Workers' rights

Dozens of resident physicians and union supporters spent part of the lunch hour rallying outside of Boston Medical Center Thursday. After three months of contract negotiations, Dr. Taha Khan says they have not reached an agreement on compensation. “It’s a lot of factors but mainly it’s inflation and our salaries and wages haven’t increased with inflation as they should....

One expert says the strikes happening nationwide with actors and writers and threats of a strike among Teamsters and UPS workers are the culmination of half a century of worsening working conditions and industry changes.

Starbucks workers around the U.S. have begun a three-day strike. The walkouts are part of their effort to unionize the coffee chain’s stores. Starbucks Workers United says more than 1,000 baristas at 100 stores are planning to walk out. The strike will be the longest in the year-old unionization campaign. More than 264 of Starbucks’ 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have...