COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF SEN. CIDNY FRIEDMAN
On July 1, Sen. Cindy Friedman, D-Arlington, and her colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of language requiring a project labor agreement from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home bill financing the construction of the new home.
In May, Baker signed the bulk of a bill authorizing $400 million in bonds for the design and construction of a new soldiers’ home facility in Holyoke and $200 million in bonds to increase geographic equity and accessibility related to the continuum of long-term care services for veterans across the state, but struck a provision requiring the home to be built with a Project Labor Agreement, under which nonunion workers would have to affiliate with construction unions to have a chance to work on the new facility.
Submitted to the Billerica Minuteman
Submitted to the Billerica Minuteman
On Thursday, July 1, State Sen. Cindy F. Friedman, D-Arlington, with her colleagues in the Legislature voted to override Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of language requiring a project labor agreement from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home bill financing the construction of the new Home.
In May, Governor Baker signed the bulk of a bill authorizing $400 million in bonds for the design and construction of a new soldiers’ home facility in Holyoke. In addition to $200 million in bonds to increase geographic equity and accessibility related to the continuum of long-term care services for veterans across the state.