From the Labor Council

North Shore Labor Council Summer BBQ & Farewell Party for Rosa
07/29/2010 - 2:42pm

 

Home of Jan & Joe Martin

 

 

Driveway will be blocked off, so please park on the street. BYOB.

If lost, call Joe @ 781-316-4471

 

Sunday, August 8, 2010, 2 — 5 pm

 

Come to have fun at our summer BBQ, celebrate the contributions that Rosa has made over the last 4 years at the North Shore Labor Council, and wish her well as she embarks on her new job at the Greater Boston Labor Council.

48 Nahant St. in Lynn


04/14/2010 - 1:31pm

Contrary to claims by those who oppose these agreements—who subscribe to a “race to the bottom” mentality, where success is predicated on the ability to assemble a low-wage, easily exploitable workforce—PLAs have proven over and over that they are a valuable, market-based tool that ensures superior jobsite management, project efficiencies, and workforce productivity and development.


03/10/2010 - 1:35pm

 Steve Early will visit IUE/CWA Local 201 Union Hall next Monday, March 15 at 6:30 PM. Early is a Labor journalist, lawyer,former CWA organizer and International representative. Join us for a discussion on his new book "Embedded with Organized Labor".Steve Early: Steve Early will visit IUE/CWA Local 201 Union Hall next Monday, March 15 at 6:30 PM. Early is a Labor journalist, lawyer,former CWA organizer and International representative. Join us for a discussion on his new book "Embedded with Organized Labor".


02/22/2010 - 10:33am

02/01/2010 - 12:07pm

by Jeff Crosby, Jan 22, 2010

NAtional AFL-CIO Blog diary by council President

blog.aflcio.org/category/diaries/

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01/22/2010 - 9:21am

Hard Data from exit polling shows a lack of effort on the  Economy was the driver. Follow the link to in-depth PDF

http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/upload/mass_elections.pdf


12/09/2009 - 10:33am

The power of money doesn't want you to have health care reform


12/09/2009 - 9:23am

Saugus Restaurant picketed by council is in trouble again!


Coalition rallies at State House for jobs program
12/04/2009 - 2:54pm
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Breaking News

07/31/2008 - 10:05am
"...employees have no right to use the company email for "concerted activity."

07/25/2008 - 10:31am

As many of you already know, last week the State Senate voted on a drastically amended version of the Patient Safety Act that would actually make the current dangerous status quo even worse.  Despite a vigorous effort to defeat this bill, we were unsuccessful, and the bill passed 23-13.  Needless to say, we are very disappointed, a disappointment I know that all of you, who worked so hard on this legislation, will share. 

In the immediate term, we must make sure that the Senate version of the bill does not somehow make its way to the Governor's desk.  Accordingly, below are instructions, along with a chart listing how every member of the Senate voted. 

This information will also be available on the MNA website  @ http://www.massnurses.org/.  Please note  that on the action alert below we are asking that you make 2 calls - one to your senator, and one to your state rep. 

Thanks to everyone for all of your hard work on this bill.  While I know the outcome last week was disappointing, but we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and move forward. 

Onward!

 Below is the list of how your Senator voted on SB2805, a dramatically harmful version of the  Patient Safety Act that would allow the state's hospitals to continue the dangerous and deadly status quo and  even  make the situation worse.

Under this legislation, there would be no uniform standard of care and instead, the Department of Public Health would only be in charge of enforcing varying and inadequate standards created by the private sector hospital industry-including the for - profit hospitals. Simply put: this bill is a hazardous step backward, and would ensure that current unsafe conditions continue to deteriorate.

Last week, the MNA called upon the State Senate to reject this bill and 13 members of the Senate supported the MNA and voted no on SB2805.

  1. Look and and see how your Senator voted on this legislation and thank  those that and voted no. We also encourage you to share your disappointment with your elected officials that voted to support SB2805.
  2. Next, call your State Representative and ask them to reject the Senate version of the Patient Safety Act.

To contact your legislator, call 617-722-2000 or find your elected official online.

