Solidarity with the Worcester State University Graduates Fighting for Fair Pay! (9/16/2020) - The Independent Socialist Group stands in solidarity with Worcester State University graduate workers and applauds their victory in winning their stipends for the fall! But the fight is not over. Grad students and professors, not just at WSU, but across the country, will need to fight for contracts and compensation for the extra work causedContinue reading "Solidarity with the Worcester State University Graduates Fighting for Fair Pay!"
La clase trabajadora de la educación se enfrenta a un inseguro e incierto semestre de otoño, mientras continúa el impulso de la reapertura de las escuelas. (9/7/2020) - Por Sarah Beth Gable, SEIU Local 509 (A título personal) “En condiciones seguras, si conseguimos controlar el virus, volvería con confianza. Pero esto es una locura. No quiero que la medida de mi dedicación y compromiso sea la disposición que tenga a arriesgar mi vida y la de mis estudiantes”. Sharahn Santana, profesora de laContinue reading "La clase trabajadora de la educación se enfrenta a un inseguro e incierto semestre de otoño, mientras continúa el impulso de la reapertura de las escuelas." Education’s Working Class Faces Unsafe, Uncertain Fall Semester as the Push to Re-Open Schools Continues (8/24/2020) - By Sarah Beth Gable, SEIU Local 509 (Personal Capacity) “Under safe conditions, if we get the virus under control, I’d go back with confidence. But this is crazy. I don’t want the measure of my dedication and commitment to be how willing I am to risk my and my students’ lives.” Sharahn Santana, a teacherContinue reading "Education’s Working Class Faces Unsafe, Uncertain Fall Semester as the Push to Re-Open Schools Continues"
After a Successful Strike, Stop and Shop Workers Fight COVID-19 (7/31/2020) - As workers around the country fight to stay safe amidst COVID-19, Nick Wurst of ISG spoke with Rich Libby, shop steward at Stop and Shop for UFCW Local 1445. Stop and Shop workers around New England are fighting for safer working conditions and increased hazard pay. Rich was active as one of the leading strikers on the picket lines in Worcester, MA during the 2019 contract strike.
Coronavirus Strikes; So Do We! (5/9/2020) - Despite record levels of unemployment, workers from diverse sectors of the economy have turned to collective action, fighting not only for a living wage and safe working conditions, but for their right to live! Amazon warehouse workers, Whole Foods workers, nurses, meat packers, bus drivers, nurses, and more are all sending a message to the capitalists – we won’t die for your profits! 
No to Furloughs! Fight for PPE and Hazard Pay for Hospital Staff! (5/2/2020) - Multinational Healthcare Corporation Tenet furloughs nurses at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, MA during the pandemic. 
“We have the power” – Staten Island Amazon workers walkout (4/6/2020) - This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. “And to Mr Bezos [plutocratic billionaire owner of Amazon] my message is simple. I don’t give a damn about your power. You think you’re powerful? We’re the ones that have the power. Without us working, what are you goingContinue reading "“We have the power” – Staten Island Amazon workers walkout"