Harvard is asking the NLRB to change how union elections are run, as part of its ongoing fight against graduate student unionization. Photo: Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW The richest university in the world, with an endowment of $36 billion, is asking the National Labor Relations Board to change how union elections are run. Harvard […]
STOP THE AMAZON BOSTON DEAL
Locals have until Oct 19 to say ‘No Public Bribes to Corporate Scofflaws’ Fresh off of throwing tens of millions of dollars at General Electric, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker are now planning to enter the international horse race to convince Amazon to let the city and the commonwealth shovel […]
GUEST COLUMN: ‘THIS LABOR DAY I’M GOING ON STRIKE…’
‘I work two jobs not by choice but because I don’t receive enough hours at either job to cover my basic needs to support my family. With each paycheck that I earn I have to stretch.’
THE UNION OF SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
I helped organize a suburban Mass Guitar Center. Here’s what I learned.
LABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND HOSPITAL AT ODDS AS BARBS CONTINUE TO FLY
“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.”
STRIKE. IRON. HOT.
You don’t need a union to take action for justice on the job
GUEST DISPATCH: SANTANDER PROTEST FRONT
Demonstrators shut down Hub Santander HQ
THE FIGHT FOR $15 CONTINUES (WHETHER YOU’RE WATCHING OR NOT)
“I am fighting for a decent paycheck. I never thought I would be in the streets protesting, but I can’t survive on what I make now.”
KILL SHOT 2: MASS PUBLIC HIGHER ED STILL ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
Will campus advocates spark a rebellion for proper funding or cling to failed politics as usual?
KILL SHOT: YEARS OF STATE AUSTERITY BUDGETS PUT UMASS BOSTON IN JEOPARDY
Community needs to join Faculty Staff Union movement for a return to full funding
