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2010 Governor Race
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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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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07/18/2010 - 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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07/16/2010 - 4:05am
The Daily News of Newburyport
The article accuses Patrick of pandering to labor unions to win political favor in an election year.
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07/13/2010 - 4:30am
Boston Globe
“The overriding feeling was even though these have been horrible economic times that Governor Patrick’s dedication to education is strong,’’ said Anne Wass, the president of the MTA.
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07/10/2010 - 12:08am
Boston Herald
2,000 police turned out to protest the Governor on a range of issues they take exception with him on including the Quinn bill and flagmen.
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07/09/2010 - 5:49pm
WCVB-TV
"It's time for the governor to step up, take over Lawrence. Give us what we need in the fire service, and get our men back to work and get our stations back open, and we need that now," said Patrick Driscoll, of Lawrence Firefighters Local 146.
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07/09/2010 - 5:44pm
The Phoenix (blog)
Blogger, David S. Bernstein, gives his brief account of the protest organized by the Boston Police Patrolman's Association.
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07/08/2010 - 3:06pm
IBEW 2222
IBEW Local 2222's Committee on Political Education (COPE) voted on Wednesday, July 7 to support Deval Patrick for re-election to another term as governor of Massachusetts.
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07/08/2010 - 12:00am
Daily News Tribune
Rocio Saenz, head of SEIU Local 615 said “At a time when some politicians have cynically pitted groups of workers against each other for political advantage, Governor Patrick knows that all workers are vital to the Massachusetts economy—low-wage or middle-class, public or private sector, immigrant or U.S.-born."
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07/07/2010 - 5:58pm
Boston Herald
About 1200 police officers plan a rally outside of Fenway Park to protest an appearance of the Deval Patrick at the EMC Club.
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07/02/2010 - 3:25am
The Daily Item of Lynn
According to the state Executive Office of Workforce Development, nearly 12,000 jobless people would be stripped of their current benefits if the proposal had been enacted last year.
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06/25/2010 - 2:16am
Cape Cod Times
"If Charlie Baker were interested in what we were saying, Charlie would be here," says AFL-CIO president Robert Haynes.
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04/30/2010 - 9:29am
Mass Labor News
Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Joanne Goldstein oversees the state’s eight labor agencies. These are the departments of Industrial Accidents, Labor and Workforce Development, Apprentice Training, Career Services, Labor Relations, Occupational Safety, and Unemployment.
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04/13/2010 - 12:17am
South Coast Today
Jack Spillane writes that Patrick and Murray enjoyed only tepid support despite the help they've given to the SouthCoast.
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