Dec 1, 2022 | Chapter Updates, Electoral, Labor, PEWG blog
The rail freight carriers that employ approximately 125,000 unionized employees have spent years prioritizing shareholders and executives, making record profits for the railroad industry. At the same time, the carriers have downsized the rail workforce by furloughing...
Dec 1, 2022 | Endorsements, Labor
For years, railroad companies have cut costs to drive up profits for shareholders, leaving workers to bear the consequences. Rail workers’ pay has stagnated despite increasing workloads, long hours, and a lack of paid sick time. The Biden administration is...
Nov 29, 2022 | Ecosocialism, Endorsements
The Climate Courage Working Group of 350 Massachusetts is calling for a rally and march against the actions of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU). Their failures give us the worst of all worlds – no progress replacing natural gas with...
Nov 14, 2022 | Working Mass
By Eli Gerzon Haverhill and Malden public school educators both went on strike on Monday, October 17 — the first time in decades that multiple educators’ unions have coordinated strikes in Massachusetts. Educators struck for one day in Malden and for four days in...
Nov 5, 2022 | Working Mass
WORCESTER, MA — Graduate student workers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have voted overwhelmingly, 364 to 15, to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW). Based on a review of numbers from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Worcester Polytechnic...
