What We’re Doing In Massachusetts Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply September 27, 2019 Blog Critical Mass: Elected Union Members Tip Scales Toward Justice in Collective Bargaining Win in Bay State Last week, the Massachusetts legislature overrode Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of a key collective bargaining bill and passed the strongest response to the Janus vs. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court Decision to date. The new law will allow unions to charge non-member employees for representation in arbitration cases and other disputes and is one of the most comprehensive state legislative responses to the Court’s Janus decision which unfairly prohibited those fees. September 26, 2019 Speech Trumka to Massachusetts AFL-CIO Convention: Workers Are Rising At a time when our politics and our culture wants us isolated and bitter and ready to blame, working people are, instead, turning to each other. July 31, 2019 Blog Drivers Win Dignity by Forming Union, Striking for Fairness Right in the heart of tourist season on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, visitors and residents alike now will be driven around the island by union bus drivers who just won their first contract. May 29, 2018 Blog By Our Hands: Rebuilding Life with a Job in the Building Trades Have you ever been depressed? Ever felt like it wasn’t worth trying anymore? Then you know something of how Ebony Flonory felt after her older brother was gunned down on a street in the Boston suburb of Mattapan in June 2016. June 22, 2016 Blog Thousands of Nurses to Strike This Week in Minnesota, California and Massachusetts Starting this week, nearly 10,000 registered nurses, affiliated with National Nurses United (NNU), are striking in Minnesota, California and Massachusetts in order to improve patient safety and quality care at... June 27, 2014 Speech Trumka to UNITE HERE: We Can Get Ahead Together AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivers the keynote speech at the UNITE HERE Convention. Load More