Western Mass Mobilizes for May Day Economic Blackout
No School, No Work, No Shopping Hundreds of labor unions, democratic organizations, and community groups...
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Opinion: Join Me in the Streets This May Day
by Sulma Arias This year, the organizers of May Day Strong are calling for everyone...
Letter: Amherst’s DPW Workers Have Our Backs, It’s Time We Had Theirs
by Julian Hynes, Marisol Bonifaz, Amrita Rutter, Alex Franz, Mia Cielak, Maria Kopicki, Brooks Ballenger,...
After More Than 18 Months Without a Contract, PSU and UMass Reach a Tentative Agreement
Late in the evening on Thursday, February 12, the Professional Staff Union (PSU) bargaining team...
Hundreds of UMass Employees Picket Boston and Amherst Campuses to Demand Fair Wages
Source: UMass Professional Staff Union (PSU) After 20 months of bargaining, UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier...
Opinion: The Common Share Food Co-op: Reflections on a Failure to Launch
The Common Share Food Co-op project is over. (The co-op has had several names over...
There’s a Budget Surplus at UMass. But Austerity Provides A Pretense to Cut Unfavored Programs.
A new report from UMass Amherst Associate Professor of History Kevin Young critiques UMass Amherst’s...
Northampton City Council Votes Unanimously to Divest Funds from Israeli Apartheid and Companies Fueling Genocide
More than 150 Northampton residents packed the city council meeting Thursday night in support of...
What Now? Springfield Community Activism Fair, Saturday September 13
Connect with Local Organizations Making Real Change in Western Mass Source: Rise Up Western Mass...
Labor Rally at UMass Demands Fair Pay, Full Staffing, and Protection from Discrimination
Staff working conditions are students’ living and learning conditions; union calls on management to Stand...
As Wage Theft Hounds Western Mass Workers, Some Fight Back
by Brian Zayatz Via the state attorney general’s office and preventive city ordinances, local workers...
Town Seeks Volunteers for New Amherst Black Reparations Committee
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst is seeking volunteers to serve on the Amherst Black Reparations...