In Northampton and the Pioneer Valley town of Westfield, workers at Starbucks are forming a union. Since June 2024, Ari Vaccaro has worked at the Northampton Starbucks that's not inside Stop and... Read more »
February 07, 2025
120 Rally
In Springfield a total of about 120 people attended protests on February 4 and 5. The goal was to get Democrats in congress to try to stop many or all of Trump's plans. “It was a success,”... Read more »
January 31, 2025
Labor Rally is Feb. 3
Baystate Medical Corporation is refusing to sign a union contract for visiting nurses in Springfield. The nurses are members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association union. The nurses care for... Read more »
January 24, 2025
300 March, Rally; 2,900 Acres Saved
About 200 people marched in Brattleboro. The event was organized by local resident Vera Riley, and by the Women's March, a national group.
“It was wonderful,” Riley told the Valley... Read more »
January 03, 2025
Peace Rallies Set
On November 21, 2024 the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Prime Minister of Israel. In Brattleboro on January 4 at noon there will be a rally to call for a... Read more »