Join the #WageAction Coalition on November 10, as underpaid workers stand together throughout the country for fair and equitable wages.

When 42% of working people in the United States are paid less than $15 per hour, it means the economy is way out of balance. Wages have remained stagnant for years — hurting families, communities, and the economy. In particular, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by corporations that refuse to pay fair and equitable wages. On Tuesday, November 10th, one year from Election Day, we’re standing up as workers, voters, and advocates to say we’re with the ‘42%.’ We’ll call on corporate CEOs to raise pay and respect our right to form unions without retaliation. Workers are demanding that elected leaders recognize the need for fair pay, a pathway to citizenship, affordable housing, and that #BlackLivesMatter.

JOIN US IN BOSTON ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10!
3:30 PM – Rally at Historic Faneuil Hall – 1 Faneuil Hall Sq. Boston, MA
4:30 PM – March to the Massachusetts State House

https://www.facebook.com/events/893263514060156

Saturday, November 7
9:00am         
5500 Washington St. West Roxbury, MA 01232

Spectra corporation is ripping up the streets of West Roxbury to put in a fracked “natural” gas pipeline through a residential neighborhood and by a live blasting quarry, putting residents and the climate at risk, all just to make a profit. Next Saturday we’re taking our streets back and saying “NO” to this dangerous project and “NO” to new fossil fuel infrastructure! Join us at the construction site. Come for the rally, the song, the speakers, the joy, the solidarity, the movement, the march and more. Yes, there is even more. You can’t stop mass resistance.

More info:

http://www.resistthepipeline.org

https://www.facebook.com/resistthepipeline?fref=ts

On October 19, 16 workers at the JP Whole Foods petitioned management for $1/hr raise in the face of crushing workloads, and for improvements to working conditions that were making some of them sick. Four days later Whole Foods illegally suspended Ryan, a cook at the JP store, without pay. Ryan was the first worker to sign the petition.

Please join Ryan’s supporters at a picket (https://www.facebook.com/events/1652419991693625) of the JP Whole Foods, 413 Centre Street (Jackson Square or Stonybrook T on the Orange Line). Help us tell Whole Foods our community won’t tolerate retaliation against workers who take group action to improve their conditions of employment.

An Injury to One is an Injury to All!

Sponsored by the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM)

On Monday, October 26th a major fracked-gas pipeline conference is coming to Boston. At this conference executives from both Spectra Energy and Kinder Morgan will be speaking to investors, utilities companies and elected officials about their plans to build more fracked-gas pipelines in the Northeast.
We need to make sure that the voices of those impacted by the fracked-gas industry are heard. Join us as peacefully descend on the conference and raise up the voices of impacted communities and the call for 100% community owned energy.

We’ll also be using the day as an opportunity to take action at other institutions that wrongfully support both Spectra Energy and Kinder Morgan.

These pipeline companies are facing fierce resistance from communities across the Northeast and across the continent. Join us as we continue the fight and strive to unite our efforts.

Together our fights are stronger.

#StopSpectra #StopKinderMorgan #UniteTheFight

We’ll be meeting near the baseball fields at the Boston Common before heading out to the conference.

https://www.facebook.com/FANGtogether

PassMassAmendment [PMA] and its supporters will be in front of the State House at Noon on Wed. October 21st, an hour before the 1pm State Constitutional Convention, a joint session in the House Chambers.

PassMassAmendment is urging residents of the Commonwealth and their elected representatives on Beacon Hill to actively support two Bills in the Massachusetts Legislature which are based on the PassMassAmendment ballot initiative. Like the PMA citizen’s initiative, these bills also propose to amend the State Constitution relative to corporate rights and political spending. Both S.53 and H.933 declare “Corporations Are Not People, and may be regulated. Money Is Not Speech, and may be regulated.”

The MA Legislature has the power to amend the State Constitution without a citizens’ initiative petition; but the People of the Commonwealth must put pressure on their representatives and push them to take up this critical issue. Many voters are frustrated with politics and feel powerless to effect change. The two days of action have been scheduled to encourage individuals to voice their concern for the status quo and empower them to ask for an electoral process which more fairly represents all constituents. PMA believes that the many voices of ordinary people have the power to make democracy work for the common good, and lead the Nation to salvage what remains of its representative democracy; therefore, PMA is pursuing this two-pronged approach.

https://www.facebook.com/events/449930728548577

Further information/questions about this ballot initiative may be addressed to: info “at” passmassamendment.org.