A driver's strike at one of the largest food service distributors in New England is threatening to disrupt deliveries across the region this week. The union that represents the drivers says 300 employees have walked off the job at the local warehouse:
they will likely soon run out of some products. But at Fenway Park, there have been no disruptions.
Sysco company leaders are criticizing the strike as"unnecessary." They say drivers are on track to make"an average of nearly $110,000 this year" and were offered a contract that would give them a 7% raise in its first year, plus more lower-cost health care options and a"strong" 401k plan. But the union — Teamsters Local 653 — says that some drivers work as much as 16 hours a day under"grueling" conditions. They also accuse Sysco leaders of trying to roll back their health insurance and are calling on the company to bring back a previous pension retirement plan. Similar strikes areare raising questions about mental health monitoring after a man charged with killing his mother in Truroone day after his arrest.
WBUR's Deborah Becker reports that prosecutors asked for Howe to be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for an evaluation because he expressed suicidal thoughts. But correction officials say the hospital did not take custody of Howe because the correct legal procedure wasn't followed. Still, advocates told Becker the jail had the authority to transfer Howe to the hospital.are now officially closer to $3 than $4. The state's average price dropped below $3.50 a gallon yesterday for the.
Massachusetts gas prices are now more than 30 cents cheaper than the national average of $3.80. While we were usually above the national average this spring and summer, some West Coast states have seen pricespassed away over the weekend at his home in Cambridge at the age of 83Thomas recorded a beautiful radio essay for WBUR in 2021 about his life and reflections at the end of it.