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...rallies around Mass. Hall, speeches outside of the Holyoke Center and marches through Harvard Square—drew hundreds of people, the organization was ultimately disappointed with May’s HUCTW contract proposal, which does not include a “no layoffs” clause. Potter and Booth say they will encourage their fellow union members to reject the proposal at the June 17 ratification vote, but expect it will pass anyway...
...Booth says that politics are kept out of the No Layoffs Campaign—an independent organization which he says is just one of several causes that Socialist Alternative supported this year...
...only share about two people,” Booth says, although at least half a dozen activists have said they are part of both the No Layoffs Campaign and Socialist Alternative. “I think the union likes to exaggerate our presence. They try to scare people away from getting involved in the reform movement, which is a lot broader than they give it credit...
...Booth accuses the union of red-baiting, or trying to block popular support for the No Layoffs Campaign’s cause by attacking the group for its ties with Socialist Alternative...
...Booth, however, points to the high student turnout at the May Day rally in front of Mass. Hall, estimating that most of the supporters there were not affiliated with the Socialist Alternative...