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NURSE ALERT: BOSTON’S RNS GETTING RESTLESS
Boston nurses took to the streets last week to protest an upcoming layoff at Boston Medical Center and overworked staff at Tufts Medical Center. As tensions boiled between broke hospitals and exhausted...
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DIG THIS: NOT SO SILENT CINEMA @ ARTS AT THE ARMORY
the sounds of silence Brendan Cooney is a film buff. He’s also an incredibly talented composer, and fortunately for the world at large, he enjoys combining his two passions by rescoring silent films...
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NEWS TO US: LABOR DAZE
In a month that’s usually light on news of any kind, August proved to be an active time for organized labor. Here are just a few of the local stories that you might’ve missed while you were summering...
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STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE...
Photo by Jason Pramas BOSTON – From the St. James Avenue side of Copley Square on Thursday afternoon, passers-by could be forgiven for wondering what the group of 300 people in red T-shirts opposite...
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ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND...
As the Verizon strike enters its fourth week, the 39,000 union members on picket lines up and down the East Coast—and now taking their campaign nationwide—are continuing to hold fast for a better...
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UMASS CAMBRIDGE: MAKING HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUBLIC WILL SOLVE ITS WORKERS’...
TUES., OCT. 25, 2016 UPDATE: Early this morning, the Harvard Crimson reported that a tentative agreement has been reached by the striking dining hall workers and the Harvard administration. The full...
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STRIKE. IRON. HOT.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) demonstration with Joseph J. Ettor speaking from platform to striking barbers in Union Square, New York. (1913) You don’t need a union to take action for justice...
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LABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND...
Photos by Sarah Betancourt Tufts Medical Center nurses and Tufts management are no better off now than they were a week ago, just before the 24-hour strike and four-day lockout of 1,200 nurses. In...
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TALK OF MORE WILDCAT TEACHER STRIKES PUTS PUBLIC ED AT THE VANGUARD OF PROTEST
West Virginia’s monumental wildcat strike has given a big signal boost to Save Our Schools Arizona, the next high-profile organizing effort against the destruction of public schools. As with all...
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‘DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!’
The Black Cat. Industrial Workers of the World symbol. Credited to Ralph Chaplin. Why Janus might actually be good for the American labor movement The Supreme Court issued a decision last week...
View ArticleSTRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE...
The general public may be aware that 39,000 unionized Verizon workers (out of a total of 178,000) have been out on strike for a few days—including many here in Boston. But the vast majority of...
View ArticleECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND...
That’s why Verizon's union workers are on strike. It’s gotten to the point where they have no choice
View ArticleUMASS CAMBRIDGE: MAKING HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUBLIC WILL SOLVE ITS WORKERS’...
If you really want to help the Harvard dining hall workers and much of the population of Massachusetts in the bargain, help start political movements to demand structural reform of the state university...
View ArticleLABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND...
"Management’s goal was clearly to carve off a bigger segment of nurses, but they failed to do so. In the end, it really only made the union stronger."
View ArticleTALK OF MORE WILDCAT TEACHER STRIKES PUTS PUBLIC ED AT THE VANGUARD OF PROTEST
“Most newly mobilized teachers aren’t ruling out a strike but feel it needs to be the last option on the menu."
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Why Janus might actually be good for the American labor movement The Supreme Court issued a decision last week that will have profound consequences for American working people. In Janus v....
View ArticleST. VINCENT NURSES END 301 DAY STRIKE
The nurses reached an agreement that will allow them to return to their original positions and see improvements in staffing
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