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Protect Your Collective Bargaining Rights!
PROTECT YOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS! On April 26th, a majority of the members of the Massachusetts of House Representatives voted to dramatically restrict the rights of municipal employees to collectively bargain over the issue of health insurance. It is critically important that you let your Representative know how you feel about their vote. These Representatives voted IN FAVOR of your collective bargaining rights: Democrats: Geraldo Alicea Denise Andrews Bruce Ayers Michael Brady Paul Brodeur Thomas Calter Christine Canavan James Cantwell Tackey Chan Nicholas Collins Edward Coppinger Geraldine Creedon Mark Cusack Marcos Devers James Dwyer Lori Ehrlich Christopher Fallon Robert Fennell John Fresolo Denise Garlick Coleen Garry John Mahoney Paul Mark James Miceli Kevin Murphy Rhonda Nyman James O’Day Thomas Petrolati Denise Provost Kathi-Anne Reinstein Carl Sciortino Joyce Spiliotis Thomas Stanley David Sullivan Walter Timilty Timothy Toomey Cleon Turner Marty Walsh Steven Walsh Alice Wolf Republicans: Bradford Hill Daniel Winslow If your state representative stood up for you, it is important that you call them and thank them for their support. You can say something like this: My name is ____________________ and I live in __________________. I work for the city/town of ___________ as a _____________. I am calling because Rep. ____________ voted in favor of maintaining collective bargaining rights for municipal workers like me. I wanted to thank Rep. ______________ for standing up for my union rights. These Representatives voted AGAINST -
MCSW Annual Report, FY 2020
th Charles F. Hurley Building | 19 Staniford Street, 6 Floor | Boston, MA 02114 | Phone: (617) 626-6520 | Email: [email protected] 1 Table of Contents Remarks from the Chair . 4 Commissioners, Staff, and Interns . 4 Introduction . 5 Charges . 5 Organization . 5 2020 Recommendations to Appointing Authorities. 6 MCSW FY 2020 Budget . 6 Programs, Advocacy, and Education. 8 Public Hearings . 8 International Women’s Day . 8 Advocacy Day . 9 Seventeenth Annual Commonwealth Heroines Program . 9 Girls Initiative . 10 MCSW Internship Program . 10 Priority Legislation . 10 Regional Commissions . 12 Local Women’s Commissions . 13 Regional Commission Annual Reports . 14 Berkshire Regional Commission Annual Report . 14 Cape Cod and Islands Regional Commission Annual Report . 17 Eastern Regional Commission Annual Report . 24 Essex County Regional Commission Annual Report . 27 Hampden County Commission Annual Report . 29 Hampshire-Franklin Regional Commission Annual Report . 31 MetroWest Regional Commission Annual Report . 38 Plymouth County Commission Annual Report . 42 Upper Middlesex Commission Annual Report . 46 Worcester Regional Commission Annual Report . 49 2 Appendix . 53 Cape and Islands Public Hearing Summary . 53 Eastern Regional Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Meeting Agenda(s) . 60 Great Barrington Public Hearing Notes and Testimony . .75 Springfield Public Hearing Notes and Testimony . 78 Weymouth Public Hearing Notes and Testimony . 80 COVID-19 Virtual Public Hearing and Survey Data . 83 Advocacy Day 2020 . 91 Community Meetings: May 13-15, 2020 . 93 3 Remarks from the 2019-2020 Chair On behalf of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, it is my pleasure to present a brief summary of our FY20 Annual Report. -
2013-2014 Legislative Scorecard
Legislative Scorecard Votes and Leadership 2013-14 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - 1 - This is the inaugural edition of the Environmental League of Massachusetts legislative scorecard. We produced this scorecard to inform citizens about how their legislators voted on important environmental issues. We are pleased and grateful for the support of so many environmental leaders in the legislature. The scorecard relies first on roll call votes on legislation that deals with environmental and energy issues. Because there are so few roll call votes each session—and often these votes are unanimous—we have scored additional actions by legislators to further distinguish environmental champions. Bonus points were awarded to legislators who introduced bills that were ELM priorities or who introduced important amendments, particularly budget amendments to increase funding for state environmental agencies. In addition, we subtracted points for legislators who introduced legislation or amendments that we opposed. We want to recognize leadership and courage, in addition to votes, and have made every attempt to be fair and transparent in our scoring. Much happens during the legislative process that is impractical to score such as committee redrafts, committee votes to move or hold a bill, and measures that would improve flawed legislation. We have not attempted to include these actions, but we recognize that they greatly influence the process and outcomes. None of the bills or amendments scored here should be a surprise to legislators in terms of ELM’s support or opposition. Going forward, ELM will include votes and other actions that support additional revenues for transportation and promote transit, walking and biking. George Bachrach, President Erica Mattison, Legislative Director Highlights of the Session projects. -
Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 8, Number 1, Fall 1997 Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University Bridgewater Magazine Campus Journals and Publications 1997 Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 8, Number 1, Fall 1997 Bridgewater State College Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College (1997). Bridgewater Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1. Retrieved from http://vc.bridgew.edu/br_mag/45 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Fall, 1997 Dr. Nancy Street, Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, is a veteran of four trips to the People's Republic of China. In this issue, Dr. Street describes the rapid transformation of modem China. The Bridgewater State College Foundation Presents BRIDGEWA TER FESTIVAL 1997-1998 Marvin Hamlisch Friday, February 6, 1998, 8:00PM Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance. Best known as a composer, Hamlisch has written major works for film, stage, recordings and concert halls. As conductor, he has led the great orchestras of the world, and as a pianist and entertainer, he has performed both with ensembles and in solo capacity. Hamlisch believes in the power of music to bring people together. He says: "Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can." Orchestra Seats $29, Balcony Seats $23 New York City Opera performs The Daughter ofthe Regiment, Friday, April 3, 1998, 8:00PM Marie, the spirited darling of Napoleon's 21st Regiment, discovers love and her true identity in Gaetano Donizetti's melodi ous comic opera, The Daughter of the Regiment, performed by the New York City Opera National Company. -
The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA 02133-1053
The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA 02133-1053 April 7, 2020 David L. Bernhardt, Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240 Dear Secretary Bernhardt, We are deeply dismayed and disappointed with the Department of the Interior's recent decision to disestablish and take lands out of trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on March 27, 2020. Not since the mid-twentieth century has an Interior Secretary taken action to disestablish a reservation. This outrageous decision comes as we mark 400 years since the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and recognize the People of the First Light who inhabited these shores for centuries before contact. The Department’s capricious action brings shame to your office and to our nation. Your decision was cruel and it was unnecessary. You were under no court order to take the Wampanoag land out of trust. Further, litigation to uphold the Mashpee Wampanoag’s status as a tribe eligible for the benefits of the Indian Reorganization Act is ongoing. Your intervention was without merit and completely unnecessary. The fact that the Department made this announcement on a Friday afternoon in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates a callous disregard for human decency. Mashpee Wampanoag leaders were focused on protecting members of their tribe, mobilizing health care resources, and executing response plans when they received your ill-timed announcement. As you are well aware, the Department of the Interior holds a federal trust responsibility to tribes, which includes the protection of Native American lands. -
Massachusetts Nurse Newsletter :: August 2005
August 2003 Inside… Single payer health care: The business community.............2 Executive director’s column: Hospitals still fi ghting ratios ........3 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSES ASSOCIATION ■ www.massnurses.org ■ VOL. 74 NO. 6 MNA on Beacon Hill: MNA Web site wins accolades from Union Web Services Budget victories...........................4 The Massachusetts Web Steward, a Political Pulse: Web portal from Union Web Services that Rep. Patricia Haddad...................5 provides users with access to union news throughout the state, recently recognized Personal contact can help sway the MNA for its new and improved Web site legislators on safe staffi ng...........5 (www.massnurses.org)and then sweetened the pot by naming it the best union site for Listing of legislators supporting the month of May. The honor came just months after the MNA quality care/safe staffi ng..............6 expanded its public communications depart- ment to include an in-house webmaster, a Labor Relations news..................7 position that has been seamlessly managed by Amy Weston. Since February, Weston has Collective bargaining updates .....7 added and edited dozens of pages and links in an effort to turn the site into the user- MNA Convention: friendly version that members had been Schedule & registration ............8-9 asking for. From its graphical redesign to its expanded job-postings page, the MNA Web Unit 7 Consent to Serve ............10 site has become a resource that members can depend on. Health & safety: Sensitivity to personal fragrances...................10 The redesign According to Weston, navigating through Benefi ts Corner .........................10 the MNA’s site once proved to be a bit of a challenge. -
June 1, 2012 the Honorable Robert A. Deleo Speaker of the House Of
