Boston

Boston Uber and Lyft drivers rally in cars

Boston Uber/Lyft drivers occupied the Transportation Network Companies airport lot on April 6 and staged an in-car rally broadcast through…

April 16, 2020

Resolution of United Steelworkers Local 8751 in solidarity with the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda

The resolution below was passed unanimously at the monthly membership meeting of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus…

February 7, 2020

Racist ‘Thanksgiving’ myth challenged at Plymouth

On the mic is Mahtowin Munro, co-chair of United American Indians of New England, speaking in front of the Plymouth…

December 6, 2019

Deportations, racism vs. “humane” democracy

Jorge Ramos, the nightly news co-anchor on Spanish-language TV station Univisión who was thrown out of Donald Trump’s press conference…

September 3, 2015

All out solidarity with Boston school bus drivers!

The struggle of the fired Boston school bus drivers has now been going on for two years. That is a…

August 15, 2015

Workers distressed as infrastructure crumbles

From July 20 to 25, there was only one day when New Jersey Transit's service to Penn Station in New…

August 2, 2015

Study exposes racism & why Black girls matter

All human life matters. But throughout U.S. history, that reality has been overshadowed by the doctrine and practice of white…

March 30, 2015

Supporters of union leader pack court

Some 200 Boston school bus drivers and supporters of their union packed Dorchester District Court on March 3, the first…

March 3, 2015

Detroit youth: ‘I stand with Boston bus drivers’

Boston is hundreds of miles from Detroit, but the fight of Steelworkers Local 8751 to beat the union-buster Veolia Corp.…

February 26, 2015

On the picket line

Record snowfall burdens low-wage workers As many feet of snow continue to bury the Northeast, hourly workers are among those…

February 19, 2015