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Hope for grassroots movements’ impacts on 2015-2016 legislative session

January 12, 2015 By Jamie Eldridge

Last week, the 2015-2016 legislative session began, with the swearing-in of the 189th General Court, and Governor Charlie Baker the following day. Media attention was focused on the three primary leaders of elected government: Governor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, criminal-justice, inequality, racial-justice, workers-rights

College Dems Stand With Pregnant Workers

January 11, 2015 By CollegeDemsOfMA

As a part of the College Democrats of Massachusetts's #Lobby2Win Strategy, the College Democrats of Massachusetts endorsed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Massachusetts is currently behind 11 states (including Texas and Alaska) with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #Lobby2Win, college, college-democrats, feminism, jessica avery, millenial, mother woman, mount holyoke, pregnancy, pregnant workers, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, progressive, women, workers-rights

Thought provoking discussion on labor law reform at regional LRAN forum

November 18, 2013 By Rand Wilson

About 35 union organizers, labor researchers and academics attended a forum to discuss "Labor Law Reform: Which Way Forward?" on Nov. 13.  The forum was held at SEIU Local 888 and was organized by a regional committee of the Labor Research … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Just Cause, labor law reform, unions, workers-rights

Upper Crust Executives Rob Everyone Blind, Walk Away Rich

November 21, 2012 By thegreenmiles

Want to learn how to start a successful business, use it as a personal piggy bank  and rob creditors and even your own employees & franchise owners blind? Upper Crust, the Boston-based pizza chain, is your blueprint: [Bankruptcy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, Jordan-Tobins, labor, Upper-Crust-Pizza, workers-rights

Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Worker Leader and Time 100 Honoree, Will Speak at the Boston Care Congress on June 16th

June 3, 2012 By jbrelsfo

Ai-Jen Poo, a gifted community organizer recently honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak at the Greater Boston Care Congress on June 16th. The Congress will launch the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, communities, disab, disability, domestic, domestic workers, economy, elder-care, health-care, health-care-in-massachusetts, home-care, immigrant, immigration, labor, labor-unions, long-term-care, love, massachusetts, medical, medicare, national, personal care, politics, random, seniors, social-justice, social-security, taxes, unemployment, workers, workers-rights, working-families

On Reopening For Business, Or, What? No Flying Cars?

June 26, 2011 By fake-consultant

So I took a bit of a break this past month, and I figured by the time I came back y’all would have things sorted out: people would be surely by flying around with jet packs by now, God would have sent fires and floods to smite the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abortion, Anthony Weiner, civil-rights, Comfortable Shoes, fbi, governor, Jay Inslee, K.Flay, lbgt, national-security, new-york, Nike, Osama bin Laden, washington-state, white-house, Whitey Bulger, workers-rights

Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act

December 10, 2008 By Rand Wilson

"Management constantly threatened our livelihood and our retirement security if we were to form a union," said Kevin Simoneau, a former Comcast field technician who experienced employer intimidation.  "Giving us a choice about how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1199, afl-cio, campaigns, cwa, democracy, employee-free-choice-act, good-jobs, ibew, jobs-with-justice, labor, labor-unions, local-615, massachusetts, national-labor-relations-board, politics, security-officers, us-politics, work, workers-rights

For Labor Day: Boston-area workers finding new paths to rights and respect

August 29, 2008 By Rand Wilson

The Employee Free Choice Act would remedy the problem by giving workers a simple one step process to freely choose a union. It would also strengthen penalties for companies that intimidate employees from trying to form unions and provide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1199, afl-cio, boston-area-taxi-drivers-association, boston-cab-drivers, cwa, employee-free-choice-act, good-jobs, ibew, jobs-with-justice, labor, labor-unions, local-2222, local-615, massachusetts, national-labor-relations-board, nlrb, personal-care-attendants, security-officers, seiu, unfair-labor-practice, united-steel-workers, unity-at-work, usw, verizon, work, workers-rights

Action in Support of Contracted Janitors at Tufts!

July 9, 2008 By justice-for-tufts-janitors

The contracted janitors at Tufts University are asking only for what they deserve: just wages to support their families and full time work to give their loved ones healthcare coverage. Tufts talks about their commitment to the community and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: tufts, workers-rights

Tufts University Janitors and Their Current Struggle

May 19, 2008 By kevin-dillon

Cross-posted from SomervilleVoices.org. Hi, my name is Kevin and I'm a full-time student at Tufts University, where I started a student group, the Jumbo Janitor Alliance. The group focuses on bringing Tufts janitors more into the Tufts … [Read more...]

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Gov. Huckabee Sanders' GOP response to the #StateOfTheUnion fanned flames of division and bigotry, appealing to our worst fears instead of our highest ideals. Her remarks were an assault on transgender Americans, and her hatred of our families must never go unchallenged. #mapoli

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Gov. Huckabee Sanders' GOP response to the #StateOfTheUnion fanned flames of division and bigotry, appealing to our worst fears instead of our highest ideals. Her remarks were an assault on transgender Americans, and her hatred of our families must never go unchallenged. #mapoli

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So let me get this straight: MAsen is taking up the option to get rid of term limits for our (current) union busting Senate President and our dem super majority might be okay with it do I have the right?

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