Boston-Area Students Rally to Demand Just CORI Policies

APR/11/08 - Students from a dozen area schools and universities demonstrated in Boston Common for Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reform. CORI laws make it difficult for people with records to get jobs, housing, credit and student loans. The students and passers-by signed a giant 11 foot letter to the chairmen of the Massachus ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 11:54am PST

Police Attack Wobblies March in North Providence

AUG/11/07 - Providence RI, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) march on Jackies Galaxy, a local restaurant chain supplied by HWH/Dragonland in NYC, a supplier notorious for slave labor conditions and a lack of basic labor rights. A few blocks before finishing the march North Providence police brutally tackled two of the marches after th ...

Updated: Aug 12, 2007 12:01pm PST

Harvard Student Hunger Strike Ends

MAY/11/07 - Harvard students ended their 9 day hunger strike after gaining a written affirmation from the university that it supports a living wage for all workers on the campus. Now the struggle continues for a fair union contract.

Updated: May 12, 2007 10:02am PST

Harvard Students Rally for Campus Security Officers

MAY/2/07 - Students dedicated to supporting Harvard security officers in their first union contract negotiations rallied on campus today. Their message was that at one of the most prestigious and wealthy university in the world, it is shameful that workers are still lacking living wages, fair grievance procedures, and a safe and respectfu ...

Updated: May 04, 2007 10:45am PST

Boston March for CORI Reform and Jobs

APR/19/07 - The Boston Workers' Alliance (BWA), in coalition with over 50 community organizations staged a March for Jobs and CORI Reform. Over 500 people marched from Roxbury Crossing T Stop on to the Boston Commons, and then inside the State House to demand immediate reforms to discriminatory criminal background check laws. The BWA i ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2007 6:14pm PST