Eesha Williams's Blog, page 143
October 26, 2013
October 24, 2013
Brattleboro Unions Fighting, Winning
About 800 workers at a mental hospital in Brattleboro will benefit from a new union contract. About 160 workers at a grocery store in Brattleboro have been negotiating their union contract. “Negotiations recently broke down. We're getting ready to make some noise,” Joe Crompton told the Valley Post. He has worked as a meat cutter at the Brattleboro Food Co-op for 25 years.
Crompton is running for a seat on the co-op board. Ballots are available now. The deadline to vote is 5 p.m. on November 1...
October 18, 2013
209 Greenfield Nurses Give Their Elected Leaders Power to Call a Strike
The 209 nurses at the Greenfield hospital voted October 15 to authorize a strike. That means their elected representatives in the union have the power to call a strike. The nurses went on strike last year (see photo, below).
October 17, 2013
Photo: Protesting Climate Change
This photo was taken on October 17 in Amherst. It shows activists holding a giant banner at the University of Massachusetts. The banner calls on the president of UMass to stop supporting climate change. Hundreds of pedestrians gathered to watch the banner drop, said organizer Sam King. For more information, contact King at sfking@student.umass.edu or by phone at (413) 325-7011. The group's web page is: www.facebook.com/divestUmass
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October 15, 2013
The Valley Post Seeks Donations, Volunteers
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October 12, 2013
Wal-Mart versus Wilderness in Greenfield
Around the nation and around the world, former sand and gravel pits have been restored to wilderness wildlife habitat. In Greenfield, Wal-Mart wants to pave a former sand and gravel pit on French King Highway near Route 2. Wal-Mart wants to build a giant “big box” store and acres of parking lots at the site.
Wal-Mart is owned by the world's richest family, the Waltons. They pay at or barely above the minimum wage in the United States, and among the world's lowest wages at their factories in C...
Photo: Eviction Protest
On October 9 at 8 a.m. in Springfield, residents protested the eviction of Sue and Miguel Soto from their home. The sheriff arrived, then left without evicting the Sotos from their home at 275 Main Street in Springfield's Indian Orchard neighborhood.
The protest was organized by a group known as Springfield No One Leaves (SNOL). The group's web site is www.SpringfieldNoOneLeaves.org.
