Jul 22, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Project 2025 calls for a dramatic weakening of employment and labor law, as well as a counter-mobilization of the working and middle classes against the labor movement. By Henry De Groot The Threat of Project 2025 Much has been written...
Jul 3, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” The views expressed in this article are the authors’ own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Members of Massachusetts Drivers United write that the recent settlement fails to enforce full employee rights for all...
Jun 28, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. This article was originally published on Stansbury Forum. By Rand Wilson When I heard that Bernie Sanders was going to...
Jun 23, 2024 | Chapter Updates, Electoral, Labor
SOMERVILLE, MA — The events of the week of June 16 sadly demonstrated how Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s indecision and poor communication continues to harm and de-prioritize public employees, the staff critical to keeping our city and its services running. The Somerville...
Jun 21, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” This article republished with permission from SupportSMEA.org. It reflects events as of June 19th. By Daniel Wong Marianne Walles, a vice president of SEIU Local 509 and 2019 Somerville mayoral candidate spoke at the event. Photo credit:...
Jun 18, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Nick Lavin BTU paraprofessionals hold a banner during their June 4th rally. Across the state, school districts are slashing teaching and support staff positions. Hundreds have already been laid off across the state with more to come,...
Jun 12, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Vanessa Bartlett BOSTON — Last Friday, members of Youth Jobs and Power Union (YJPU) rallied with other community members in front of City Hall to demand that Mayor Michelle Wu accept the budget amendments added by the Boston City...
Jun 4, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Matthew Walsh Cafeteria workers in Lawrence, MA are “always the last in everything,” said Arelis Pujols. Pujols is a cafeteria worker at the Frost School in Lawrence, and she has seen cafeteria workers passed over for raises,...
Jun 3, 2024 | Chapter Updates, Internationalism, Palestine, Socialist Feminism
Boston, MA — It is the chapter leadership for Boston DSA, the 2024 – 2025 Coordinating Committee. Happy Pride month!! Here are some upcoming events related to queer liberation. DSA QUEERS FOR PALESTINE: FUNDRAISER & SOCIAL To celebrate pride month, a group of...
May 28, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
By Liam MacLean BOSTON — Tenants and supporters gathered on Saturday outside of an apartment building in Allston-Brighton to protest the refusal of their landlord, Fineberg Management, to engage in collective bargaining with the tenants. “We are standing up together...
