Massachusetts

Massachusetts nurses win strike after only five hours

zobag — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0000

The nurses walked out on Thursday after negotiations throughout Wednesday night failed to deliver. During the five-hour picket, an agreement was made and the nurses have managed to fight off a series of contract concessions.

Massachusetts nurses set to strike today

zobag — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Despite talks yesterday between management and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, conflict remained over wage, healthcare, and pension demands, and the strike is set to begin today. UMass hospital has drafted in around 350 temporary nurses to be bussed across picket lines, to reduce the impact of the walk-out.

1916-1927: The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

Steven. — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:57:45 +0000

"Did you see what I did to those anarchist bastards?"
- Presiding Judge Webster Thayer

1912: The Lawrence textile strike

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:01:38 +0000

At the turn of the 20th century, Lawrence, Massachusetts was one of the most important textile manufacturing towns in the United States. The mills in the area were principally under the ownership of the American Woollen Company, which employed about 40,000 people. The Company's consolidation of thirty-four factories across New England had a yearly output of about $45,000,000.

1860: The Lynn shoe strike

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:02:52 +0000

It was the shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, a factory town north east of Boston, who started the largest strike to take place in the United States before the Civil War. Lynn had pioneered in the use of sewing machines in factories, replacing shoemaker artisans. The factory workers in Lynn, who began to organise in the l830s, later started a militant newspaper, the Awl.

Class Struggle Beyond Unionism: Boston-Area Public Workers' Ferment. 1981-82

jef costello — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:57:56 +0000

Goldner interviews Scott McGuire about the attempts of Boston Public Workers to resist the effects of proposition 2 1/2.

Resistance at a liquor company

libcom — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:11:56 +0000

An account of resistance at a closing-down alcoholic drinks company by Roy, a shipping clerk