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United for Justice with Peace whole-heartedly supports the striking Verizon workers.  As we advocate for peace, we know there will be no peace without justice.  We support collective bargaining and the unions' right to strike when negotiations break down.  

We are grateful for the strength of the previous  contracts between IBEW, CWA and Verizon and appreciate that they have maintained decent jobs and benefits in these difficult times.  We would like to see more workers unionized and gain the power to negotiate a good contract with fair wages and benefits.
 

MetroWest Daily News - Sep 25, 2011

Sen. Kyl will walk if military cuts are on the table. Rep. Boehner draws a 'no tax' line.

Let's talk about compromise killers. Twelve Congressman are tasked with the admittedly thankless and difficult job of working out a compromise deficit bill, and these key Republicans have advocated for eliminating two essential choices. Sen. Kyl is unqualified to be on this committee if he cannot contemplate a compromise on defense spending and he ought to do the committee a favor and quit now.

The Massachusetts State Democratic Party passed the following resolution by voice vote at its convention in Lowell on June 4.   It also passed resolutions on The People's Budget, green jobs, single payer health care, and called for a constitutional amendment asserting that corporations are not people.

In Support: Getting out of Afghanistan

For the Consideration of a vote by the State Democratic Committee of Massachusetts

WHEREAS, The war in Afghanistan has been waged for nearly a decade, and has become the longest war in United States history; and

WHEREAS, Over 10,000 American men and women have been either wounded, or scarred irreparably by physical and psychological damage; or killed and

WHEREAS, The Karzai government is an unreliable partner and a demonstrably corrupt regime; and

WHEREAS, The reported cost of 2 billion dollars a week threatens to undermine an already fragile United States economy; and