SEVENTEEN MONTHS into a pandemic that has widened the cracks and brought new and renewed hardship to so many, we can plainly see that the systems that fell short before are now failing — in housing, health care and child care. The pandemic has heightened the crisis for too many of Boston’s working families, making it harder and harder […]

Darlene Lombos
Darlene Lombos is Executive Director of Community Labor United. She also serves as Vice President of the Greater Boston Labor Council.
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With more control, communities choose clean energy
ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, COMMUNITIES are taking control over where their energy comes from. By leveraging local bulk purchasing power, more than 100 towns and cities in the Bay State have increased the amount of renewable energy they buy each year, while at the same time producing savings for consumers. Community Choice Energy (CCE, also known as […]