June 1, 2012 The Honorable Robert A. DeLeo Speaker of the House of Representatives State House, Room 356 Boston, MA 02133 The Honorable Brian Dempsey Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means State House, Room 243 Boston, MA 02133 Dear Speaker DeLeo and Chairman Dempsey, We represent organizations based in cities and towns across the Commonwealth that provide services and supports to tens of thousands of children and parents each day. We work with them in their homes, in residential programs, hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, after-school programs and the courts. Our collective areas of expertise include juvenile justice, family law, mental health, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect and developmental disabilities. We have come together to urge the House of Representatives to pass S. 1963 – An Act Regarding Families and Children Engaged in Services – which is currently under consideration by the House Ways and Means Committee after being passed by a unanimous 39-0 vote by the full Senate. This legislation would replace the existing Children in Need of Services (CHINS) system, which is widely regarded as broken and not meeting the needs of children and families in the Commonwealth, with a new Families and Children Engaged in Services (FACES) system. The CHINS system was established in 1973 in order to provide assistance to children and families of children who are “habitually truant, run away from home or refuse to obey the lawful and reasonable commands of their parent(s) or guardian(s) and/or the rules of their school.” While CHINS has helped many children and families, there is a fundamental contradiction in the system that undercuts its effectiveness: it relies on the juvenile justice system to keep children and families from becoming involved in the juvenile justice system. -
Troy D. Jackson 129Th Maine Legislature Sara Gideon President of the Senate Speaker of the House
Troy D. Jackson 129th Maine Legislature Sara Gideon President of the Senate Speaker of the House March 25, 2020 Senator Susan Collins Senator Angus King 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building 133 Hart Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 Representative Chellie Pingree Representative Jared Golden 2162 Rayburn HOB 1223 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator Collins, Senator King, Representative Pingree, and Representative Golden: We come to you as a delegation during this time of pandemic crisis to ask you to do everything within your power to help vital Maine small businesses remain viable. COVID- 19 is not only rampaging through our healthcare system, it is ravaging our economic security as well. It is true that Maine is well known for its sense of independence and entrepreneurial spirit, yet during these uncertain times our sole proprietors, which represent a large percentage of Maine’s workforce, need more assistance than short-term loans if they are to survive and continue to be a driver of the state’s economy. It is with this in mind, that we ask you to propose a federal waiver within the Unemployment Insurance Benefits program to allow sole proprietors to collect benefits while the state and the nation are reeling from the insecurity accompanying the Coronavirus pandemic. Small businesses in Maine pay into state unemployment insurance and federal unemployment insurance pools for their employees. These same small business owners do not always count themselves as employees, rather they earn their salaries through the company’s profit. This means at times, they do not take home any salary at all. -
Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators
Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators STATE HOUSE R O O M 4 6 0 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 02133 617 722 2266 Winter 2013 Senator Candaras and Representative Balser to Lead Caucus President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth), who reviewed what had been accomplished during the last legislative session and discussed continuing oversight on agencies throughout the Commonwealth, finding balances with gun control, and drinking and wastewater issues. She also discussed the importance of keeping the focus on economic drivers such as healthcare and tourism and fighting for struggling industries like fishing and agriculture. The new Co-Chairs then started their term with an overview of the Caucus’ bylaws, specifically the purpose, which is to enhance the economic status and equality of women and encourage and to support women in all levels of government. Two themes emerged after a lively discussion with Caucus members: pay equity and professional development. To meet these themes, the Caucus agreed to sponsor events focusing on pay equity, invite spokespersons on both sides of the pay equity issue so that their colleagues and the public would be [R-L] Representative Denise Andrews (D-Orange), Co-Chair Representative Ruth privy to all viewpoints, and become educated and conversant on Balser (D-Newton), Co-Chair Senator Gale Candaras (D-Wilbraham), and Bethany the topic. Caucus members suggested ideas like tracking a day in Stevens, Deputy Chief Appeals & Training Bureau in the Middlesex DA’s Office the life of an average female, securing visits from both members attend Caucus’ Bills Co-sponsorship event. of big corporations in the private sector and public figures such as Senator Elizabeth Warren, and ensuring as much publicity as In January, Senator Gale Candaras (D-Wilbraham) and possible for these issues and events to spark interest in the Representative Ruth Balser (D-Newton) succeeded Senator general population of Massachusetts. -
