Hadley, NY Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C-44th Senate District) today posthumously presented the New York State Senate Liberty Medal, the Senate’s highest honor for service and valor, to the family of the late Vietnam War veteran John E. Hughes at the home of his widow, Judy Hughes, in the beautiful northern Saratoga County town of Hadley.
The Liberty Medal was passed via resolution by the New York State Senate.
During the Vietnam War, John served as a radio teletype operator in Vietnam for 13 months.
Harvard University Dining Services workers who were laid off after HUDS closed facilities last month received the option to shift into new roles beginning Jan. 27, on seniority in an internal reshuffling process known as âbumping.â
Twenty HUDS workers are looking for new positions after the University closed four units, including the Culinary Support Group kitchen, which produced soups, sauces, salads, and pastas for the entire campus. Those workers can choose to either take an open position or âbumpâ a less senior HUDS employee out of their position and take their job, according to a procedure laid out in the contract between Harvard and UNITE HERE Local 26, which represents the Universityâs dining workers.