CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB)  held a hearing this week on a formal complaint it had issued against Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in July, citing the organization for bargaining in bad faith and depriving nurses of their union rights following CHA’s decision to prematurely cease negotiations, declare impasse and unilaterally slash nurses’ retiree health benefit.

On Wednesday June 16, AM 1510 Revolution Boston hosted a rally for Green Jobs at the Gardner Auditorium at the State House, which was broadcast live to a listening audience. Click the headline above to read more about the event.

On Tuesday, May 11^th, several dozen union members and labor leaders gathered at the State House to visit lawmakers and urge quick and favorable action on ‘An Act Further Regulating Workers’ Compensation Insurance’ (SB 2375), or more commonly known as the Workers’ Comp Private Right of Action Bill. The bill would target cheating contractors who deflate their bids by underpaying on workers' comp premiums. Click the headline to read more.

Community Labor United's annual "Salt of the Earth" awards ceremony and fundraiser was held on Wednesday April 14. Emceeing the event was Amy Dean, former head of the South Bay (CA) Labor Council, founder of Working Partnerships USA, and co-author of A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement.

On Tuesday, April 13^th, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO was honored to have AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney join the monthly Organizing Roundtable as a guest speaker. Click the headline above to read more.

The Organizing Roundtable in March featured a presentation by Tom Clarke, lead organizer for Massachusetts Early Educators United (MECEU), a joint organizing effort spearheaded by the American Federation of Teachers of MA and the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Click the headline to read more.

About 75 telecom workers and community supporters rallied in support of a Verizon technician in Lynn, MA who was recently threatened by a supervisor while acting in his capacity as an IBEW Local 2321 steward during a "captive audience" safety meeting.

It’s been only a month that a union for the unemployed has come into existence through an ingenious grass-roots organizing campaign. In case you haven’t heard about it, the union’s name is “UR Union of the Unemployed” or its nickname, “UCubed,” because of its unique method of organizing.

UCubed is the brain-child of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), whose leaders feel that the millions of unemployed workers need a union of their own to join in the struggle for massive jobs programs.

The idea is that if millions of jobless join together and act as an organization, they are more likely to get Congress and the White House to provide the jobs that are urgently needed. They can also apply pressure for health insurance coverage, unemployment insurance and COBRA benefits and food stamps. An unemployed worker is virtually helpless if he or she has to act alone.

The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Executive Board named Massachusetts AFL-CIO Vice President Mary Mahoney to serve as Secretary-Treasurer, effective January 1, 2010.  Click on the headline to read a statement from Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes and a press release from OPEIU.

On Tuesday, November 10^th, dozens of union organizers and labor leaders gathered at IBEW Local 103 for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Organizing Roundtable, where Dr. Elaine Bernard of Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program offered her insights on topics of labor law ranging from organizing to wages and pensions, to the right to strike.