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...
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...
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...
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...
Sep 12, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:”UNITE HERE Workers Rally After Authorizing Strike Action By Ben Armadillo BOSTON – UNITE HERE local 26 launched a second round of strikes today at a new set of hotels, as over 400 Boston hotel workers, including room attendants,...
Sep 9, 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. This article is republished with permission from ReformandRevolution.org. UFCW members launch lawsuit for 1 member 1...
Aug 27, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Working Mass sat down with Katie Murphy, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, to discuss how the crisis at Steward Health Care is impacting patients and frontline workers. By George Fields Democrats Won’t Stop Nashoba...
Aug 21, 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. This statement is republished with permission from UEunion.org. Statement of the UE officers In the face of rising...
Aug 20, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Nick Lavin Demonstrators call for arms embargo in front of the Massachusetts State House. Credit: Eli Gerzon BOSTON COMMON – Around 1,000 demonstrators drawn from dozens of Boston-area organizations rallied on Sunday to demand Kamala...
Aug 1, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” Knocking doors with former UAW local 5118 president Evan MacKay By Henry De Groot Mid-Cambridge – It’s almost 95 degrees and terribly muggy, but for Evan MacKay this is perfect canvassing weather. “Hot days are the best for canvassing...
