Cambridge, Mass. - Consulting firm HR Hero conducted a "Union Avoidance Master Class" at the Sheraton Commander Hotel on Wednesday to train local employers how to keep their workplace union-free. Union members and allies rallied outside the event in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make such tactics less appealing to employers. According to labor spokespeople, HR Hero advises employers on the most effective ways to crush union drives by intimidating workers, spreading misinformation, and stalling collective bargaining processes without breaking current labor laws.

BOSTON/Downtown Crossing - Over 100 unionized security officers and labor allies joined ununionized security officers in a march yesterday to demand that the non-union security company Palladion Services recognize Service Employees International Union Local 615 and bargain a union contract with their workers.

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Suffolk University contract janitors with ABM/One Source celebrated a union contract victory with a short rally on Tuesday in front of the Suffolk Law School.

BOSTON/South Boston - On Monday, a group of 25 people - including former employees of the recently closed Seafood Palace Restaurant in Dorchester and supporters from the Chinese Progressive Association Workers Center, Mass. Jobs with Justice, and the Mass. Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health - met at the Broadway T Stop in South Boston and held a short rally before marching up West Broadway to Kim's Market to protest Seafood Palace's violation of various state and federal labor laws and demand justice for its laid-off workers.

BOSTON - Skilled trades and maintenance workers at the Colonade Hotel are united in the Area Trades Council.

BOSTON/Downtown Crossing - Last Saturday, 75 people attended a "Stand for Security" march and rally called by the Service Employees International Union Local 615.

BOSTON/Mission Hill - About 50 people - including affected workers, Service Employees International Union Local 615 staffers, and community allies - marched from the Mission Park apartment development

BOSTON - Over 1000 workers from two dozen area hospitals and allied healthcare facilities showed up for a boisterous rally today at 4 p.m.

BOSTON - A diverse 300-person rally was held yesterday at 4 p.m. in honor of May Day, the traditional international workers holiday, at the Boston Common Bandstand.