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Care that works Child Care Campaign:
is dedicated to expanding access to affordable, high-quality childcare for working families in Brockton. We organize families, and family, friend and neighbor (FFN) caregivers to advocate for increased public investment, fair compensation and policies that ensure every family can access the care they need to thrive. Much of FFN caregiving remains unpaid and unrecognized despite being essential to Brockton’s childcare landscape. In partnership with the statewide Care that Works Coalition, Brockton Workers Alliance is equipping caregivers and families with the tools, training, and organizing support needed to advance equitable fares, resources, and systemic change which reflect the reality that many Brockton families who rely on these trusted caregivers.
Injured workers Campaign:
Through the Injured Workers Campaign, Brockton Workers Alliance supports workers who have been hurt on the job and are navigating the workers’ compensation system. We provide education, advocacy, and community support while fighting for stronger protections, fair treatment, and accountability for injured workers across our community.
Transportation Campaign:
Transportation Justice has emerged as a critical focus of Brockton Workers Alliance’s work. For many Brockton workers and residents, safe, reliable, and affordable transportation is essential to access employment, healthcare, education, childcare, and basic daily needs. Yet immigrant and low-income communities face disproportionate barriers, including infrequent service, unsafe conditions, inadequate pedestrian infrastructure, and limited regional connectivity. Through BWA’s Transportation Committee, community leaders have consistently advocated for increased transit service frequency, improved safety for riders, pedestrians, and drivers, better regional transportation connections, more accessible and equitable transportation infrastructure.
Housing Campaign (Homes for All):
Our housing campaign organizes tenants and community members to fight for safe, stable and affordable housing in Brockton. Brockton Workers Alliance advocates for tenant protections, anti-displacement policies, and increased affordable housing so that all residents can remain and thrive in the city.
Civic engagement:
Brockton Workers Alliance’s civic engagement work builds the collective power of working-class residents, immigrants, and communities of color. Through voter education, leadership development, and grassroots organizing, we equip community members to make their voices heard and shape the decisions that impact their lives.
Know Your Rights workshops:
Brockton Workers Alliance’s workshops equip workers, tenants, and immigrant community members with the information and tools they need to protect themselves and advocate for fair treatment. Through accessible, multilingual training, we educate community members on workplace rights, tenant protections, and interactions with systems of power by helping the community stay informed, prepared and empowered.
The Injured Workers Bill:
Would adequately protect injured workers from employer misconduct and retaliation. Too often, employer misconduct, threats, or retaliation prevents workers injured on the job from: Reporting a workplace injury or illness, receiving medical care, filing a workers’ compensation claim. This act would protect Injured Workers and clarify the types of employer misconduct & retaliation prohibited under workers’ comp law Clarify the standard of proof and remedies available for harm caused by employer retaliation allow the Attorney General’s Office to investigate and enforce retaliation complaints Expand notice to employees of workers’ comp rights and prohibitions against retaliation. Require the calculation of workers’ comp benefits based on the minimum wages required by law, even where employers have paid workers illegally at sub-minimum levels Allow for investigation of problematic insurer claims-handling practices.
Raise Massachusetts Minimum Wage to $20 an hour:
According to an analysis by the Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center, these bills would raise the wages of almost 1 million workers, or 29 percent of all wage earners statewide. That includes nearly 23 percent of all working parents. Inflation has put real pressure on workers, and the minimum wage needs to keep up with their costs. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, it took more than $18 in July 2023 to buy what $15 bought in June 2018 (when the last minimum wage bill was passed).
Bill # S.1200 and H.1925 would raise the minimum wage to $20 by 2027 and index it to inflation in the future.
-The bill would also ensure that the minimum wage covers municipal workers who have devoted their lives to public service and deserve more than poverty wages.
-And they would increase the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers to $12 by 2027 and set it at 60 percent of the full minimum wage in future years.
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