Worcester Deserves a strong Community Benefit Agreement! A campaign with the Worcester Community Labor Coalition, more info here.
Demands include:
- Responsible Construction, including:
- No wage theft
- Follow workforce equity guidelines
- Good Jobs and Racial Equity, including:
- Creating permanent, full-time livable wage jobs for Worcester residents
- Labor peace agreements (no union busting)
- Preferential purchasing agreements with local cooperatives, social enterprises, and other local businesses owned by American Indians, indigenous people, women and people of color
- Neighborhood stability and Permanent Affordability, including:
- Listening to a neighborhood council’s concerns
- Preventing displacement of area residents
- Increasing homeownership
- Building affordable housing in Phase II
- Homeless Individuals and Families, including:
- Ensure that low-income residents, youth and homeless individuals are not victimized
- Job readiness programs for homeless and formerly incarcerated people
- Environmental Justice, including:
- Using green and sustainable building practices
- Air and water quality monitoring, tree planting, community owned solar and multi-use recreational infrastructure
- Local Supplies, including:
- Purchase supplies, materials, and services from suppliers and vendors located in Worcester including from cooperatives and other social ventures.
