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Labor news, analysis, and working class life and culture in Massachusetts, as reported by union members and DSA members

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INTERVIEWS WITH @uaw.org WPI-RAU ON STRIKE -

"I really can’t imagine why they would want to do a restructuring of our roles that they know could harm residents unless it would be for financial gain."

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WPI Resident Advisors On Strike Against Destructive Restructuring and Unionbusting - Working Mass
By: Jake S Resident Advisors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute live in the student dormitories and offer services and resources to the students that live in their buildings to keep them safe and offe...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@sbworkersunited.org ON STRIKE -

A SBWU supermajority has authorized an Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) strike on the company. If Starbucks
does not finalize contracts, thousands of workers will strike nationwide on Thursday, Nov 13.

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Starbucks Workers United Supermajority Authorize ULP Strike for November 13 - Working Mass
By: Terence Cawley On Wednesday, November 5, Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) announced the results of their strike authorization vote initiated on October 24. A supermajority of 92% of SBWU voted to s...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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we’re seeing rapid deterioration of our media landscape because of corporate/right-wing consolidation.

now more than ever, the working class needs to produce its own news. i’m grateful to have @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social and DemLeft ( @demsocialists.bsky.social), among many others
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"During a supposed hiring freeze, new management positions have been created, existing managers have received promotions, and clinical staff have received above market rate adjustments. Meanwhile, we are told no funding is available for essential patient programs."

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Health Care For the Homeless: Non-Clinical Staff Demand Fair Treatment in Bargaining with BHCHP - Working Mass
SOUTH END, MA – Eighty people gathered outside of Boston Health Care for the Homeless’s (BHCHP) headquarters on Tuesday, October 28th after BHCHP Workers United, a subsidiary of 1199SEIU, sounded the ...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I was there! Shewstone Publishing attended the rally as a #Kickstarter creator in support of the union. The workers are in high spirits. Sibling unions showed up in person to support. Boston is UNION STRONG!
October 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@kickstarterunited.org rallied on Thursday outside the offices of Littler Mendelson, America’s largest union-busting firm.

They launched their fourth week on strike defending a 4-day, 32-hour workweek and fighting to raise the wages for the lowest-paid workers. working-mass.com/2025/10/25/k...
Kickstarter Workers Rally in Boston to Launch Fourth Strike Week - Working Mass
By: Frederick Reiber Boston, MA – Kickstarter Union (OPEIU Local 153) workers rallied on Thursday outside the 100 Oliver Street offices of Littler Mendelson, America’s largest union-busting firm, to l...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
UAW 2320 legal workers elected the NOLSW Forward slate, including seven DSA members, by acclamation to lead the union in its transformation into a militant organization capable of challenging capitalism, imperialism, and state repression.

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OPINION: UAW 2320 Legal Workers Elect National Slate of DSA Leaders and Allies to Lead the Union - Working Mass
NOLSW Forward Leads Union to Declare Support for BDS and Opposition to U.S. Imperialism By: Siobhan M. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official positi...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Federal workers testified today in front of House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, asking them to hold the line & protect critical public services. We need a budget that works for the people, not billionaires. Read our statement: www.federalunionists.net/press/statem... #WeTookAnOath
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"This is a victory for every single one of us... we mounted a pressure that could not be ignored."

MIT refused Trump. Rather than the act of one individual university president, grad workers and other organizers applied pressure to make it happen.

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MIT Refuses to Sign Trump Compact Following Pressure from Grad Workers' Union and Other Groups - Working Mass
By: Frederick Reiber CAMBRIDGE, MA – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s students, workers, and union comrades gathered outside of the university’s Lobby 7 on Friday, October 10th to protest...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Worcester medical residents fight for reinstated contributions to workers’ medical plan, a meaningful increase in pay that reflects the rapidly climbing cost of living in Worcester, and a housing stipend.

UMass has been refusing for 5 months.

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Worcester Medical Residents Persevere Through Fifth Month of Negotiations with UMass  - Working Mass
By: James Niedzinski WORCESTER, MA — About 700 medical residents, represented by CIR-SEIU, are in their fifth month of negotiations with UMass Memorial Healthcare. Residents are working physicians — o...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
BREAKING: Organizers defeat an attempt to challenge a ballot initiative to divest Somerville investments from genocide that has earned more than 11,000 signatures from residents. Somerville voters will vote on city divestment in November.

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Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot - Working Mass
SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville Elections Commission issued a final decision to overrule an objection to a divestment ballot initiative led by Somerville 4 Palestine, paving the wa...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
On Wednesday, Sept 17, Davis Square workers voted to join Starbucks Workers United. One week later, on Thursday the 25th, Starbucks announced the imminent closure of hundreds of stores nationwide. By the 27th, the store had permanently closed.

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Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later - Working Mass
By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks have been tumultuous for the workers at the Starbucks store in the Davis Square neighborhood. On Wednesday, September 17, workers voted to join S...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Worker reflections on BU ResLife's 2024 double strike, targeting strategic moments of the calendar through mass participation, cross-neighborhood stewards, and coworker conversations as BUGWU's strike raged on campus.

