7 Feb 2020
The Boston Tax Help Coalition, Mayor Walsh and the city of Boston's Office of Financial Empowerment, are here to help low-income residents of Boston file their taxes and claim their tax refunds. Join in at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment as they kick off the 2020 tax season.
- 7 participants
- 34 minutes
10 Jan 2020
NECAT anticipates graduating 23 students and placing them into employment in good paying culinary jobs with benefits and opportunity for career advancement. Some of these individuals are returning citizens, in recovery for substance abuse, homeless, etc. NECAT is helping them build futures of success and long term financial stability.
- 8 participants
- 57 minutes
16 May 2019
The Urban of League of Eastern Massachusetts celebrates its 100th birthday with an awards ceremony held at Fenway Park. Mayor Walsh and Attorney General Maura Healey also wish happy birthday to the ULEM, which is an organization that helps adults overcome racial or economic barriers and achieve career success.
- 14 participants
- 1:05 hours
3 Apr 2019
Mayor Walsh substitutes a pipe for a ribbon to celebrate the opening of Local 537 Pipefitters Union new training facility in Dorchester. The state-of-the-art building has new classrooms and welding centers for future trainees.
- 9 participants
- 51 minutes
12 Feb 2019
Mayor Walsh opens the City Contracting Opportunity Fair at the Bruce C. Bolling Building in Roxbury. This event marks the kick off celebration for the cities new Economic Development Center, designed to engage with residents on economic development policy around job growth, business development, place making and community economic development.
- 2 participants
- 30 minutes
1 Feb 2019
The Boston Tax Help Coalition, Mayor Walsh and the city of Boston's Office of Financial Empowerment, are here to help low-income residents of Boston file their taxes and claim their tax refunds. Join in at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment as they kick off the 2019 tax season.
- 7 participants
- 35 minutes
30 Jul 2018
Mayor Walsh and Commissioner Evans join at the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union in Dorchester to congratulate the latest Operation Exit class. Operation Exit is a career preparation program for at-risk young people needing a second chance. It allows individuals to enter the building trades through a three week training, leading to apprenticeships and accelerating their careers.
- 8 participants
- 35 minutes
20 Jul 2018
In an effort to reach an agreement with National Grid over a contract dispute, Mayor Walsh joins steel worker union members in their rally on City Hall Plaza.
- 3 participants
- 8 minutes
8 Mar 2018
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that could deal a fatal blow to many public sector unions around the country. The AFL-CIO raised a call to action. At the Boston Firehouse on Purchase Street, Mayor Walsh, alongside U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, encouraged union members to get active and make their voices heard.
- 17 participants
- 1:10 hours
5 Mar 2018
At the Codman Square Health Center, financial health is just as important as general health. The Boston Tax Help Coalition, Mayor Walsh and the city of Boston's Office of Financial Empowerment, are here to help low-income residents of Boston file their taxes and claim their tax refunds.
- 8 participants
- 34 minutes
6 Feb 2018
At the Codman Square Health Center, financial health is just as important as general health. The Boston Tax Help Coalition, Mayor Walsh and the city of Boston's Office of Financial Empowerment, are here to help low-income residents of Boston file their taxes and claim their tax refunds.
- 4 participants
- 1 minute
6 Feb 2018
Everyone deserves fair pay regardless of where they stand on the ladders in the workforce. Workers for JetBlue's subcontractors, FSS and ReadyJet, go on strike as their Logan Airport Workers' rights are illegally violated.
- 8 participants
- 32 minutes
10 Oct 2017
Boston continues to take steps to meet its goal of becoming an equal pay city with the release of a report focusing on salary negotiation workshops. The study was done by UMass Boston and focused on the first year of the WorkSmart program, an initiative by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) that aims to close the gender wage gap in the city.
- 20 participants
- 1:35 hours
27 Sep 2017
The next generation of Boston's pipefitters will begin their apprenticeship in a brand new 70,000 square foot training facility in Dorchester. Pipefitters Local 537's new training center and headquarters will replace two buildings originally built in 1880 and 1964.
- 9 participants
- 36 minutes
27 Sep 2017
Technology job skills training is now being offered at no cost at Urban League in Roxbury. Mayor Walsh joins Governor Baker, join Ubran League staff and representatives from Google, Bank of America and BNY Mellon to announce a major technology investment into the Msimbo program.
- 8 participants
- 33 minutes
24 May 2017
In East Boston, More than Words, a nonprofit organization that empowers young adults who are in foster care, the court system, homeless, or not in school by giving them a job managing a bookstore, holds its third annual breakfast. Mayor Walsh listens to two stories from More than Words alumni who are moving on to the next chapter of their lives.
- 9 participants
- 47 minutes
4 Apr 2017
Mayor Walsh visits Project Place headquarters in the South End to announce a partnership with the Washington Gateway Main Streets and Chinatown Main Streets organizations. Twice a week, volunteers from Project Place will work to clean sidewalks and streets in the two participating districts.
- 5 participants
- 16 minutes
10 Feb 2017
Mayor Walsh attended the Boston Tax Coalition Kick-Off event at the Dorchester Health House to inform residents off free tax preparation and asset building services available to them through the city of Boston.
- 6 participants
- 19 minutes
6 Dec 2016
Mayor Walsh joins Governor Baker to spread the spirit of the giving season at the Greater Boston Food Bank's Chain of Giving event in South Boston. This annual event brings together members of the community to help unload a shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys for the food bank, which serves as the largest hunger-relief organization in New England.
- 5 participants
- 20 minutes
6 Dec 2016
Mayor Walsh and Robert Kraft join local officials in celebrating the Operation Exit Pre-Apprenticeship Graduation, at the Local 17 Sheet Metal Workers Training Center in Dorchester. Operation Exit provides intensive career preparation for at-risk Boston residents.
- 8 participants
- 57 minutes
30 Nov 2016
Mayor Walsh joined Governor Charlie Baker, Secretary Jay Ash and others to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Local 26 Education and Training Program's new training facility in Roxbury. The program provides job skills training, computer skills and more to Local 26 members who work in Boston's best hotels, restaurants, and university dining halls in addition to The Boston Convention Center, Fenway Park and Logan International Airport.
- 11 participants
- 60 minutes
6 Sep 2016
Mayor Walsh, Attorney General Healey and labor leaders, join Senators Warren and Markey to laud the importance of the working class in a Labor Day celebration at Back Bay's Park Plaza Hotel.
For the full video, please visit: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=18779.
For the full video, please visit: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=18779.
- 3 participants
- 1 minute
16 Sep 2015
Mayor Martin J. Walsh delivers remarks at The Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast along with the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Watch the full event and the President's speech here: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=16199
- 4 participants
- 1 minute
12 Feb 2015
14th Annual Boston Tax Help Coalition Kickoff. From the 1199 SEIU in Dorchester. Go to www.BostonTaxHelp.org for more information.
Watch the full event: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=15913
Watch the full event: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=15913
- 3 participants
- 1 minute
1 Sep 2014
Mayor Martin J. Walsh delivers a keynote address at The Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast.
- 2 participants
- 1 minute
29 Jan 2014
Mayor Walsh serves as the keynote speaker for the Year Up Class of January 2014 Graduation Ceremony.
Watch the full event: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=3421
Watch the full event: http://www.cityofboston.gov/cable/video_library.asp?id=3421
- 3 participants
- 1 minute
