Katie Johnston

@ktkjohnston

Boston Globe reporter covering work and income inequality | kjohnston@globe.com

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  1. Mar 4

    Thank you for this eloquent, nuanced look at the Dr. Seuss controversy. From now on I'll just be stealing your thoughts to help articulate my own.

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  2. Mar 4

    Politicians behaving badly on Zoom public hearings. A fascinating and disturbing looks at gaffes that writes "can never be unseen."

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  3. Mar 2

    With her unemployment claim caught in limbo and no income for months, she put gravy on deli meat for Christmas dinner and used gas from the lawn mower to fuel her car. So many tales of hardship from people battling the dreadful MA unemployment system.

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  4. Feb 23

    I miss my work friends!! including bathroom conversations with the hilarious .

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    Feb 12

    “If we can’t figure out how to help people who’ve got responsibilities hold on to their , then we’re doing something wrong. This is something that we’ve got to figure out as a and as a country.” via

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    Feb 11

    California deemed cannabis retail staff as healthcare workers, reasoning that marijuana is medicine. They’re able to get extremely limited COVID vaccines now, ahead of most teachers, cops, grocery store workers and bus drivers in LA County.

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    Feb 11

    This Stinks >> 500 Kroger grocery workers in the Houston area have tested positive for Covid since Christmas These essential workers are angry that Texas & other states have ignored federal guidance & not given grocery workers higher priority on vaccines

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    Feb 11

    Fired software engineer sues Wayfair for mistreatment over caregiving amid what is an "explosion of litigation" related to working parents in a pandemic. via

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    Feb 10

    Absolutely bonkers story. Maine Medical Center brought in union-busting consultants to stop an organizing drive by nurses, then *vaccinated the out-of-state consultants* in violation of Maine vaccine guidelines.

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  10. Feb 11

    Love this Tom Farragher column about an ice fishing guide who found peace -- and help staying sober -- on the ice.

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    Feb 11

    . Editorial: With one of the slowest vaccine rollouts, highest unemployment rates, and long delays in delivering unemployment benefits, Massachusetts is beginning to position itself as yet another example of pandemic mismanagement.

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    Feb 11

    Employees are suing after being denied paid leave to look after their children, or being fired or disciplined after taking it. Some of them could win including those with case for age discrimination including Slack messages. . Story by .

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    Feb 11

    This law suit is among an “explosion of litigation” involving caregiving during the pandemic, reports via

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    Feb 9

    🇺🇸 Can financial innovation address inequality & the need for greater access to jobs training & re-training? Ponder: & . A shout-out to Via

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    Feb 10

    A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble

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    Feb 8

    "Employees were like family." The devastating ripple effect of cancellations causes a company pull-back in MA, with 100+ jobs furloughed. Via

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    Feb 7

    The boss, and the Covid-era Zoom call announcing furloughs. "She knew that for some of them, hearing the words out loud might be devastating -- and it might also be for her," writes .

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    Feb 7

    A close-knit business, tested and frayed by the pandemic. The human story behind the numbers by ⁦⁩

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    Feb 7

    🔸A Close-Knit Business, Tested And Frayed By The Pandemic. It was the company her father started and she then led. Employees were like family. Now, she had to let them go🔸 🗞

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    Feb 5

    Must-read story from : "Latino workers in food prep and serving jobs in Massachusetts died of COVID-19 at a rate eight times higher than that of white workers in the same occupations between March and July." .

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