About 800 workers at a mental hospital in Brattleboro will benefit from a new union contract. About 160 workers at a grocery store in Brattleboro have been negotiating their union contract.... Read more »
October 18, 2013
209 Greenfield Nurses Give Their Elected Leaders Power to Call a Strike
The 209 nurses at the Greenfield hospital voted October 15 to authorize a strike. That means their elected representatives in the union have the power to call a strike. The nurses went on strike... Read more »
October 17, 2013
Photo: Protesting Climate Change
This photo was taken on October 17 in Amherst. It shows activists holding a giant banner at the University of Massachusetts. The banner calls on the president of UMass to stop supporting climate... Read more »
October 15, 2013
The Valley Post Seeks Donations, Volunteers
More than 2,200 people per month read the Valley Post. Each of those people read the Post approximately once a week, on average. The Valley Post is a non-profit organization. Donations from... Read more »
October 12, 2013
Wal-Mart versus Wilderness in Greenfield
Around the nation and around the world, former sand and gravel pits have been restored to wilderness wildlife habitat. In Greenfield, Wal-Mart wants to pave a former sand and gravel pit on French... Read more »