In Greenfield on June 15 about 40 people attended a rally. The goal was to get the giant corporation that owns the Greenfield hospital, and other hospitals, to settle a fair union contract with the nurses at the Greenfield hospital. Suzanne Love is a nurse at the Greenfield hospital. She said, “We are simply asking Baystate Health to listen to its nurses, help us protect patient care, and keep care local.

Peace activists will meet to discuss strategy near Greenfield on November 16, 17 and 18. The public is welcome to attend the event. Almost half of this year's entire federal budget of about $3 trillion is being spent on war. That’s according to:

www.WarResisters.org/FederalPieChart

With 4 percent of the world's population, the USA spends at much on the military as the rest of the world combined.