SENATE VOTE - JULY 17, 2008

Antonioni -Gardner, Leominster

YES

Augustus - Worcester

NO

Baddour - Merrimac, North Andover

YES

Berry - Beverly, Danvers, Salem, Peabody

YES

Brewer - Ashburnham, Barre, Charlton

YES

Brown - Attleboro, Wrentham, Needham,Wayland

YES

Buoniconti -Agawam, Chicopee,  W.Springfield

YES

Candaras - Belchertown, Hampden, Longmeadow, Springfield 

YES

Chandler - Berlin, Holden, Paxton, Princeton

NO

Creedon - Brockton, Halifax, Hanover, Whitman

YES

Creem - Brookline, Newton, Wellesley

NO

Downing - Ashfield, Williamsburg, Williamstown

YES

Fargo- Chelmsford, Concord, Waltham

YES

Galluccio-  Charlestown, Cambridge, Everett

NO

Hart - Boston, 1st Suffolk

NO

Hedlund - Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Weymouth

NO

Jehlen - Medford, Somerville, Woburn

NO

Joyce - Avon, Canton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton

YES

Knapik - Chester, Chicopee, Southwick, Westfield

YES

Marzilli - Arlington, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington

ABSENT

McGee - Lynn, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott

NO

Menard - Fall River, Lakeville, Somerset, Swansea, Westport

YES

Montigny - Achusnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, New Bedford

NO

Moore - Bellingham, Blackstone, Douglas, Milford, Sutton, Uxbridge

YES

Morrissey - Abington, Braintree, Quincy, Rockland

NO

Murray - Bourne, Falmouth, Pembroke, Plymouth, Sandwich

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O'Leary - Brewster, Dennis, Chatham, Provincetown

NO

Pacheco - Bridgewater, Carver, Middleboro, Taunton

ABSENT

Panagiotakos - Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Tyngsboro, Westford

YES

Petruccelli - Cambridge, Revere, Winthrop

ABSENT

Resor - Acton, Ayer, Boxboro, Littleton, Shirley, Sudbury, Westboro

YES

Rosenberg - Amherst, Greenfield, Hadley, Northampton

YES

Spilka - Ashland, Framingham, Franklin, Medway, Natick

YES

Tarr- Boxford, Gloucester, Rockport, Wilmington

YES

Timilty - Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Seekonk, Walpole

NO

Tisei - Malden, Melrose, Wakefield

YES

Tolman - Belmont, Watertown

YES

Tucker - Andover, Dracut, Lawrence, Tewksbury

YES

Walsh - Dedham, Norwood, Westwood

NO

Wilkerson - Boston 2nd Suffolk

YES

Barbara "Cookie" Cooke RN,

Associate Director

Massachusetts Nurses Association

Region 3 Community Organizer

Mobile Phone: 508.345.9219

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Top Labor Stories

Last updated 07/29/2008 - 8:53am
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Thanks to "E. coli conservatism," weakened government watchdogs have put us all at risk.
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New "Future" for the Labor Movement

New "Future" for the Labor MovementPresident Robert Haynes, new Board member Jeremy McKeen and AFT-Mass President Tom Gosnell pose at the podium at the recent Labor Futures forum during the Mass AFL-CIO's State of the Union convention.

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     In 1991, seeking to boost its never robust economy, the state of Mississippi passed a law permitting casino gambling. In short order, immigrant construction workers arrived from Florida to build the casinos, and the casinos themselves began using contractors to supply immigrants to meet their growing labor needs. Guest workers, eventually numbering in the thousands, were brought under the H-2B program to fill many of the jobs the developments created.
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03/30/2010 - 11:27pm

School committee members voted through a sweeping package of cuts and layoffs aimed at closing a $60 million shortfall as hundreds of horn-blowing, sign-toting teachers, custodians and parents mobbed school department headquarters last night in a raucous protest.

School committee members voted through a sweeping package of cuts and layoffs aimed at closing a $60 million shortfall as hundreds of horn-blowing, sign-toting teachers, custodians and parents mobbed school department headquarters last night in a raucous protest.


03/30/2010 - 11:27pm

Click the headline to view a video of the March 24th labor rally outside of Bank of America in Boston

Click the headline to view a video of the March 24th labor rally outside of Bank of America in Boston

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