Jul 3, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Republic Services workers, Teamsters representatives, and North Shore Labor Council members on Day Two of the Strike. Photo by Mark Nelson. PEABODY, MA – Over 400 sanitation workers across Massachusetts went on strike on Tuesday, July 2,...
Jun 25, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By: Maxine Bouvier SOMERVILLE, MA – Since March, 2025, Somerville City Councillor-at-Large Willie Burnley Jr.’s campaign for the city’s highest executive office has been endorsed by Boston DSA. In April, the Somerville branch of the...
Jun 24, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By: Eric L BOSTON, MA – On May 21, 2025, Working Mass and Boston DSA hosted a forum to discuss the attempted dissolution of Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), a rank-and-file caucus within United Auto Workers (UAW), and the...
Jun 18, 2025 | Chapter Updates, Electoral, Endorsements
Boston DSA is proud to endorse Willie Burnley Jr. for Mayor of Somerville! Willie has been a voice for working people, tenants, and marginalized communities — and we’re ready to fight alongside him for a Somerville that works for all!
Jun 18, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:”Fenway Park on the week of workers’ strike authorization. (Working Mass) By: Andrew S FENWAY PARK, MA – Concessions workers at the world’s oldest baseball stadium have decided resoundingly to strike for the first time in their 113-year...
Jun 18, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Sen. Velis and Rep. Cataldo, chairmen of the Mass. Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, attempt to grill Jessica Antoline and Max Page of the MTA, February 10, 2025. Image source: Massachusetts Legislature. By Chris B. BEACON...
Jun 11, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Nick Lavin SOMERVILLE, MA — Just outside the Somerville Farmers Market, two Somerville for Palestine organizers – Lauren and Hala – lead a training for a dozen canvassers prepared and ready to engage people in the street. The group is...
Jun 11, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By: Liam Noble BOSTON, MA – In early May, a supermajority of the 70 Blank Street Coffee employees in the Boston area filed for voluntary recognition from management as members of the New England Joint Board (NEJB). Their motivating...
Jun 10, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:”An SEIU union member addresses the Boston rally demanding the release of Los Angeles union leader David Huerta from ICE detention, June 9, 2025. Photo credit: Dan Albright / Working Mass By Dan Albright, with additional reporting by...
Jun 5, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By: Jake S WORCESTER, MA – United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 1445 represents almost 1,100 hospital workers across four campuses at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Workers include lab technicians,...