Shelter Residents, Socialists Call on Cambridge to Save Transition Wellness Center

Apr 9, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Siobhan M. CAMBRIDGE, MA — With the support of Cambridge Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members, residents of the Transition Wellness Center at Spaulding Hospital called on the Cambridge City Council at Monday’s meeting to...

Flashes of Militancy: Inside the Greater Boston Movement to Free Rümeysa

Apr 8, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Henry De Groot, Travis Wayne, Reid Jackson, Aaron Hall Tuesday, March 25: Tufts Union Worker Detained By ICE In Somerville By Henry De Groot SOMERVILLE, MA – Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national, was...

OPINION: Escalating When You’re Under Attack

Mar 31, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” by Travis Wayne The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. On Tuesday night, ICE abducted Rumeysa Ozturk. A Turkish national with a valid F-1 visa, Rumeysa is a...

Tufts Grad Student, Activist Detained By ICE In Somerville

Mar 26, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” All out to free Rumeysa! This is a developing story. SOMERVILLE, MA – Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday evening. Ozturk is a member of...

[OPINION] To Fight Authoritarian Neoliberalism, Build Unions

Mar 22, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Nick Lavin In the whirlwind of unconstitutional executive orders from the Trump administration, it’s easy to miss the storm brewing over the 2026 Massachusetts budget.  BEACON HILL—Governor Healey’s “fiscally sustainable” budget...

Local Starbucks Workers United Organizing Continues with NH Store Unionizing, Solidarity Sip-Ins

Mar 21, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA — As Starbucks Workers United continues to organize for respect on the job, workers have begun escalating pressure on the company locally and across the country.  Since 2021, over 550 stores representing...

The Church of Big Jim Larkin

Mar 17, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” A St. Patrick’s Mass on Irish Republican Struggle and a Legendary Troublemaker By Andrew S. The typical Bostonian understands St. Patty’s Day as a flurry of green clovers, the smell of ale, and the stench of whatever is left the next...

Clark Undergrads Launch Strike, Take Attacks On Student-Worker Rights Head On

Mar 13, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” The strike, backed by the powerful Teamsters union, is an early bet that strike action can overcome Trump-administration backtracking on the rights of student-workers.  Undergraduates, Teamsters Launch Strike Action WORCESTER, MA – As of...

Massachusetts Teamsters Secure Tentative Agreement with Stop & Shop in Freetown

Mar 12, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Reid Jackson Stop & Shop Threatens Freetown Distribution Center with Shutdown Over Healthcare Policy FREETOWN, MA –  Jason Linhares, a leasing contractor working with the Teamsters at the Stop & Shop Distribution Center in...

Federal Workers, Unions Rally In Boston Against Cuts and Illegal Firings

Feb 21, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:”Higher education workers joined federal employees at the Tip O’Neil Federal Building during the back-to-back rallies. Photo by Vanessa B/Working Mass. By Chris Brady WEST END – More than 300 federal workers, union members, and community...