About 40 workers voted to form a union in Monson, Massachusetts. Monson is 10 miles from downtown Springfield. The workers work at Holistic Industries, a Washington, DC-based cannabis company.... Read more »
June 28, 2024
81 Rally
In Greenfield on June 23, a women's rights rally was moved indoors due to the heatwave. Seventy-one people were there. “Here in Franklin county in the past year (a local nonprofit) served 1,933... Read more »
June 21, 2024
200 Acres of Farmland Saved
A land trust has saved 200 acres of farmland in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Deerfield borders Greenfield. The USA is losing 6,000 acres of open space to development every DAY. In a June 16 email to... Read more »
June 14, 2024
Rally for Farmworker Rights
On June 10, billionaire Bill Gates told the New York Times he is building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming. In 2014, the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor closed permanently because thousands of... Read more »
June 07, 2024
Protest Works
In a victory for education and workers' rights, protesters in Northampton got some of what they wanted when the mayor announced more school funding on June 5. As of June 7, the city council had... Read more »