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Demise of Survival Inc.

Description: Survival Inc. drug treatment center in Quincy is forced to close because it is unable to recruit staff at extremely low starting salaries.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1988

Disenfranchised by health care system

Description: Barbara Gray at community mental health workers' rally for better pay. David Cohen at disabled activists' rally for personal care services for chronically ill and handicapped living at home. Van with wheelchair lift.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1988

Dukakis and Jackson on jobs

Description: "Good jobs at good wages" is a favorite phrase of both Dukakis and Jackson in their presidential campaigns. Lester Thurow explains how the candidates differ on this issue. Workers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1988

Health care bill repercussions

Description: State employees complain about added financial burden of copayments for coverage in new health care bill. Rep. Eleanor Myerson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1988

Home care workers unite

Description: Home care workers wage pseudo-guerrilla warfare to secure higher wages. They don camouflage caps & khaki jackets to lobby legislators. Elder care.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1988

James River Mill shutdown

Description: Laid off workers from Hyde Park Mill of James River Corporation despair over inability to get new jobs at comparable wages in event of continued plant shutdown. Paul Eustace, state labor secretary.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/05/1988

Nuclear pollution

Description: Manufacture of nuclear bombs is known to pose danger to workers exposed to radiation. International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War want to publicize this risk. Bomb photos.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/07/1988

Rest home workers

Description: State Rate Setting Commission established reimbursements too low to enable rest home owners to offer employees raises. Workers picket outside Commission office to demand better wages.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/17/1988

Retarded workers at Colgate-Hoyt

Description: Retarded workers in assembly line jobs, packing toothbrushes at Colgate-Hoyt plant in Canton. Supervisors speak highly of the reliability of these employees, despite lower productivity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1988

Revenue Advisory Board

Description: Frank Keefe announces revenue estimates look worse each month; state employee layoffs may be necessary. James Bailey, Rep. Richard Voke.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/02/1988