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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...