Royal Hospitality Workers (UFCW 1445) – 2/12/18 Finance Meeting
By Julia Taliesin, Posted Feb 12, 2019 at 12:54 PM The Finance Committee had to move to the full Council Chambers to accommodate the 30 Royal Hospitality workers there to show support for keeping [...]
Projects must be held to safety standards
DECEMBER 20, 2018 Projects must be held to safety standards Re “Toward a more perfect Union Square”: I’ve met with too many fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers who have lost loved ones from [...]
Somerville’s Union Square is a neighborhood at a turning point
DECEMBER 20, 2018 Residents demand accountability from developers, City Hall The article “Toward a more perfect Union Square” (Page A1, Dec. 9) glosses over the reality that out-of-town [...]
Somerville residents testifying at the public hearing
Somerville residents testifying at the public hearing on the importance of winning a good Community Benefits Agreement for the US2 development in Union Square.
Local groups and unions bring their issues to the streets and to City Hall
On Monday of this week, members of Somerville Stands Together (SST) held a rally in Union Square, openly calling for the City of Somerville to require developer US2 to agree to a Community [...]
Hundreds of Somerville families and workers converge on Union Square with a strong message for City Hall: “Negotiate a community benefits agreement”
Somerville, MA – Chanting “Somerville stands for affordable housing! Somerville stands for good, union jobs! Somerville stands together!” hundreds of residents, workers, and advocates with [...]
AYANNA PRESSLEY JOINS SOMERVILLE RALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GOOD JOBS
Somerville—Somerville Stands Together joined by Ayanna Pressley, Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, was at a rally in Union Square to support affordable homes, good jobs [...]
Somerville development project met with calls for union jobs, affordable housing
Hundreds rallied in Somerville’s Union Square neighborhood on Monday in favor of a community benefits agreement that would aim to protect the interests of local workers and residents before [...]
Somerville Stands Together Rally on Monday / Aldermen to Consider Union Square Land Transfer to US2 Developer
Somerville, MA – Somerville Stands Together is celebrating the launch of talks between Somerville’s newly-elected Community Benefits Negotiation Committee and Union Square developers US2. The [...]
