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‘DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 3, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

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 that will have profound consequences for American working people. In Janus v. AFSCME ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AFSCME, agency, Apparent Horizon, bureaucracy, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, fair share, fee, Janus, Jason Pramas, Joe Hill, labor, militant, national, news, Politics, strike, Supreme Court, union, wildcat

TALK OF MORE WILDCAT TEACHER STRIKES PUTS PUBLIC ED AT THE VANGUARD OF PROTEST

Written by BRANDON SODERBERG Posted March 20, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis

“Most newly mobilized teachers aren’t ruling out a strike but feel it needs to be the last option on the menu."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis Tagged With: Charter Schools, labor, privatization, Protest, strike, teachers, union

LABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND HOSPITAL AT ODDS AS BARBS CONTINUE TO FLY

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted July 18, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"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."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, labor, Lahey Health, Mary Cornacchia, Massachusetts Nurses Association, mayor Marty Walsh, Michael Wagner, MNA, organizers, strike, Taft-Hartley plan, tufts, Tufts Medical Center, union

STRIKE. IRON. HOT.

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 18, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

You don't need a union to take action for justice on the job

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Colored National Labor Union, history, labor, Massachusetts, New Deal, NLRA, nurses, strike, tufts, union, unions

UMASS CAMBRIDGE: MAKING HARVARD UNIVERSITY PUBLIC WILL SOLVE ITS WORKERS’ PROBLEMS—AND THE COMMONWEALTH’S HIGHER ED CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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 system.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Apparent Horizon, Beacon Hill, BINJ, Cambridge, Dining Hall Workers, endowment, harvard, higher ed, Ivy League, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, strike, UMass, UMASS-Boston, unions, Unite 26, University of Massachusetts

ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 6, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

That’s why Verizon's union workers are on strike. It’s gotten to the point where they have no choice

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: big business, Boston, Healthcare, labor, Protest, strike, unions, Verizon

STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

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 onlookers don’t understand the stakes.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: CWA, GE, General Electric, IBEW, labor, Massachusetts, new england, Protest, Stand Up Verizon, strike, unions, Verizon, workers

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