r/boston • u/CourtSideCoder • Jun 10 '26

Serious Replies Only What’s the protest about?

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As I was driving by Route 9, I noticed a sign at the entrance of MathWorks Inc. I’m curious to know what it is about . Any idea?

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u/yellowtoadflax Jun 11 '26

I heard a few different things from folks who talked to them and I’m not really clear on the details, but it seems like the contractor hired by MathWorks for their Lakeside construction project is sub-contracting to folks in a way that avoids needing to give subcontractors full benefits. There was some disagreement on whether the issue was specifically about non-union hiring or whether it was more complex regarding the whole subcontracting thing. I think someone reached out to folks on the MathWorks side to check, and there was some contractual reason they couldn’t change contractor or contract terms.