Dan Koh, Labor’s Candidate in MA-06, took over $180,000 from AIPAC donors

Aug 19, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Yard signs for hometown candidate Daniel Koh pepper the gardens of seven-figure homes in Andover, an affluent suburb north of Boston, as the six-way race for the Massachusetts 6th Congressional District enters its final weeks.  Koh is...

OPINION: In Mass, Organizing for Puerto Rican Independence is Local Work

Aug 14, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” LAWRENCE, LOWELL, LYNN – As the national co-chair of the DSA’s Puerto Rico Working Group, I often hear the question from other organization members: “Why should a socialist here care about the territorial status of Puerto Rico?” My...

OPINION: Healey’s Abundance Relies on Institutions Keeping Us in Scarcity

Aug 13, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” (B. Greer) By: B. Greer The terms “abundance” and “supply” are unavoidable in the housing affordability debate.  The Healey administration’s plan to address the housing crisis, “Achieve a State of Housing Abundance” confidently states...

Community College Faculty and Staff, Suffering Low Pay and Board Hostility, Fight for a Contract

Aug 11, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By: Jason M, Jake S WORCESTER – Teachers and staff organized under the Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) have been engaged in contract negotiations with the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education for the last few months....

They Tried to Cut Off the Head: School Bus Workers in Central Mass Confront Private Equity

Jul 27, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Workers gather in Worcester for May Day (James N) By: Cayla Dodd MARLBOROUGH- A union contract campaign among school bus drivers and monitors has developed into something much larger than a dispute over wages and benefits. What is...

This year’s ballot question is dead. Rent control should not be.

Jul 24, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Rent control rally (Matthew Schreiner) By: Timothy Scalona This was originally published in The Boston Globe on July 21, 2026. I had just finished middle school in 2012 when a sheriff came to my front door carrying an eviction notice —...

Supreme Court’s TPS Decision Threatens Millions, Precipitates Mass. Healthcare Staffing Collapse

Jul 23, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Paola (on the right) and members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation at an anti-ICE protest in Boston on Tuesday, July 14. (PC: Matt Wolfinger) By: Matt Wolfinger BOSTON – Last month, the Supreme Court handed the Trump...

“Union-Busting” Law Firm and Business-Backed Trustees Lead MGB Nurses to Largest Nurses’ Strike in State History

Jul 21, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” From the nurses’ picket line (Maritza S) By: Chris Brady BOSTON – Healthcare is in a private-equity induced freefall. But after a historic strike and ongoing negotiations, including a lock-out confrontation with the bosses, nurses at...

Notes from Organizing a Union at Best Buy

Jul 7, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Best Buy from the exterior (Working Mass) By: Reid J DEDHAM – In September 2025, broke and desperate, I was running food deliveries for the richest neighborhoods in Waltham while trying to get my resumé in the door anywhere and...

From Mold to Force: How Tenants of a Dracut Textile Mill Organized An Association

Jun 23, 2026 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By: Travis Wayne  DRACUT – In Beaver Brook Village, organizing began with mold.  Beaver Brook Village is a restored textile mill named for the waterway that bisects the town, over which the complex’s tower looms, upstream and across the...