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The St. Vincent’s Nurses Strike Isn’t Just a Labor Struggle, It’s a Community Struggle

By Alexandra Bruns-Smith One year into the coronavirus pandemic, St. Vincent nurses show that their fight for safer staffing levels is part of a critical need to support the health and welfare of our nurses, patients, and communities. On March 8, 800 nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., began an open-ended strike, demandingContinue reading “The St. Vincent’s Nurses Strike Isn’t Just a Labor Struggle, It’s a Community Struggle”

Massachusetts Democratic Socialists of America Statement on the St. Vincent Nurses Strike

We, as DSA members in Boston, Worcester and throughout Massachusetts, are outraged by St. Vincent Hospital’s complete disregard for the welfare of patients and nurses alike, but we are inspired by the resilience and courage of the MNA nurses. After years of being pushed to the brink and having their calls for better working conditionsContinue reading “Massachusetts Democratic Socialists of America Statement on the St. Vincent Nurses Strike”

Justice To-Go: Marty Walsh Must Champion Workers in RESTAURANTS Act

by Colleen Koperek We as Boston DSA members are in a unique position to push for workers to be included in upcoming bailout legislation. We have not only incoming Secretary of Labor, former Mayor of Boston and Union man himself, Marty Walsh, starting his new gig but noted progressive, Representative Ayanna Pressley, MA-7, representing us.Continue reading “Justice To-Go: Marty Walsh Must Champion Workers in RESTAURANTS Act”