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AFL-CIO Observes International Human Rights Day

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Community Members Rally in Support of Nurses Across from Cooley Dickinson Hospital on 11/14/25

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Nurses at Cooley Dickinson Rally, Ask for Community Support

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November 2025 Newsletter: Smith College Dining Workers Rally, WMALF Endorses Municipal Candidates, and River Valley Co-op Opens Bargaining

04 Nov, 2025

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The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

Much of the American workplace has shut down, sending millions of employees home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.

27, Mar, 2020

THE WMALF & PVWC LAUNCH THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PLEDGE TO EXTEND PAID SICK LEAVE

THE WESTERN MASS AREA LABOR FEDERATION & PIONEER VALLEY WORKERS CENTER LAUNCH THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY PLEDGE TO EXTEND PAID SICK LEAVE TO ALL

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Coalition of MNA Nurses and Advocates Launch ‘Mental Health is Public Health’ Campaign

Coalition of MNA Nurses and Advocates Launch ‘Mental Health is Public Health’ Campaign to Preserve Psychiatric Beds Across Western Massachusetts

16, Mar, 2020

It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

North Carolina workers need a raise.

27, Feb, 2020

Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” Has he kept this promise?

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