STATE LEGISLATURES
IN THIS EDITION, YOU WILL FIND:
News regarding a brand new USDA grant
program for farm and food workers.
Polling information in battleground states in
support of unions.
UFCW LOCAL UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN
MASSACHUSETTS CALL FOR HAZARD PAY FOR FRONTLINE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
The
$1.9
trillion
American
Rescue
Plan
Act
(ARP)
signed
into
law
in
March
includes
$350
billion
to
state
and
local
governments.
With
Massachusetts
set
to
receive
$5.3
billion
in
aid,
Rhode
Island
set
to
receive
$1.6
billion
and
Connecticut
to
receive
$6
billion,
lawmakers
are
presented
with
the
opportunity
to
offer
a
portion
of
these
funds
as
long
overdue
hazard
pay
for
essential
workers.
The
pandemic
has
continued
to
exert
both
a
mental
and
physical
toll
on
frontline
workers.
While
crowd
gatherings
were
prohibited
elsewhere
and
millions
of
workers
transitioned
to
work
remotely,
essential
workers
continued
to
show
up
each
day,
increasing
the
likelihood
of
contracting
the
virus
and
spreading
it
to
a
loved
one.
Essential
workers
found
it
nearly
impossible
to
remain
socially
distanced
from
customers
and
other
workers
as
well.
Additionally,
frontline
essential
workers
have
suffered
from
greater
levels
of
anxiety
and
depression
due to stresses of contracting COVID-19.
(Source: R.I. AFL-CIO)
Similar efforts are underway in Rhode Island.
For the testimony given on the ARP State funding by Local 791
Director of Political & Legislative Affairs Peter Derouen.
NEWS
FIND YOUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Proudly Representing Workers In
New England Since 1947
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Local 791 AFL-CIO CLC
55 Norfolk Avenue
South Easton, MA 02375
774-568-0791
POLITICAL & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
•
New Hampshire House kills ‘right to
work’ (for less)
•
NLRB Inches Closer to a Pro-Union
Democratic Majority
•
Biden is ‘proudly pro-union.’ Can he
reverse labor’s long decline?
BUILD BACK BETTER WITH
UNIONS
Outdated labor laws have hampered
our fundamental right to join together
and negotiate for better wages,
benefits and working conditions. The
Protecting the Right to
Organize Act will empower America’s
workers and make our economy work
for working people.
Massachusetts: To
register to vote online
Rhode Island: To register
to vote online
Maine: For voter
registration information
New Hampshire: For
voter registration
information
*Maine and New Hampshire do
not provide online voter
registration
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