Local 8751 Statement to BPS Nurses Action
Boston School Bus Drivers Say, “No School Reopening Without Union-Planned and Designed Health...
Read More
Month: July 2020
Boston School Bus Drivers Want Say In Reopening Plans: ‘We Must Be Part Of This Discussion’
Boston school bus drivers are demanding answers as the district starts planning a potential return...
Read More
Resolution in Solidarity with the Righteous Rebellion Against Racism, Police Brutality and White Supremacy
Black Lives Matter! Justice for George Floyd and all victims! Reopen the Cases! Defund / Abolish...
Read MoreFacebook Updates
A Powerful Rev. Martin Luthern King, Jr. Birthday to All!
Local 8751 is proud to endorse this and all anti-racist MLK Day events.
Local 8751 is seeking volunteers to assist march leaders with keeping people safe.
Please contact Andre Francois or Steve Gillis.
Mass Action Against Police Brutality
"MLK Day March for Justice" on Monday 1/18 starts at 1pm in Grove Hall.
Hit the streets for justice and in support of the fight for our demands!
MLK Day March For Justice Demands:
1. Jail Killer Cops! Reopen All Past Cases of Police Brutality!
2. Exonerate and Free All Wrongfully Convicted!
3. Fire and Prosecute Police Guilty of Assaulting Protesters and Ban All Use of Rubber Bullets and Chemical Weapons on Protesters!
4. Drop All Charges Against Protesters!
5. End Forced Separation of Families by I.C.E. and Prosecute All Officials Responsible for Violating I.C.E. Detainee's Human Rights!
6. Raise the Minimum Wage to a Livable Wage Now! For Immediate Pandemic Relief, Temporary Ban on Evictions, and Immediate Aid to All Struggling Families and Small Businesses!
7. Rename Faneuil Hall! Rename Peters Park to Terrance Coleman Park! Remove Mulligan Plaque!
More details at Facebook:
fb.me/e/3CvmylhXx
Are gig workers employees? The debate in Mass. heats up - The Boston Globe
Are gig workers employees? The debate in Mass. heats up - The Boston Globe
www.bostonglobe.com
Uber, Lyft, and and other gig-economy businesses — emboldened by a successful November ballot initiative in California that defined their workers as contractors — are pursuing similar victories el...Excerpt from Communications Workers of America :
White supremacy is a poison that has been with us since the beginning of our country, and the confederate flag is its symbol, meant to subjugate and terrorize Black, brown, Asian and Pacific Islander and Indigenous people. That was the goal of this mob and the President who asked them to assemble on his behalf.
portside.org/2021-01-07/labor-denounces-coup-attempt
portside.org
Expressions of anger, outrage and determination to hold fast to democratic values and worker solidarity were issued by many unionists and union leaders in response to the attempted coup by Trump suppo...www.workers.org/2021/01/53588/
California’s Prop. 22 and the essence of capitalist exploitation
www.workers.org
In November, voters cast their ballots in the most expensive, and hence, most thoroughly corrupted, election in U.S. history. On California’s ballots were 12 direct initiatives, ranging from medical...Google employees announce creation of union
Google employees announce creation of union
thehill.com
More than 200 Google employees on Monday announced the creation of a union, a historic first at a major technology company.
400 United Steelworkers on strike at Alabama aluminum plant
400 United Steelworkers on strike at Alabama aluminum plant
apnews.com
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) — More than 400 United Steelworkers members are on strike against the French manufacturer Constellium over what the union on Thursday called unfair labor practices at an...