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After High-Level Negotiations, East Coast Dockworkers Call off Port Strike – For Now

Oct 8, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Connor Wright SOUTHIE – Dockworkers in the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have called off their coast-wide strike, after reaching a temporary back-to-work agreement with the U.S. Maritime Association (USMX). The...

Boston DSA Condemns Far-Right Menacing of Somerville Public Library and Reaffirms Commitment to LGBTQ+ Siblings

Oct 6, 2024 | Chapter Updates, Socialist Feminism

Boston, MA – Boston DSA, today and every day, stands in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings. Yesterday, known far-right groups protested a scheduled drag queen story hour at the Somerville Public Library, which culminated in a bomb threat. These right-wing...

Dockworkers On Strike In Boston and All Along the East Coast

Oct 1, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Connor Wright Conley Terminal – ILA members picket the terminal entrance on Tuesday morning, after launching their strike the night before. SOUTHIE – Port of Boston dockworkers went on strike at the Conley Terminal in South Boston...

Working Mass To Launch Bi-Monthly Print Edition

Sep 16, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” Working Mass Readers, This October marks the four-year anniversary of Working Mass. And what an amazing four years it has been. Since we launched our little media outlet in October of 2020, we have written more than 100 articles, held...

Pro-Israel Activist with History of Violent Threats Shoots Pro-Palestinian Jewish Man During Newton Altercation

Sep 16, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Nathan Cooper NEWTONVILLE – A demonstrator at a pro-Israel rally last Thursday was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for using deadly force in a physical altercation with a pro-Palestinian man. Passer-by and...

State Primary Result Highlights Frustrations with State Leadership

Sep 13, 2024 | Cambridge, Chapter Updates, Electoral

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)’s endorsed member Evan MacKay fell 41 votes short of beating the incumbent in the Democratic primary for Cambridge’s 25th Middlesex district of the Massachusetts State House. MacKay conceded following a...

UAW Staff Union Alleges Retaliation, Raising Questions For Reform Movement

Sep 13, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass

[[{“value”:” By Henry De Groot Staff Union Alleges Retaliation at UAW Region 9A UAW Staff United (USU), the union which represents both UAW international and local organizing staff in Region 9A, is alleging that organizer Alex Chan was the target of...