Good Jobs Somerville

Here comes trouble from Big Tech!
Great response by Chrissy Lynch Massachusetts Is Not For Sale and Massachusetts AFL-CIO State Fed!
“The SJC has upheld five separate schemes created by multinational Big Tech corporations to take away the basic rights that are guaranteed to all workers in Massachusetts through a number of misleading ballot questions,” Chrissy Lynch, Massachusetts Is Not For Sale chairwoman and Massachusetts AFL-CIO president, said in a statement. “These corporations have already spent millions of dollars in ads touting flexibility – a word that never appears in any of their five petitions. This isn’t about benefitting app-based workers – it’s about exploiting them to boost corporate profits.”

SJC approves ballot questions on gig driver employment status, union organizing - The Boston Globe The state’s highest court on Thursday cleared the way for a ballot initiative that will allow voters to weigh in on the employment classification of gig drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other app-based companies

On Thursday we rallied at City Hall for the good jobs and quality services our community needs! Somerville Firefighters Local 76 Somerville Stands Together CAAS Community Action Agency of Somerville Somerville Municipal Employees Association Good Jobs Somerville Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville community rallies to support good jobs and quality public services Over 80 Somerville union members and community supporters gathered at Somerville City Hall on Thursday, May 30th, just prior to Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s fiscal-year-2025 budget presentation. Frus…

Travis Benson nails it! Deep, systemic problems with our state government.

Dissecting the ‘toxic’ State House culture The culture incentivizes a Stockholm syndrome-like relationship to power, where reps fall in line for crumbs from leadership, and advocates and organizations fall in line for access to the reps.

Great to see this pro jobs perspective from one of the biggest grassroots environmental groups in the US. Sierra Club

Biden Administration Announces Tariffs on Chinese Clean Energy Products in Boost to American Workers, Industrial Base Washington, DC – Today, the Biden administration announced an increase in tariffs on imported goods from China to protect American workers and grow the domestic clean energy economy.

Blue Bottle coffee shops: Recognize and Bargain with the BB Union!

This campaign needs you now Recognize and Bargain with BBIU

This article, co-authored with Steve Early, is based on an afterword we wrote for Ken Reiman's new book: "Ron Carey and the Teamsters." (Link to buy the book from MR Press is in the first comment below.)

Ron Carey’s Lessons in Labor Movement Reform The late and legendary Teamsters reform leader Ron Carey briefly succeeded in a monumental task: turning around a corrupt and conservative union. Today’s aspiring reformers looking to revitalize their own unions can learn from his career.

Excellent commentary as usual by Les Leopold.

Working Class to Biden: Help! Like it or not, it’s political Groundhog Day. The Biden/Trump looped tape is rolling, and the contest will again center on the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Working-class voters will be key. In 2020, Biden squeaked through while receiving just 36.2 percent of the white...

A very nice endorsement from Mike Connolly
“If you live in Pat Jehlen's state senate district — the Second Middlesex — including all of Somerville and parts of Cambridge, Medford and Wi******er — I suggest you vote for Rand Wilson.
“Rand has been a tireless advocate for democratic principles and a visionary leader for organized labor and progressive causes. His impact has been felt in Somerville and across Massachusetts, and he’s one of the first people I looked up to when I got into the field of organizing and advocacy myself, some 14 years ago. I appreciate all that Rand has done to support fellow progressives and for his fearless willingness to take on the Democratic Party establishment.
“There's more about Rand's candidacy here in Cambridge Day.”

Things are heating up as we enter the home stretch to the March 5 primary election. Here's a letter to the editor by Harriotte Hurie Ranvig, a former disability "add-on" state committee member responding to the negative attacks that have distorted my proposals for a more democratic and accountable state party by Justin Klekota.
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Wilson endorsement for Democratic committee comes from former member who wants change - Cambridge Day Accusations against Rand Wilson for Democratic State Committee are rooted in a fundamental but nuanced disagreement over how the party should be run.

Thanks Jake Wilson for this very kind endorsement! I really appreciate your support.

Feb. 26 Newsletter City Councilor-At-Large

In this article published by the The Tufts Daily, I try to make the case for reforming our Massachusetts Democratic Party. What do you think would make the party stronger? Somerville Ward 6 Democrats Somerville Democrats Medford Democratic City Committee Our Revolution Cambridge Cambridge Liberal Democrats Wi******er Democratic Committee Wi******er Liberal Democrats

Op-ed: Elect Rand Wilson for Democratic State Committee - The Tufts Daily I'm sure many Tufts students, many of whom reside in Massachusetts, are frustrated with the current state of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. I sure am – and that's why I'm running for a leadership position in the state party.

Thrilled to announce an endorsement from Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler. My first from a Cambridge City Councilor.

Almost 59% of the Democratic State Committee that governs the party are unelected. With a huge majority of the committee unaccountable to grassroots Democrats, it's no wonder that the Party's leadership doesn't address the major problems facing regular working people. It's an insular system that protects Massachusetts million and billionaire class and corporate special interests. We can't address economic inequality unless we fix our broken political system. Rand Wilson, candidate for Mass. Democratic State Committee

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Solidarity with Somerville Starbucks Workers Needed!
Show up to support Shelly, a beloved barista who was wrongfully fired for pro-union activity.
Jan. 20. 11 am - 1 pm
Starbucks, 711 Somerville Ave.
All supporters of workers rights and friends of labor are encouraged to attend!.

I’m excited to be part of a movement to improve the Democratic Party. The party is losing young people and working class voters. Some people say it’s hopeless, but I don’t see a better path for labor.

Why Our Revolution Is Fighting To Make The Mass Democratic Party More Democratic By Rand Wilson and Henry Wortis (originally published in Organizing Notes, newsletter of Our Revolution Massachusetts on Nov. 28, 2023)