Our campaigns

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice supports the struggle for economic justice in the U.S. As the 99 percent, we are fighting to create an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent.

At Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, we know that the struggle for workers' rights reaches beyond the United States. Workers around the world are engaged in struggles against corporations and bad employers, while simultaneously dealing with the repercussions of globalization. We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Colombia to France to El Salvador, wherever workers and communities are standing up for justice.

The health care crisis in America grows deeper everyday. More than 45 million people have no health insurance, while millions more are underinsured. The rest of us face rising premiums and deductibles, a decline in the quality of care, and cuts in public programs and essential services. Health care costs have become the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S., fueling fear among working families that a severe illness or a medical emergency could ruin their dream of a better life.

All across Massachusetts, local universities are implementing a new system of student health care and it is having devastating affects upon hard-working students. The new plan replaces co-payments with “co-insurance” – which forces students to pay 15 or even 35 percent of the full costs of medical services, making access to needed care unaffordable for many of our students. Because co-insurance penalizes those who use the most medical care, it will have a devastating impact on students with chronic illnesses, women, those who require emergency treatment, and low-income students.