On June 11, in Springfield, Massachusetts about 50 childcare workers won their strike. The strike lasted eight days. When they voted to ratify the contract, the workers won about 20 percent higher... Read more »
June 05, 2026
How to End Mass Incarceration
No nation keeps such a high percentage of its people in prison as the USA. Europe's rate is a fraction of ours. On May 31 the Valley Post emailed a state senator from Northampton and one from... Read more »
May 29, 2026
Springfield, MA Workers Celebrate
Seventy-thousand Lyft and Uber drivers in Massachusetts formed a union on May 25. “I'm thrilled,” Peter Cianciolo told the Valley Post in a voice phone interview on May 28. He lives in... Read more »
May 21, 2026
Climate Rally is June 10
On June 10 in Springfield, Massachusetts, there will be a climate rally outside the office of Eversource, a corporation that sells electricity to homes and businesses in more than 140 towns and... Read more »
May 15, 2026
Workers Win
The lowest paid workers at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will get a $2 an hour raise under the terms of a first union contract that the workers ratified on May 11. The contract covers about 280... Read more »