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Thousands March in Boston for Immigrant Rights |
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by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Boston, MA--Although march organizers expected numbers only in the hundreds, an estimated four to six thousand people came to the Boston Commons to rally in favor of immigrant rights. Inspired by huge crowds of people that rallied this past weekend in Los Angeles (estimated at 500 thousand to 1 million people) Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Milwaukee, and other cities across the United States, Bostonian immigrants came out in mass to take a stand against legislation like Rep. James Sensenbrenner’s (R-WI) bill HR 4437. |
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28 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Organizing |
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Danny Glover, Sen. John Edwards Rally with Hotel Activists for Workers' Rights |
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by Talia Whyte, globalwireinfo (nospam) hotmail.com |
 Boston area hotel workers came out strong at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to hear Senator John Edwards, actor/activist Danny Glover and other union leaders speak on workers’ rights last Saturday. The speakers were part of the “Hotel Workers Rising,” one of several nation-wide events to support increased benefits for hotel workers, part of the nation’s fastest growing labor industry.
Photography by Alexis Winter |
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21 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Politics |
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Health Care Amendment Campaign Gaining Momentum; Supporters Plan Action for May 10th Constitutional Convention |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 BOSTON, MA - February 10, 2006 - Representatives from 30 labor and community groups have joined 50 other organizations committed to support passage of the Health Care Amendment that would guarantee every Massachusetts resident access to affordable coverage for medically necessary health and mental health care services. The amendment will be on the agenda of the Constitutional Convention slated to meet again on May 10th. |
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13 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Labor : Politics : Social Welfare |
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Rep. Delahunt co-sponsors "Medicare for All" bill (HR 676) |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 Rep. William Delahunt is the seventh member of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to co-sponsor HR 676, the "Medicare for All" approach to health care reform written by Rep. John Conyers.
"Skyrocketing costs, deteriorating quality of care, loss of insurance coverage and access to essential services is affecting everyone's health care," said Congressman Delahunt. "Common sense solutions like extending Medicare to cover everyone can save money while improving quality and access to health care for all. That's why I've decided to co-sponsor HR 676." |
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19 Dec 2005
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Politics : Social Welfare |
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Fast for Justice: Providence Janitors Struggle for Union Power |
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by Alex Gould, alexandergould (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Monday: Over forty union supporters protested in front of the "Turk's Head" downtown office building as five strong-willed people went into their fifth day of fasting today. The fasters, camped out in front of the fancy bank offices since Thursday, are members of SEIU local 615 and their supporters. They want the owner of the Turk's Head building, millionaire landlord Lloyd Granoff, to hire a union cleaning contractor. |
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01 Nov 2005
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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IUE-CWA Local 201 members ratify agreement with GE |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
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Lynn, MA – Union members ratified a new agreement that will upgrade nearly 300 jobs and help bring new work to Lynn’s River Works. It also creates new opportunities for workers in GE’s Assembly and Test departments to upgrade their skills and improve their pay. The agreement was approved by a 79 percent majority vote at meetings held on October 25 and 26. |
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28 Oct 2005
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Harvard Janitors Fight For Real Living Wage; Will Students Muster Renewed Support? |
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by david, davewreckoning (nospam) hotmail.com |
 Crashing cymbals, booming water cooler jugs and rattling shakers improvised from soda bottles and pebbles lent a boisterous sonic dimension to a rally by about 70 Harvard Janitors and a hand full of supporters outside the University's administrative offices on Massachusetts Ave. on the first Friday of October.
While super enthusiastic, the rally, which marked the first formal effort to draw public attention to the new round of contract negotiations between the janitors, represented by SEIU 615 and university last month, was also notably for the absence of a contingent whom many familiar with recent labor struggles at the university might have considered a key element.
Four years ago something between a gaggle and a gob of Harvard undergraduates were leading the charge at the university and across the country to achieve the outlandish utopian dream that folks they had far to much tact to refer to as ‘the help’ being paid a wage commensurate with the local cost of living. |
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24 Oct 2005
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Local Activists Raise Funds for Fair Trade |
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by Talia Whyte, globalwireinfo (nospam) hotmail.com |
 Fair Trade activists came together Monday night to raise funds for trade justice around the world in style. The model in the photo is wearing a scarf, hat and bag that were produced by workers paid fair wages in safe conditions and produced in a way that is more respectful of the environment. Photo by Christopher Brown.
Over 150 local activists celebrated trade justice in style and raised over $1,000 at the Fair Trade Fiesta at All Asia Café last Monday night. The fundraiser was hosted by the Boston Fair Trade Coalition in cooperation with Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC), Oxfam America, It’s Only Fair, Dean’s Beans, and other local organizations. |
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19 Oct 2005
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Filed under: News / Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor |
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