STATE LEGISLATURES
/ 11.16.21 /
IN THIS EDITION, YOU WILL FIND:
The latest guidelines from the White
House OSHA vaccine rules.
Updates on "Striketober's" numerous
picket lines and contract negotiations.
Supreme Court Blocks Covid-19
Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate for
Workplaces but lets Medical Rule
Stand
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?
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
LINKS
UFCW LOCAL 791
2021 ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB CAMPAIGN
Local 791 is conducting a UFCW Active Ballot Club (ABC) sign up campaign at all store and warehouse locations. Any actively enrolled member who has signed up for $1.00 per week or more in the Active Ballot Club will be eligible for several raffle drawings! See your Steward or Alternate Steward for more details and sign up to have a chance to win some great prizes!
