Description: Gov. Michael Dukakis on need to reform workers compensation system to alleviate delayed and unfair settlements for injured workers. Endless shelves of files at Industrial Accident Board. State labor secretary Paul Eustace, economic affairs secretary Evelyn Murphy, Rep. Kenneth Lemanski, William McCarthy of AIM. Dukakis talks about status of labor movement, viability of unions, trade issues and protectionism, and state's transitional economy from manufacturing to service and high tech industries. Anchors Harris and Vaillancourt.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/02/1985
Description: Kevin White refuses to debate mayoral candidate Joe Timilty. Chuck Turner wants Boston construction jobs to go to city residents. Controversy over Boston Water & Sewer Commission rate increase. 1637 tulip bulb speculation in Holland. Jerry Brown interview.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/22/1979
Description: 1) Interview with John McAward on peace talks in El Salvador civil war. 2) Brief on Dr. Benjamin Spock's arrest for protesting Reagan administration. 3) Hearing on need for elder care services and better wages for case workers. Richard Rowland, elder affairs secretary. 4) Infant mortality rate demands funding for neighborhood health centers. 5) Interview with Alexander Cockburn on media & coverage of politics. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/15/1984
Description: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL TIERNEY ON TREGOR BILL, PAYLESS PAYDAYS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/06/1982
Description: Film transfer of “Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens” (©1977) from The National Citizens Committee for Justice for J.P. Stevens Workers. Pounding sound of mechanical looms. Stevens Tower in New York City. Interview with textile workers who voice complaints about employee treatment, poor conditions, lack of training, safety violations, low wages, climate of intimidation, hostility to the union. Mills in the Carolinas. Workers leave factory, seen through chain link fence. Workers vote to organize with Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1977