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Committee for Public Counsel Services employees say they can better help guarantee the public’s Sixth Amendment right to legal representation if allowed to collectively...
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Education
The fourth event of its kind in recent years brought organizers together to discuss coordinated efforts between parallel movements on campus.
Education
After more than 40 bargaining sessions, UMass is asking the state for a mediator, which union members say could force the university's final offer...
Labor
Via the state attorney general's office and preventive city ordinances, local workers are fighting to get their full paychecks.
Education
After 10 years under state control, officials have lauded the progress the district has made. But others have questioned the metrics the state has...
Labor
Lawyers representing indigent defendants have drawn the ire of legislators and the governor as they refuse low-paying work
Education
After a decade of receivership, members of the Holyoke Teachers Association feel the state’s exit plan comes up short of justice for the predominantly...
Education
Over 500 food workers at the private school have become the latest western Mass union members to secure their first contract.
Labor
In 2023, the workers became just the second of the book seller's stores to unionize. Now, they're among the first to ratify a first...
Labor
Following a dress code crackdown in November and the firing of a unionized staff member in January, the River Valley Co-op union has moved...
Labor
More western Mass workers unionized in 2024 than in any previous year since at least 2019. Staffers at two local Starbucks say they're next.
Labor
Workers held an informational picket as they continue to seek a first contract more than 1.5 years after first unionizing.