The City Council approved a labor agreement reached between the Wu administration and the city’s firefighters union, Local 718. The sign-off, which came at Wednesday’s Council meeting and sent the agreement to Mayor Wu’s desk, was unanimous. The agreement, which Wu announced at the Greater Boston Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast earlier this month, runs from July 2021
With the end of the preliminary election this week, voters can turn to the Nov. 7 ballot and its marquee race. The ballot will feature eight contenders vying for the City Council’s at-large slots, and voters can choose up to four. They will join the top two finishers in the district races that were on the ballot this past Tuesday (Districts 3, 5, 6 and 7), as well as
Councilor Brian Worrell (Dorchester, Mattapan) had trouble yesterday getting through a formal reading of his request for a hearing on how Boston needs to increase its efforts to curb gun violence. Read more.
The City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution to "acknowledge, condemn and apologize for the role played by the city of Boston in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the ongoing detrimental impacts experienced by the Black people of Boston." The council approved the resolution 12-0. Councilor Brian Worrell (Dorchester, Mattapan) was not present.