In March, Gillian Mason of Jobs with Justice spoke to ESB about the campaign to raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts. The organization is fighting for workers rights and a just economy. It is working to improve labor practices of large employers like Walmart, to further protections for immigrant workers, to transform the long- term care system in the country, and to reform student debt.

In March, Barbara Dougan of FAMM spoke to ESB about the problem of mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes, which overcrowd our prisons with non-violent offenders, and destroy the lives of disadvantaged individuals.