 2012
  • A123 Reports Loss, Drop In Revenue

    Rick Saia May 15, 2012

    A123 Systems, the Waltham battery maker with operations in Westborough and Hopkinton, reported a 40-percent drop in revenue and a net loss of $125 million

    Rick Saia May 15, 2012
  • Briefing: FLEXcon's R&D Center

    May 11, 2012

    Last week, company officials from Spencer-based FLEXcon gathered to celebrate the opening of the pressure-sensitive films and adhesives maker's newest building on its campus: a technology and innovation center.

    May 11, 2012
  • A Manufacturing Surge Along Rte. 2?

    May 11, 2012

    North Central Massachusetts — anchored by the cities of Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner — has long been a manufacturing region, buoyed by one of the country’s largest clusters of plastics makers.

    May 11, 2012

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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.