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Elections
07/21/2011 - 7:39am
Dorchester Reporter
O’Toole picked up two union endorsements – the carpenters’ union Local 67 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 – two high profile locals that each have longstanding ties to Mayor Thomas Menino.
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05/09/2011 - 12:00am
CNN
On Monday, Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced he will run against the first-term Republican in next year's Senate race. The Democratic mayor unveiled a web video that was part personal biography, part anti-Brown attack ad.
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05/05/2011 - 4:58am
Worcester Telegram
The Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, which represents more than 12,000 firefighters statewide, has endorsed state Rep. Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton, for re-election in the 6th Worcester district special election on May 10.
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04/29/2011 - 7:58pm
Wicked Local
The candidates were asked how they would have voted on the recently approved Municipal Health Insurance Reform Plan submitted by House Speaker Robert DeLeo. The bill, which was passed by a vote of 111-42, would cut into the collective bargaining power of municipal workers.
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03/30/2011 - 12:54am
Boston Globe
“You can tell Winslow: We’re after him,’’ said Robert J. Haynes, the president of the AFL-CIO of Massachusetts. Dan Winslow, the state representative that introduced Wisconsin-like legislation that would strip collective bargaining rights away from public employee unions, has made him a big enemy of unions. Haynes said Winslow is the face of the national Republican Party in Massachusetts.
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03/23/2011 - 5:02pm
Boston Globe
“A lot of blue-collar workers accepted the fact that he was their champion,’’ said Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. “But his votes have not been good for working people in a whole host of areas . . . When I go tell everybody this, it’s going to have meaning to people who were laid off.’’
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01/19/2011 - 11:31am
Boston Globe
"Suzanne M. Bump, a former Democratic state lawmaker and former state labor official, took the oath of office today before hundreds of students at Cardinal Spellman High School, her alma mater."
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12/28/2010 - 4:32pm
Massachusetts Nurses Association - News en Events
This year’s election season was a highly successful one for the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The organization prioritized 17 races for the state Legislature in the September primary and 25 in the November general election. Overall, the MNA compiled a win rate of 77 percent in the 2010 election, and on several key priorities, the MNA ran the table.
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12/15/2010 - 6:16am
The Hill
Tim Sullivan, communications director for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, said winning this time around is "just a matter of having enough time and the methods to put the facts in front of them [union voters]."
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10/07/2010 - 3:21am
MassLive.com
Charlie Baker used a video clip of West Springfield firefighters in a recent ad which isn't sitting well with IAFF Local 2212. The Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts endorsed Deval Patrick for govern.or
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09/23/2010 - 8:00am
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO endorsed Governor Deval Patrick for governor.
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09/23/2010 - 12:45am
Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation advised against cutting the sales tax back to 3% this November, saying it would cause massive layoffs of teachers, firefighters, police officers and other critical public sector workers.
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09/15/2010 - 1:04am
Boston Herald
Former iron worker, Stephen Lynch, easily beat back Mac D’Alessandro by 2 to 1.
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09/15/2010 - 12:07am
Worcester Telegram
Bump will face Mary Connaughton in November.
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09/12/2010 - 6:17am
Wicked Local Plympton
Bill Keating is running for the 10th Congressional seat which covers Cape Cod and other areas of southeastern MA.
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07/29/2010 - 12:04pm
MassLive.com
He said unions "control Beacon Hill" and were to blame for stopping legislation that would remove a public employees' right to collectively bargain over health insurance.
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07/29/2010 - 9:14am
Boston Globe
Former President Clinton will make an appearance. The rally, for Congressman Stephen Lynch's run for re-election for Congress, will begin today at 12:30 pm at the Ironworkers Local 7 union hall in South Boston. The event is open to the public.
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07/18/2010 - 12:41am
Boston Globe
Several unions representing law enforcement are supporting Cahill over Patrick this year.
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07/17/2010 - 10:56am
Boston Herald
Article says Baker wants to eliminate labor agreements for state contractors, strip rights of municipal workers to bargain over health care, make it easier to privatize state services, slash retiree benefits, and reduce the state's workforce by 5,000.
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07/17/2010 - 9:16am
FireEngineering.com
Chauvette is running for 2nd Franklin District
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