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4 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin
Primary care physicians employed by Mass General Brigham overwhelmingly voted to unionize on Friday, in the latest sign of mounting frustration with work conditions at the state’s largest health care system. By a tally of 183 to 26, the physicians decided to join the Doctors Council of the Service Employees International Union. It was the first time that primary care doctors in Massachusetts had voted to form their own bargaining unit.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin
The chief executive of Western Massachusetts’ biggest health system formally apologized for repeatedly using passages from other writers’ work in the weekly blog he produces for Baystate Health. Peter Banko e-mailed employees a lengthy apology on Friday evening, the day after the Globe reported that its review of his internal blog found more than 20 posts containing passages identical or nearly identical to those in articles that appeared elsewhere.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin
Soon after becoming chief executive of Western Massachusetts’ biggest health system last June, Peter Banko began writing a weekly blog that delivers inspirational messages to Baystate Health’s 13,000 employees. Called “Connect,” the blog appears in the company’s internal network and offers observations on figures as diverse as Martin Luther King Jr., baseball great Pete Rose, and the late General Electric chief executive Jack Welch.
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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin
Health care workers and activists on Tuesday demanded that the head of defense contractor Lockheed Martin be removed from Mass General Brigham’s board of directors, saying Israel’s use of his company’s weapons in Gaza flies in the face of what a health system stands for.
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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Hiawatha Bray |Maren Halpin
The massive tariffs announced by President Donald Trump has hammered global stock markets and spawned talk of a worldwide recession. But it’s not all bad news. New car dealers are doing great — for now — as US consumers rush to buy before the 25 percent tariff on imported cars and car parts result in higher prices.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Nick Stoico |Maren Halpin
Hundreds gathered in front of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston on Wednesday to protest efforts by President Trump’s administration to slash federal funding that covers overhead payments for research at universities and institutions across the country. The rally organized by several local unions representing teachers and university student workers is calling for the Trump administration to halt the cuts and save jobs that are funded by federal research grants.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
thesuffolkjournal.com | Leo Woods |Maren Halpin |Julia Capraro |Zoe Toperosky
Patriots owner’s son Josh Kraft announces candidacy for Boston mayorMayor Michelle Wu now has at least one challenger in her bid for reelection, with a recognizable name for many Bostonians: Josh Kraft, the youngest son of the Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kraft, who has never served as an elected official, announced his campaign Feb. 4 from Prince Hall in Dorchester.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Maren Halpin |Dana Gerber
If you’ve gone to your local grocery store for a carton of eggs lately and come home empty-handed, you’re not alone. The region’s grocery stores are scrambling amid a shortage of the popular breakfast item, as the double whammy of avian flu outbreaks and the aftermath of the baking-heavy holiday season has left the nation’s egg supply chain snarled.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Maren Halpin
The JPMorgan Healthcare Conference kicked off Monday in San Francisco, and the annual biopharma convention was already shaping up to be a hub of dealmaking and other news on its first day. The Globe is tracking deals and news involving local companies at the conference. The purchase expands GSK’s portfolio in cancer treatments with IDRx’s leading drug candidate focused on treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors, a type of cancer involving the digestive system.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Maren Halpin
The retailer will lay off 134 employees in closing its Peabody location and 166 in the closure of the Braintree storefront, according to notices the company filed to the state that were posted online as of Friday. The layoffs will take effect March 8, the state notices said. The Northshore Mall in Peabody location closes Jan. 31 and the South Shore Plaza store in Braintree closes March 8.
