The New England Joint Board is excited to announce our endorsements for the 2014 statewide elections being held on November 4th across the region. After careful research the NEJB has decided to endorse the following candidates and initiatives due to their strong support for workers, immigrants, and worker rights. Our endorsed candidates are: Massachusetts: (D) Martha […]
This month over 70 workers at Curry College in Milton, MA joined the New England Joint Board after an overwhelming vote in favor of joining the union. The 70 workers work for Sodexo at Curry College serve faculty, staff and students in the college’s cafeterias and dining halls. Organizing began in the spring when workers […]
On October 1 about one hundred garment workers at Southwick Clothing in Haverhill, MA had an after work rally. The workers, members of NEJB Local 187, are currently in negotiations with Southwick, a factory owned by Brooks Brothers that makes high quality menswear. Workers have been negotiating with the company for months but Brooks Brothers […]
On July 10th a tragic fire swept through a Lowell, MA apartment building killing 7 people and destroying 9 apartments. The fire was one of the deadliest in state history. Many of those killed and displaced were new immigrants from Cambodia. One of the displaced was To Vath, a 23 year member of the New […]
NEW BEDFORD- Today our union announced its endorsement of Steve Grossman for Governor of Massachusetts. Members, officers, and staff of the New England Joint Board gathered outside of the Joseph Abboud factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where over 600 NEJB members are employed, to make the announcement. Against the backdrop of the growing factory, Bert […]
SUPER good news! The members of NEJB Local 341, artisanal potters employed by Bennington Potters in Bennington, Vermont, just won a landmark new contract! The workers, makers of beautiful handmade pottery, protected their union health insurance, lowered the employee contribution, and won the best wage increases in recent memory. Congratulations gang! Check out our “Made […]
To the Springfield College Community: During the Fall semester, Aramark workers at SC impressed us with their tenacious and inspirational union organizing drive. Ninety-eight faculty and over 300 students signed on to letters of support during the organizing drive. After a resounding victory they entered into negotiations with Aramark with the expectation of a fair […]
This week 60 food service workers employed by Compass Group at Worcester State University in Worcester, MA won their first contract, capping off a 9 month organizing campaign with the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE. Workers began organizing last summer under a card check neutrality agreement. They won recognition of their union in […]
Local 1554T Wraps Up its 21st Year of Adopting Local Families Local 1554T of the New England Joint Board, UNITE HERE of Coventry, RI, has wrapped up its 2013 Christmas Giving Tree Program. After 20 years of adopting local families at Christmas we have again kept the tradition alive as we wrap up our […]
Local 1554-T of the New England Joint Board, UNITE HERE of Coventry, RI, sponsors a Christmas Giving Tree Program. After more than two decades of adopting local families at Christmas they will again be keeping the tradition alive as they kick off their twenty first year with fund raising events and raffles. Then, once again […]