Jun 23, 2024 | Chapter Updates, Electoral, Labor
SOMERVILLE, MA — The events of the week of June 16 sadly demonstrated how Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s indecision and poor communication continues to harm and de-prioritize public employees, the staff critical to keeping our city and its services running. The Somerville...
Jun 21, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” This article republished with permission from SupportSMEA.org. It reflects events as of June 19th. By Daniel Wong Marianne Walles, a vice president of SEIU Local 509 and 2019 Somerville mayoral candidate spoke at the event. Photo credit:...
Jun 18, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Nick Lavin BTU paraprofessionals hold a banner during their June 4th rally. Across the state, school districts are slashing teaching and support staff positions. Hundreds have already been laid off across the state with more to come,...
Jun 12, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Vanessa Bartlett BOSTON — Last Friday, members of Youth Jobs and Power Union (YJPU) rallied with other community members in front of City Hall to demand that Mayor Michelle Wu accept the budget amendments added by the Boston City...
Jun 4, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” By Matthew Walsh Cafeteria workers in Lawrence, MA are “always the last in everything,” said Arelis Pujols. Pujols is a cafeteria worker at the Frost School in Lawrence, and she has seen cafeteria workers passed over for raises,...
May 28, 2024 | Labor, Working Mass
By Liam MacLean BOSTON — Tenants and supporters gathered on Saturday outside of an apartment building in Allston-Brighton to protest the refusal of their landlord, Fineberg Management, to engage in collective bargaining with the tenants. “We are standing up together...
