Grace Holley

No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.

BIG DAY TODAY! ⤵️

💰 NYC DCWP investigation found Starbucks violated Fair Work Week Laws 500,000 times, and is putting $35.5 million back into workers' pockets

🪧 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov joined us on the picket line

Head to nocontractnocoffee.org to see what's next 🤭

Scene from OFFICE SPACE with Michael Bolton replying to Samir Nagheenanajar: “No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.”

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

CLVU is one of several locations across Massachusetts to pick up your signature petitions. Statewide housing justice coalition Homes For All Mass is COLLECTING SIGNATURES STATEWIDE🏡😎

💚 We need you! VOLUNTEER with the statewide campaign. Sign up here: hfama.us/jointhefight

#MaPoli #RentControlMA

"The corporate real estate industry’s over-the-top response to the news that advocates are pursuing a rent stabilization ballot initiative in 2026 shows exactly why this policy is desperately needed."
-- Annie, leader of Mattapan's Fairlawn Tenant Association in @globeopinion.bsky.social 🔥💯 #MaPoli

Annie Gordon, a Mattapan tenant leader, shares in the Globe today why the fight for rent stabilization in MA is people vs. corporate profit 🔥.

Annie fought huge rent increases by mega-investor DSF Group for 6 yrs (& won rent control for all 347 units). #MaPoli ⬇️
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/14/o...

We can't believe corporate landlords don't support limiting rent increases 🫢😂!

Renters and small homeowners across MA want stability. Rent stabilization is 1 of several necessary tools to prevent displacement & keep our communities here.

Sign up to get involved: hfama.us/jointhefight #MaPoli

TOMORROW at 11AM — MALDEN 📣
United Properties Tenant Association (UPTA) will rally against rent hikes, unsafe living conditions, code violations & landlord intimidation tactics.

This comes just as Homes For All Mass launches a major organizing push to get rent control on the 2026 ballot 🔥 #MaPoli

Fight to restore rent control in Mass. could soon land at the ballot box - The Boston Globe A tenant coalition is launching a campaign to bring a “rent stabilization” plan to Massachusetts voters next year, more than three decades after similar rules were outlawed statewide.

Escalating a divisive battle between housing advocates and the powerful real estate industry, the tenant coalition Homes for All Massachusetts said it will launch a campaign to put a measure to re-legalize rent control on the ballot in November 2026.

Working families across Massachusetts deserve protection from huge rent hikes by corporate real estate investors.

Corporate landlords continue to profit from our displacement. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We want to live to thrive in MA.

We need you! SIGN UP TO GET INVOLVED 🏡🗳️: hfama.us/jointhefight

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I miss Derwin so much already, even though I feel his spirit is still with us. He genuinely loved being in community and supporting his neighbors, and was so open to learning new things and growing every week. He's the best. We love you Derwin!

Op-ed: The Fairlawn Estates Story Shows Why We Need Rent Control Check out the FIRST op-ed for The CLVU Bulletin, by the Fairlawn Tenant Association!

Mattapan elders Annie & Betty shouldn’t have had to fight 6 yrs just to stay in their homes, as they say in op-ed w @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social — rent control is immediate solution to prevent corporate investors from raising rents for max profit #MaPoli clvu.substack.com/p/op-ed-the-...

Remember how DSF Group bought Fairlawn in Mattapan in 2018 to take advantage of new T stop residents had fought for, rebranding it “SoMa at the T” & trying to force out those residents?

After 6 yrs, tenants won permanently affordability for all 347 units at Fairlawn #BosPoli 🔗 bit.ly/40iQayp

Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani Andrew Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote.

BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

apnews.com/article/andr...

cuomo conceding overlayed with the drewjanda tweet: "The haters said I couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"

Can’t wait to listen to this

Yesterday, hundreds of tenants & small homeowners marched thru downtown Boston from JFK federal bldg to State House, demanding our legislators stop Trump's HUD cuts, PASS bill to lift ban on rent control in MA & fund social housing-- in a National Day of Action w/ 16 other US cities ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻 #HomesForAll

March for rent control- City Life/Via Urbana, Homes for All, Chinese Progressive Assoc., and other orgs

UPDATE: 17 cities across the US are taking action TOMORROW for rent control, social housing, against Trump cuts & for #HomesForAll -- from Worcester to Boston, Albany, Buffalo, DC, Akron, Cincinnati, Detroit, Duluth, Akron, Chicago, Memphis, ATL, San Antonio, New Orleans, Tucson, LA, Vallejo, Vegas‼️

This is where the Abundance Movement's push for deregulation inevitably ends up.

In the name of "eliminating red tape," we get legislation preventing any state/local regulation of Big Tech, which delivers Rent Increases For All 👇

Republicans Aim To Enshrine Rental Price-Fixing Accused of price gouging renters, RealPage could now get a legal shield from GOP lawmakers — after a lobbying surge and a flood of campaign cash.

🚨INVESTIGATION: Donors from a real estate/tech giant facing rent-gouging lawsuits funneled campaign cash to GOP lawmakers.

GOP lawmakers then slipped a line into their new tax bill that would block regulators from cracking down on the company. www.levernews.com/republicans-...

My first post on this site is to say:
The housing costs are nuts; investors keep buying up more of our homes; Trump cuts gonna make it much worse. Come thru on Tues in Bos to say ENOUGH ALREADY. This is part of a national day of action; cities across the country will be showing out ⬇️ PS Go Celtics ☘️