Nov 5, 2022 | Working Mass
WORCESTER, MA — Graduate student workers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have voted overwhelmingly, 364 to 15, to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW). Based on a review of numbers from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Worcester Polytechnic...
Oct 29, 2022 | Working Mass
WORCESTER, MA — At an afternoon press conference on Thursday, a group of St. Vincent Hospital nurses gathered on Summer Street in Worcester and detailed serious deficiencies in patient care and safety that have contributed to an exodus of over 100 nurses and staff,...
Oct 18, 2022 | Working Mass
By Henry De Groot The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. DSA Emerges as a Force in Labor As the Democratic Socialists of America has grown into the country’s largest socialist organization...
Apr 28, 2021 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” This article was originally published in The Dish: A Workers Rag, the newsletter of DSA’s Restaurant Organizing Project. By Henry De Groot With the increase in food delivery during the pandemic, the idea of virtual restaurants is...
Apr 25, 2021 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” A Report from the Picket Line By Daniel Davis The resolve of the striking St. Vincent nurses has paid off, as hospital owner Tenet Healthcare has said they will resume negotiations sometime next week. I saw firsthand how the nurses’...
Apr 24, 2021 | Labor, Working Mass
[[{“value”:” An Argument for a Permanently Expanded Social Safety Net By Matthew Erlich With news breaking on April 22 that the Massachusetts Nurses Association and Tenet Healthcare will be resuming talks in the coming days, after prolonged...