Originally from @long-haul-mag.bsky.social

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On for Young and Old: How Boston University’s Resident Assistants Pulled Off a Double Strike - Working Mass
By: Stacey Yuen and Alana Edwards, with contributions from Thomas Baker This article was originally published in Long-Haul Magazine in its Winter 2025 Issue. In Fall 2024, Boston University’s Resident...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"While the idea of the platform and slate began with the Richmond Progressive Alliance model, we have greatly expanded it over the past six years. Each election cycle, we conduct extensive community outreach [to draft] the Medford People’s Platform (MPP)."
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Step By Step, We Built a Movement to Transform Our Local Government - Working Mass
By: Zac Bears and Jessica Farrell This article was originally published in Convergence Magazine in 2024. MEDFORD, MA – For decades, residents in Medford, Mass have voted many of the same people into o...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Taxpayers Call for No Israeli AI in MA Healthcare:

"Sheba ARC is poised upon its 2026 launch to alter the management of both patients and workers, making both more heavily integrated and reliant on AI technology from the State of Israel."

Breaking now: working-mass.com/2025/09/09/s...
Sheba Out of MA: Taxpayers Call for No Israeli AI in MA Healthcare - Working Mass
By: Travis Wayne BEACON HILL, MA – On the morning of September 9, 2025, organizers from an anti-Zionist coalition of Massachusetts residents arrived at the Massachusetts State House to rally with supp...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Behind [Zohran's campaign was also] a piece of infrastructure that translated viral attention into material turnout: Solidarity Tech, a CRM designed by organizers for organizers and rooted in the organizing methods of the labor movement."

Read now: working-mass.com/2025/09/08/d...
Deep Organizing at Scale: How Solidarity Tech Helped Power Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Wave - Working Mass
By: Freddy Oswald From Viral Attention to Volunteer Action Perhaps the most distinct feature of Zohran Mamdani’s primary campaign was his ‘man on the street’ videos. Talking directly to the camera, of...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Labor Day 2025 hummed with energy across Greater Boston, from the 41st Bread and Roses Festival on the hallowed ground of Lawrence to Boston's historic first Labor Day Parade: "Workers Over Billionaires"

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Labor Day 2025: From Lawrence's Bread and Roses Festival to Boston's Historic First Labor Day Parade - Working Mass
By: Andrew S LAWRENCE, MA– Unionists and socialists gathered together at the Heritage State Park for the 41st Annual Bread and Roses Heritage Festival on September 1 – Labor Day. And as organizers fro...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Now, UML uses debt to turn students into engineers that leave Lowell to find employment in tech hubs far from Lowell. . . where designing the most destructive technologies in human history is another 9 to 5."

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Inside UMass Lowell: How to Create a University Pipeline to War Profiteering - Working Mass
By: Nate Foster LOWELL, MA – UMass Lowell (UML) has always had deep ties to American industry. Located in a city that was founded to manufacture textiles during the Industrial Revolution, the universi...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today, we're publishing opinion pieces from three members reflecting on three different aspects of
@demsocialists.bsky.social 2025 Convention 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
AI in Court: Politico Workers Take the Boss to Court Over Forced Automation!

"The fight over AI isn’t about resisting technology for its own sake—it’s about resisting who controls it, who benefits, and who bears the cost."

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AI in Court: Politico Workers Take the Boss to Court Over Forced Automation - Working Mass
By: Frederick Reiber SOMERVILLE, MA – From Hollywood writers to Boston dockworkers, labor unions are continuing to fight unethical usage of artificial intelligence.  Now, journalists are joining the f...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
OUT NOW: Hamilton Tenants Association Faces Terrible Landlord with Rally in Arlington

"Tenants sent letters and raised demands. At every turn, Hamilton Company provided as much silence as when repairs were needed or rent was due."

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Hamilton Tenants Association Faces Terrible Landlord With Rally in Arlington - Working Mass
By: Travis Wayne  ARLINGTON, MA – On Saturday, August 2, 2025, the Hamilton Tenants Association made a bold move: rallying directly and publicly against their landlord right outside their home.  It wa...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
OUT NOW: The Palestine Papers, fourth edition.

Regardless of whether you're a seasoned or new organizer, this is for you. The Palestine Papers seek to spotlight, reinforce, and grow the contributions of Massachusetts in the fight.

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August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
REPORT: Rhode Island’s Longest Healthcare Strike

"They think the union is too strong, we are too united, we are too powerful, we had too much of a say in trying to make our hospital better – and they don’t want it to be like that." working-mass.com/2025/08/07/r...
Rhode Island’s Longest Healthcare Strike - Working Mass
Butler Workers Lead a Historic Fight for Mental Health and Dignity By Amanda A and Carlos B PROVIDENCE, RI – On May 15, 2025, nearly 800 healthcare workers at Butler Hospital, a major psychiatric hosp...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
BREAKING: For the first time in over a century, UNITE HERE Local 26 concessions workers are on strike at Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall!

At America's Favorite Ballpark, workers want better wages and compensation stolen by automation.

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In 113-Year First, Fenway Park Concessions Workers Go On Strike - Working Mass
FENWAY PARK, MA – For the first time in over a century, America’s Favorite Ballpark’s concessions workers are on strike. UNITE HERE Local 26 gave Aramark a 48-hour deadline on Wednesday, July 23, to m...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
'Time is Tissue' - Medicaid Cuts Set To Decimate Mass Workers’ Healthcare

Read one rank-and-file Worcester nurse's description of the healthcare disaster the so-called Big Beautiful Bill will wreak on workers in the Bay State and beyond -

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‘Time is Tissue’ - Medicaid Cuts Set To Decimate Mass Workers’ Healthcare - Working Mass
By: Zachary Wright WORCESTER, MA – On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed into law his “Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill is draconian and destructive on every level of the social contract. One of the most ...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM