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Labor news, analysis, and working class life and culture in Massachusetts, as reported by union members and DSA members Site: www.Working-Mass.com

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 16h

Worcester medical residents fight for reinstated contributions to workers’ medical plan, a meaningful increase in pay that reflects the rapidly climbing cost of living in Worcester, and a housing stipend.

UMass has been refusing for 5 months.

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Worcester Medical Residents Persevere Through Fifth Month of Negotiations with UMass - Working Mass

By: James Niedzinski WORCESTER, MA — About 700 medical residents, represented by CIR-SEIU, are in their fifth month of negotiations with UMass Memorial Healthcare. Residents are working physicians — o...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Organizers defeat an attempt to challenge a ballot initiative to divest Somerville investments from genocide that has earned more than 11,000 signatures from residents. Somerville voters will vote on city divestment in November.

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Somerville 4 Palestine Defeats Challenge, Divestment Moves to Ballot - Working Mass

SOMERVILLE, MA – On October 6, 2025, the Somerville Elections Commission issued a final decision to overrule an objection to a divestment ballot initiative led by Somerville 4 Palestine, paving the wa...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 5d

On Wednesday, Sept 17, Davis Square workers voted to join Starbucks Workers United. One week later, on Thursday the 25th, Starbucks announced the imminent closure of hundreds of stores nationwide. By the 27th, the store had permanently closed.

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Starbucks Workers in Davis Square Join SBWU; Company Closes Store One Week Later - Working Mass

By: Terence Cawley SOMERVILLE, MA – The last few weeks have been tumultuous for the workers at the Starbucks store in the Davis Square neighborhood. On Wednesday, September 17, workers voted to join S...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 6d

Worker reflections on BU ResLife's 2024 double strike, targeting strategic moments of the calendar through mass participation, cross-neighborhood stewards, and coworker conversations as BUGWU's strike raged on campus.

Originally from @long-haul-mag.bsky.social

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On for Young and Old: How Boston University’s Resident Assistants Pulled Off a Double Strike - Working Mass

By: Stacey Yuen and Alana Edwards, with contributions from Thomas Baker This article was originally published in Long-Haul Magazine in its Winter 2025 Issue. In Fall 2024, Boston University’s Resident...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 20d

"While the idea of the platform and slate began with the Richmond Progressive Alliance model, we have greatly expanded it over the past six years. Each election cycle, we conduct extensive community outreach [to draft] the Medford People’s Platform (MPP)."
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Step By Step, We Built a Movement to Transform Our Local Government - Working Mass

By: Zac Bears and Jessica Farrell This article was originally published in Convergence Magazine in 2024. MEDFORD, MA – For decades, residents in Medford, Mass have voted many of the same people into o...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · 29d

Taxpayers Call for No Israeli AI in MA Healthcare:

"Sheba ARC is poised upon its 2026 launch to alter the management of both patients and workers, making both more heavily integrated and reliant on AI technology from the State of Israel."

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Sheba Out of MA: Taxpayers Call for No Israeli AI in MA Healthcare - Working Mass

By: Travis Wayne BEACON HILL, MA – On the morning of September 9, 2025, organizers from an anti-Zionist coalition of Massachusetts residents arrived at the Massachusetts State House to rally with supp...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Behind [Zohran's campaign was also] a piece of infrastructure that translated viral attention into material turnout: Solidarity Tech, a CRM designed by organizers for organizers and rooted in the organizing methods of the labor movement."

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Deep Organizing at Scale: How Solidarity Tech Helped Power Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Wave - Working Mass

By: Freddy Oswald From Viral Attention to Volunteer Action Perhaps the most distinct feature of Zohran Mamdani’s primary campaign was his ‘man on the street’ videos. Talking directly to the camera, of...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Sep 4

Labor Day 2025 hummed with energy across Greater Boston, from the 41st Bread and Roses Festival on the hallowed ground of Lawrence to Boston's historic first Labor Day Parade: "Workers Over Billionaires"

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Labor Day 2025: From Lawrence's Bread and Roses Festival to Boston's Historic First Labor Day Parade - Working Mass

By: Andrew S LAWRENCE, MA– Unionists and socialists gathered together at the Heritage State Park for the 41st Annual Bread and Roses Heritage Festival on September 1 – Labor Day. And as organizers fro...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Now, UML uses debt to turn students into engineers that leave Lowell to find employment in tech hubs far from Lowell. . . where designing the most destructive technologies in human history is another 9 to 5."

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Inside UMass Lowell: How to Create a University Pipeline to War Profiteering - Working Mass

By: Nate Foster LOWELL, MA – UMass Lowell (UML) has always had deep ties to American industry. Located in a city that was founded to manufacture textiles during the Industrial Revolution, the universi...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 22

Finally, an author explores how to localize "Principles of Party-Building" passed by @demsocialists.bsky.social through connecting the party to organic struggle with base-level bridging organizations.

Available now: "Build the Branch, Build the Party"

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OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention - Build the Branch, Build the Party - Working Mass

By: Travis Wayne The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Build the branch to build the party. “The party” has as many defin...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 22

Another author breaks down @demsocialists.bsky.social's nternal political forces and makeup in 2025 based on what happened during Convention proceedings -

Available now: "Winners, Losers, Bread and Roses"

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OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention - Socialists Set Sights On May Day 2028 and Left-Labor Power - Working Mass

By: Chris Brady The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Around 1500 DSA members gathered in Chicago for the bi-annual natio...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 22

One author unpacks the labor resolutions debated by
@demsocialists.bsky.social ts Convention in "Socialists Set Sight on May Day 2028 and Left-Labor Power" -

Available now: working-mass.com/2025/08/22/o...

OPINION: 2025 DSA Convention - Socialists Set Sights On May Day 2028 and Left-Labor Power - Working Mass

By: Chris Brady The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not represent the official position of Working Mass. Around 1500 DSA members gathered in Chicago for the bi-annual natio...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 22

Today, we're publishing opinion pieces from three members reflecting on three different aspects of
@demsocialists.bsky.social 2025 Convention 🧵

Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 21

AI in Court: Politico Workers Take the Boss to Court Over Forced Automation!

"The fight over AI isn’t about resisting technology for its own sake—it’s about resisting who controls it, who benefits, and who bears the cost."

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AI in Court: Politico Workers Take the Boss to Court Over Forced Automation - Working Mass

By: Frederick Reiber SOMERVILLE, MA – From Hollywood writers to Boston dockworkers, labor unions are continuing to fight unethical usage of artificial intelligence. Now, journalists are joining the f...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 19

OUT NOW: Hamilton Tenants Association Faces Terrible Landlord with Rally in Arlington

"Tenants sent letters and raised demands. At every turn, Hamilton Company provided as much silence as when repairs were needed or rent was due."

Read into the fight: working-mass.com/2025/08/19/h...

Hamilton Tenants Association Faces Terrible Landlord With Rally in Arlington - Working Mass

By: Travis Wayne ARLINGTON, MA – On Saturday, August 2, 2025, the Hamilton Tenants Association made a bold move: rallying directly and publicly against their landlord right outside their home. It wa...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 15

OUT NOW: The Palestine Papers, fourth edition.

Regardless of whether you're a seasoned or new organizer, this is for you. The Palestine Papers seek to spotlight, reinforce, and grow the contributions of Massachusetts in the fight.

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Aug 7

REPORT: Rhode Island’s Longest Healthcare Strike

"They think the union is too strong, we are too united, we are too powerful, we had too much of a say in trying to make our hospital better – and they don’t want it to be like that." working-mass.com/2025/08/07/r...

Rhode Island’s Longest Healthcare Strike - Working Mass

Butler Workers Lead a Historic Fight for Mental Health and Dignity By Amanda A and Carlos B PROVIDENCE, RI – On May 15, 2025, nearly 800 healthcare workers at Butler Hospital, a major psychiatric hosp...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 25

BREAKING: For the first time in over a century, UNITE HERE Local 26 concessions workers are on strike at Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall!

