In the Springfield area, bus drivers voted 181 to two on August 22 to give their elected union leaders permission to call a strike. Forty-two drivers did not vote. The strike would start September... Read more »
Mobile Home Residents to Rally
In Brattleboro on August 18, about 75 people rallied to call on Biden and congress to stop sending weapons to Israel. The organizers have a web site at Read more »
Peace Rallies Set
On August 18 in Springfield and Brattleboro there will be rallies calling on Biden and congress to stop funding Israel's war on Gaza. The organizers have a web page at:
A Win for Nature
In a victory for environmental protesters, a proposed battery facility near Greenfield will not be built. On August 6 the battery corporation made the announcement. The facility would have been in... Read more »
Farm Worker Rights
About 30 people were at a rally in Springfield on July 29. The goal was to get the state to provide good quality homes for homeless people. “The rally went well,” a spokesperson for one of the... Read more »