Maine Legislature 2 STATE HOUSE STATION AUGUSTA, MAINE 04333-0002
Maine Legislature 2 STATE HOUSE STATION AUGUSTA, MAINE 04333-0002 January 18, 2021 Commissioner Michael Sauschuck Department of Public Safety 45 Commerce Drive, Suite 1 104 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333 Dear Commissioner Sauschuck, As elected representatives, we are extremely concerned about recent posts and comments made by Maine Bureau of Capitol Police Chief Russell Gauvin on social media. Chief Gauvin expressed support for conspiracy theories that led to the violent insurrection against the government at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and the death of two police officers. His words portray an inability to neutrally provide for the safety of every member of the Legislature. At this historic juncture in which there are viable, coordinated threats against lawmakers, we find Chief Gauvin’s comments reprehensible, and his apology utterly insufficient. We believe Police Chief Gauvin should be immediately placed on administrative leave while a full and transparent investigation takes place, and next steps are determined. Those who commit to public service are held to a higher standard for public comments. The words of Police Chief Gauvin made in recent months and reported over several years have diminished our trust in his ability to serve in his current role. Many of us may never feel safe at the Maine State House facility again so long as Chief Gauvin is in charge of security or a member of the Capitol Police. We believe in justice and the right to due process. Thank you for doing your due diligence during these perilous times. Signed, Rep. Kyle Bailey, Gorham Page 1 Speaker Ryan Fecteau, Biddeford Rep. -
Name: Twitter: Facebook URL Phone: Email: Robert Deleo
Name: Twitter: Facebook URL Phone: Email: Robert DeLeo https://www.facebook.com/pages/House-Speaker-Robert-A-DeLeo/401891743246684617-722-2500 [email protected] Bradley Jones, Jr. @RepBradJones https://www.facebook.com/brad.jones.5832617-722-2100 [email protected] Denise Andrews @deniseandrews https://www.facebook.com/deniseandrews2012617-722-2460 [email protected] James Arciero @JimArciero https://www.facebook.com/jim.arciero617-722-2320 [email protected] Brian Ashe @repashe https://www.facebook.com/pages/State-Representative-Brian-Ashe/313981658724617-722-2090 [email protected] Cory Atkins @RepCoryAtkins https://www.facebook.com/pages/Representative-Cory-Atkins/43717444568617-722-2692 [email protected] Bruce Ayers @BruceJAyers https://www.facebook.com/pages/Massachusetts-State-Representative-Bruce-J-Ayers/450787785367617-722-2230 [email protected] Ruth Balser @repruthbalser https://www.facebook.com/ruth.b.balser617-722-2396 [email protected] F. Barrows https://www.facebook.com/pages/State-Representative-F-Jay-Barrows/380289168915617-722-2488 [email protected] Carlo Basile @RepBasile https://www.facebook.com/repbasile617-626-0736 [email protected] Matthew Beaton @beatonforrep https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Beaton-for-State-Representative/10150091953615647617-722-2230 [email protected] Jennifer Benson @RepJenBenson https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jen-Benson/9704649510617-722-2637 [email protected] John Binienda 617-722-2692 [email protected] -
Massachusetts State House, Room # (Fill in from List Below) Triton Legislative Delegation in YELLOW 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133
MASSACHUSETTS STATE LEGISLATORS - REGIONAL SCHOOLS CAUCUS All Addressed To: Massachusetts State House, Room # (fill in from list below) Triton Legislative Delegation in YELLOW 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133 FIRST LAST NAME TITLE AREA ROOM # EMAIL PHONE NAME Anne Gobi State Senator, Co-Chair Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester & Middlesex Room 513 [email protected] 617-722-1540 Kimberly Ferguson State Representative, Co-Chair 1st Worcester District Room 473B [email protected] 617-722-2263 Jennifer Benson State Representative 37th Middlesex District Room 22 [email protected] 617-722-2140 Donald Berthiaume State Representative 5th Worcester District Room 540 [email protected] 617-722-2090 Nicholas Boldyga State Representative 3rd Hampden District Room 167 [email protected] 617-722-2810 William Crocker State Representative 2nd Barnstable District Room 39 [email protected] 617-722-2014 Josh Cutler State Representative 6th Plymouth District Room 26 [email protected] 617-722-2080 Andelo D'Emilia State Representative 8th Plymouth District Room 548 [email protected] 617-722-2488 Shawn Dooley State Representative 9th Norfolk District Room 167 [email protected] 617-722-2810 Carolyn Dykema State Representative 8th Middlesex District Room 127 [email protected] 617-722-2680 Ryan Fattman State Senator Worcester & Norfolk Room 213A [email protected] 617-7221420 Carmine Gentile State Representative 13th Middlesex District Room 167 [email protected]