Fifty people including affiliated unions, community groups, and elected officials joined together for a discussion of labor's priorities. Special attention was given to the budget crisis and the proposed anti-teacher ballot initiative.
On Tuesday night, the Lynn City Council stood behind airport workers seeking to organize with SEIU 615. Airport workers, members of SEIU 615, and NSLC delegates came out to show their support.
City Councilor & NSLC Delegate Pete Capano Addressing PCAs
On March 23rd, Personal Care Attendants with SEIU 1199 gathered in Lynn to brief community allies about their contract campaign and urge the Lynn City Council to pass a resolution supporting them.
The march on Verizon headquarters was part of a nationwide day of action to call attention to the billion-dollar profits made by Verizon and other major corporations in the face of mass layoffs, wage cuts and other attacks on workers’ rights. Verizon workers have been without a contract since August.
Labor Council VP Bruce Callahan added his voice to a hearing at the statehouse yesterday. Check out the coverage in the Boston Herald and the Boston Neighborhood News Network.
Labor Council member Paul Monaci, a Bridgewell employee with SEIU 509, shares his impressions of the EdCon. Public sector and private sector union members, along with community groups, came together to discuss the attack on public sector workers.
In 2008, the North Shore Labor Council became the first CLC in the nation to organize a Workers' Center where low-income non-union workers could organize for their rights on the job. Read about the Workers' Center's organizer, Iveth Martinez, and the progress she has made
Last week more than 30 baggage handlers, security guards, and customer service agents packed the Massport Board meeting to discuss the working conditions of contracted workers at Logan.
At our 7th annual Women's Solidarity Breakfast, more than 100 women from labor and community groups gathered to share stories of fighting back against big banks and greedy corporations.
