CAMBRIDGE – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a union buster, warmonger, and avowed “anti-feminist,” was met with a series of protests in Massachusetts on Friday. Here on a six-day state visit to the United States, earlier in the week, Yoon had charmed Washington by serenading President Joe Biden with a rendition of Don McLean’s “AmericanContinue reading “Protests Greet South Korea’s Union-Busting President in Boston and Cambridge”
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MIT Grad Union Rallies for Precedent Setting Contract
By Oriana R. Cambridge, MA – On April 14, MIT graduate student workers showed they aren’t afraid to fight for bold demands against a union-busting administration. Negotiations for their first union contract are heating up, as workers circled and chanted during admitted students’ Spring Preview Weekend. The rally is an important sign that the workersContinue reading “MIT Grad Union Rallies for Precedent Setting Contract”
Report Back: Maine DSA 2023 Convention
By Maine DSA Communications Committee Originally published in Pine & Roses, a project of the Maine DSA. On the weekend of January 21-22, Maine DSA held its first of two semi-annual conventions for 2023. Over the course of a chapter convention weekend, members gather both in-person and online for workshops on a range of topics, as well asContinue reading “Report Back: Maine DSA 2023 Convention”
Stolen Wages Returned for 3 Hotel Workers, Highlighting Need To Fight Wage Theft
By Paul Garver Metrowest Worker Center Recovers Wages for 3 Hotel Workers Wakefield, MA — On December 20th, workers and supporters demanded managers pay back wages when they made a surprise visit at the Five Points Marriott Hotel in Wakefield. The action got results: three days later, three Brazilian immigrant workers confirmed that they hadContinue reading “Stolen Wages Returned for 3 Hotel Workers, Highlighting Need To Fight Wage Theft”
Tufts RA Union Wins Big in NLRB Election
By Oriana R. Medford, MA – Undergraduate resident assistants at Tufts University voted to unionize on December 14, 2022 after a semester of organizing, certifying United Labor of Tufts Resident Assistants (ULTRA) as the bargaining representative of all Tufts RAs. Years of complaints and inaction from the university came to a head during Fall 2022Continue reading “Tufts RA Union Wins Big in NLRB Election”
Love and Solidarity Will Beat Far Right Attacks on Queer Spaces
After a pitched scuffle to defend a drag queen story hour last month in Fall River left comrades injured but victorious, the Boston DSA is planning to show up in force in Fall River tomorrow to protect queer spaces from far-right attacks. This piece was originally published in the Boston Political Education Working Group’s blogContinue reading “Love and Solidarity Will Beat Far Right Attacks on Queer Spaces”
Rail Workers, Socialists Seek Right Track in Wake of Biden Sellout
By Henry De Groot WORCESTER, MA — Dozens of railroad workers, socialists, union members, and community supporters rallied in front of Union Station on Tuesday, two weeks after Congress voted to impose a contract which rail workers had voted down. The rally was part of a national day of action called by SMART-TD, the largestContinue reading “Rail Workers, Socialists Seek Right Track in Wake of Biden Sellout”
#RedCupRebellion Shows Barista Militancy
By Eli Gerzon #RedCupRebellion Strikes Profitable Promotion Day The #RedCupRebellion on November 17th was the largest action by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) yet. Across the U.S., 114 stores went on strike – with solidarity actions in several other countries as well. In Massachusetts 8 stores went on strike, with the Starbuck on Mt Auburn StreetContinue reading “#RedCupRebellion Shows Barista Militancy”
HAVERHILL AND MALDEN EDUCATORS STRIKE AND WIN
By Eli Gerzon Haverhill and Malden public school educators both went on strike on Monday, October 17 — the first time in decades that multiple educators’ unions have coordinated strikes in Massachusetts. Educators struck for one day in Malden and for four days in Haverhill, and union members in both districts secured new contracts andContinue reading “HAVERHILL AND MALDEN EDUCATORS STRIKE AND WIN“
WPI Grad Workers Win Worcester’s Largest Union Election in a Decade
In a historic vote, graduate workers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute came out 96% in favor of forming the largest new bargaining unit won in a union election in Worcester in over a decade.
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