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Casinos
06/27/2011 - 4:44pm
WWLP 22News
"It starts with organized labor, building what people are going to use and enjoy for years to come," said Jason Garand, Business Manager, Local #108. Call it a victory for union workers looking for a job.
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06/24/2011 - 8:19pm
MassLive.com
The Pioneer Valley Building Trades and Carpenters Local 108 have signed an agreement with the Mohegan Sun to ensure if a casino goes up in Palmer, it will be union-made.
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06/16/2011 - 1:14pm
The Phoenix
According to reports last week, Patrick may get the casino bill he wants this summer, after all — without the no-bid slot licenses for racetracks that he drew the line against last year.
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06/14/2011 - 12:23am
South Coast Today
The Mashpee Wampanoag have turned their wandering casino eyes toward an existing gambling venue 49 miles from Mashpee. Multiple sources confirmed tribe leaders are in talks with George Carney, owner of Raynham Park, a former greyhound racetrack reduced to simulcast betting when dog racing was banned in 2008.
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05/05/2011 - 7:40am
BusinessWeek
Nine months after efforts to bring casino gambling to Massachusetts collapsed amid disagreement over slot machines at racetracks, discussion of expanded gaming resumed at the Statehouse with no immediate indication that compromise between top state leaders was close at hand.
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05/05/2011 - 4:56am
Worcester Telegram
Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, filed testimony arguing the state should move forward with expanded gaming now. “We cannot continue to pass up this opportunity to create these kinds of jobs. And where else are we going to create jobs with such incredible potential to be good jobs? I have heard of few other ideas that have this much potential for the economy,” Mr. Haynes said.
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04/13/2011 - 12:38am
Taunton Daily Gazette
If a gaming bill that includes slots for Raynham Park becomes law, then Raynham Park owner and operator George Carney said he would re-hire hundreds of former racetrack employees who were laid off after voters outlawed greyhound racing in a 2008 statewide ballot question.
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04/12/2011 - 12:00am
Taunton Gazette
The survey showed that 55 percent of adult residents in Massachusetts support a bill that would bring in three resort casinos to the state, while 23 percent are opposed and 22 percent are undecided.
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03/24/2011 - 12:11am
MassLive.com
The Western Massachusetts Casino Task Force supports state Sen. Stephen M. Brewer's call for an independent analysis of expanded gaming.
The task force, which is composed of 14 communities, first voiced its support of an independent analysis more than two years ago, and recently penned a letter to the members of the Massachusetts General Court in support of Brewer's recently filed legislation.
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03/03/2011 - 3:17am
MassLive.com
"The issue of expanded gaming is expected to come before the state Legislature soon, and when it does, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority will push for a scaled-down version of their earlier proposed resort-style casino in Palmer."
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01/19/2011 - 11:32pm
MassLive.com
"“This is our time. This is the last shot we are going to have. Call your elected officials,” said Daniel D’Alma, the business manager of Local 7 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers."
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01/05/2011 - 2:52pm
Boston Globe
"DeLeo said he wants to force municipal workers to join the state's health plan, even if their unions oppose the move...DeLeo also vowed to 'work closely' with the governor and with Senate President Therese Murray to revive casino gambling legislation that died at the end of the last session in a hail of finger-pointing and acrimony."
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07/29/2010 - 12:00am
NECN
Legislators have until Saturday night to find a compromise on the legislation.
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07/19/2010 - 1:04pm
Mass AFL-CIO
“I think it’d be extremely difficult to get our members involved. I think they’d throw their hands up in frustration,” Callahan said, if casinos aren't approved in Massachusetts.
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07/15/2010 - 8:38am
Commonwealth Magazine
"Our nation’s severe economic recession and the ongoing jobs crisis have changed the context of many policy debates. We face times unlike those that anyone has faced since the Great Depression; now, more than ever, it is imperative for our leaders to take bold steps that will help assure job creation and sustained revenues," wrote Haynes.
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07/13/2010 - 9:13pm
Boston Globe
Speaker DeLeo want slots at race tracks, Patrick does not.
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07/12/2010 - 12:00am
Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 12 aggregator
The plans would make the casino highly visible from the Turnpike, right across from Exit 8.
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07/08/2010 - 12:00am
Boston.com
"United to Stop Slots," led by former state AG, Scott Harshbarger, wants to create a commission to study the impact of gambling or veto the legislation.
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07/07/2010 - 12:00am
MassLive
Legislators want to send a final bill to the governor by the end of the month.
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06/16/2010 - 12:54am
Open Media Boston
“There are lot of sophisticated, well-meaning, educated people in opposition,” says Mass. AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes. “I represent people who are regular folks who go to work every day, pay their taxes and want nothing but a job.”
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