The federal minimum wage hasn’t increased in over a decade. After a brief but failed attempt by the Biden administration to raise it to $15 an hour, it will most likely remain at the current $7.25 for an indefinite time to come. This is a shame, for the economic benefits of wage hikes are beyond dispute, as many studies have shown, including those authored by Robert Pollin, distinguished professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Pollin is co-author of
The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy (1998) and
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Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States (2008) and has worked with many U.S. non-governmental organizations on creating living wage statutes at both the statewide and municipal levels. In this interview, Pollin discusses why, even though we must continue to push for a $15 minimum wage, we must also consider what a true living wage looks like
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KEYNOTES: Family remembers Capt. Seth Michaud
Rosemary Rimkus
After many months of reconstruction of the ancient Houghton Street Bridge, it was dedicated to the memory of U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Seth Michaud, with ceremonies on the site on May 25, 2015. Michaud, a helicopter pilot, was killed in Africa during Operation Enduring Freedom on June 22, 2003. (In 2018, the Washington Street bridge was dedicated to the memory of Pfc. Kenneth M. Thibault, killed in Vietnam in 1969, which will be the subject of another story.) Michaud’s widow, Karen Michaud-Goldsmith, and young son, Ian, were among those at the dedication. Michaud, son of former Chestnut Street residents Fran and Karen Michaud, was an honor student in the Hudson High School class of 1994, where he played soccer for four years, an Eagle Scout and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1998. He was 27 years old when he was killed in a helicopter crash in 2003. His parents moved from Hudson eight years ago, and
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Greg Shea
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Shea is a six-time New England Emmy Award winning Producer/Director for GBH. He created the live music series,
Front Row Boston, for GBH in 2012.
Front Row features emerging and established artists performing in Boston’s best music venues and at GBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.
Shea’s work has also spanned numerous GBH productions including American Experience, Antiques Roadshow, GBH News, NOVA, Masterpiece Theater, and Stories From the Stage.
In 2014 Shea was announced the GBH Becton Fellow named in honor of GBH’s former president and current vice chair Henry Becton, Jr.
Shea earned his bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and lives in North Andover, MA with his wife and family.