The Boston Workers Alliance (est. 2005) of Boston, Massachusetts, is a "community organization led by unemployed and underemployed workers fighting for workers' rights." Based in the low-income neighborhood of Grove Hall, Roxbury, it acts as an unemployed union, providing direct services, new business incubation and leading organizing campaigns led by its membership.
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CORI
The alliance is renowned for its leading role in helping pass a comprehensive state reform in 2010 to the Massachusetts criminal records system, known as CORI. BWA helped lead the country's CORI reform campaign for more than 5 years, insisting that discrimination of criminal records unexamined in employment and housing is unfair and has negative public economic and safety consequences for the state. BWA helped to raise the CORI issue into the political spotlight in 2007 after leading a large public rally from Roxbury to the State Building for "Work and CORI Reform." BWA, along with EPOCA, Neighbor to Neighbor, and Union of Minority Neighborhoods have been credited for helping pass important laws, including "Banning Boxes," referring to policies that remove criminal record questions from all initial employment forms.
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BWA is also renowned for its incubation from Boston Staffing Alliance, Massachusetts's first temporary social goal agency. Boston Staffing Alliance matches BWA members to temporary, temp-to-perm positions and direct placements with socially responsible employers who have an interest in recruiting through nonprofits. BSA provides ongoing support to its employees to ensure employee satisfaction and development and employee growth.
Voters engagement campaign
The Boston Workers Alliance also leads a voter engagement campaign within the predominantly African American Grove Hall neighborhood as part of the Citizen Involvement Initiative. BWA reportedly dropped more than 4,000 doors and spoke to 2,000 voters to increase voter turnout in the 2010 gubernatorial election.
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External links
- Official website
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