Jan 18, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Vanessa Bartlett and Aaron Hall BTU members rally in Jamaica Plain on Thursday, January 16. BOSTON—On Thursday morning, public school teachers across Boston participated in informational pickets at three Boston schools prior to the...
Jan 14, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Restricting Trans Students’ Rights Would Also Gut Healthcare Nondiscrimination Law By Siobhan M. Earlier this month, House Republicans passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s rules package for the new Congress, which set a list of bills...
Jan 14, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Chris Brady Austin, Texas – This past Thursday, AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler and SEIU President April Verret announced the merging of their respective unions at the annual AFL-CIO’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights...
Jan 10, 2025 | Chapter Updates, Labor
SOMERVILLE, MA — Unit B of the Somerville Municipal Employees Union (SMEU) has at last obtained a contract from the City of Somerville after their prior contract expired more than 900 days ago. SMEU’s members voted to ratify the new contract this week. The union...
Jan 9, 2025 | Cambridge, Chapter Updates, Labor
Cambridge, MA – Boston DSA congratulates our friends and neighbors in the Cambridge Public Library Staff Association on their hard-fought contract victory. After over a year of struggling for their rights, the CPLSA won a contract that achieved all of their primary...
Jan 7, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:”DSA members and other community supporters attend hearing at Worcester City Hall on Dec. 17. By Ivy Elliot The Department of Justice Report WORCESTER – On December 9, 2024, the Department of Justice released a report describing horrific,...
Jan 7, 2025 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By the Editorial Board Trump’s Threat To Labor Donald Trump’s comeback election is an unprecedented threat to the labor and socialist movements. In his first term and on January 6, Trump flirted with right wing authoritarian tendencies....
Dec 24, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:”Starbucks workers picket outside a store in Brighton on Monday, Dec 23. By Nick Lavin Starbucks workers walked out this week in a multi-day strike set to end on Christmas Day, launching pickets at hundreds of stores across the country,...
Dec 6, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Chris Brady Three North Shore Massachusetts communities recently agreed to tentative bargaining agreements won through heroic teacher strikes. The towns of Beverly, Marblehead, and Gloucester voted to strike in early November, each...
Dec 2, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Jacob Schles FENWAY — Following several charges of unfair labor practices filed November 7, Fenway Health Center is under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for suppressing union action and bypassing the union,...
