Letter: There Are Better Ways To Honor UMass Front Line Service Workers Than A Remote Pavilion
The following letter was sent to UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy on January 27, 2023. A...
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Becoming Human: Recent Developments Among Worker Coops In Massachusetts Signal Growth Of Movement
The worker cooperative movement in Massachusetts is making significant gains on two overlapping fronts. First,...
Letter: University Staff Association Was Not Consulted On Proposed Workers’ Pavilion
The following letter from Leslie Marsland was sent on January 20, 2023 in response to...
Letter: Response To Tony Maroulis On The Proposed Workers Pavilion
The following letter was sent to Tony Maroulis on January 20, 2023 in response to...
Issues and Analyses: Making The Case For Worker Cooperatives In Massachusetts
Becoming Human Worker-owned cooperatives (WOC) are often positioned by their advocates as having many potential...
A Better World Is Possible: Greyston Bakery Tackles Generational Poverty, One Blondie At A Time
The following article by Kate Cox, appeared originally in The Counter, on 10/27/15 under the...
Letter: Expand Worker Coops In Massachusetts For A More Secure Financial Future
Massachusetts is a Commonwealth. Our laws should help everyone prosper but, while corporate power and...
Brooke Hauser To Speak On Women, COVID, And The Meaning Of Work
Source: UMass Department of History Brooke Hauser, Writer in Residence with the UMass/Five College Graduate...
UMass Labor Center Finds Deep Flaws With Corporate Diversity Rankings
Researchers Say Forbes’ Influential “America’s Best Employers For Diversity” Is A “Rogue’s Gallery Of Companies...
Becoming Human: Amherst’s Common Share Food Co-op
Editor’s note: Becoming Human returns this week after a brief hiatus. Each edition of Becoming...
Issues & Analyses: Becoming Human (#5). How Universal Basic Income Can Help Build A Solidarity Economy
In this installment of Becoming Human, we are very pleased to reprint an article in...
Exploitation Of Undocumented Workers In Residential Construction Costs Massachusetts Taxpayers As Much As $82M Annually, UMass Study Finds
Source: UMass News and Media A new business model in residential construction is exploiting undocumented...