At America's Favorite Ballpark, workers want better wages and compensation stolen by automation.

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In 113-Year First, Fenway Park Concessions Workers Go On Strike - Working Mass

FENWAY PARK, MA – For the first time in over a century, America’s Favorite Ballpark’s concessions workers are on strike. UNITE HERE Local 26 gave Aramark a 48-hour deadline on Wednesday, July 23, to m...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 24

'Time is Tissue' - Medicaid Cuts Set To Decimate Mass Workers’ Healthcare

Read one rank-and-file Worcester nurse's description of the healthcare disaster the so-called Big Beautiful Bill will wreak on workers in the Bay State and beyond -

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‘Time is Tissue’ - Medicaid Cuts Set To Decimate Mass Workers’ Healthcare - Working Mass

By: Zachary Wright WORCESTER, MA – On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed into law his “Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill is draconian and destructive on every level of the social contract. One of the most ...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 22

"Trader Joe’s has engaged in numerous delay tactics to try and delay bargaining and try and make us argue about stuff that’s just not true," one worker-organizer told us.

Read into the fight of Trader Joe's United: working-mass.com/2025/07/22/t...

Trader Joe's United Fights a Third Year Against Unionbusting Tactics - Working Mass

By: Chris Brady Hadley, M.A. – The sleepy town of 5,000 next to Amherst is usually known for its annual asparagus festival and university move-in day traffic. But in mid-2022, Hadley shocked the natio...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 7

Organizing in 2025 means contending with a growing arsenal of digital tools designed to disorganize and disempower, optimizing bosses’ own class struggle against workers.

Read about how you can fight back against the bosses' tech: working-mass.com/2025/07/07/o...

Optimizing Versus Organizing: An Inventory of the Bosses' Weapons - Working Mass

By: Frederick Reiber BOSTON, MA – While the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that only 11.1 percent of the workforce is covered by a union, nonetheless, support for unions remains at a 70-year high....

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 3

BREAKING: Over 400 sanitation workers organized with IBT Local 25 across Massachusetts went on strike on Tuesday, July 2, amidst contract disputes with the waste disposal corporation Republic Services.

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Sanitation Workers Strike for Fair Compensation Against Waste Disposal Giant - Working Mass

PEABODY, MA – Over 400 sanitation workers across Massachusetts went on strike on Tuesday, July 2, amidst contract disputes with the waste disposal corporation Republic Services. The workers are repres...

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Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jul 1

On Wednesday, at 9PM ET | 6PM PT, July 2, Working Mass will be hosting the 2025 NPC Labor Forum to bring members and potential future leaders of @demsocialists.bsky.social together to discuss DSA labor strategy.

Only 48 hours remain to RSVP: working-mass.solidarity.tech/working-mass...

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Willie Burnley Jr 🌹 @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social · Jun 27

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran an incredible campaign in NYC & did @socialists.nyc proud! @bostondsa.org also has the opportunity to elect a young, BIPOC mayor fighting for working people, renters, people of color, and queer folks. If you want to help, go to linktr.ee/WillieforSomerville

Working Mass @dsaworkingmass.bsky.social · Jun 25

"I’m Going To Be a Pro-Union, Pro-Worker Mayor”: Will Willie Burnley, Jr. Bring Zohran Energy to Somerville?

Workers inspired by New York have one looming question: will @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social electrify the Somerville working class the same way?

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"I’m Going To Be a Pro-Union, Pro-Worker Mayor": Will Willie Burnley, Jr. Bring Zohran Energy to Somerville? - Working Mass

By: Maxine Bouvier SOMERVILLE, MA – Since March, 2025, Somerville City Councillor-at-Large Willie Burnley Jr.’s campaign for the city’s highest executive office has been endorsed by Boston DSA. In Apr...

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