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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. May the fourth be with you.
TO MANDATE OR NOT TO MANDATE A debate is brewing over whether coronavirus vaccines should be mandatory for public workers such as police and firefighters.
The unusual stipulation, proposed by state Senator Paul R. Feeney and overwhelmingly adopted in the chamber, injected a new dimension to the debate over plans for the state’s new $400 million veterans home in Holyoke.
Beth Williams, former Roxbury Technology CEO, dies at 57
By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Beth Williams, the former president and chief executive of Roxbury Technology Corp. and a prominent leader
in Bostonâs Black business community, has passed away.
Williams, who was 57, took the helm at her fatherâs Hyde Park manufacturing business in late 2002 after his sudden death. Roxbury Technology focused on making and selling remanufactured toner cartridges for laser printers, fax machines, and copiers; the company was founded by her father, Archie, in part to boost job growth in underserved communities and champion economic development.
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Wicked Local
For workers, new skills are the springboard to job opportunities and growth.
Statewide and regional business associations from across the Commonwealth, including the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, have launched the Massachusetts Business Coalition on Skills (MBCS).
The new statewide coalition will advocate for policies that develop the skills of the Cape and Islands current and future workforce.
The MBCS formed because there are two sides to the skills gap, and both can drag job and economic growth.
On the employer side, it is difficult to find qualified talent. A 2019 survey by coalition member Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) found that 73% of Massachusetts employers find it “somewhat difficult” or “very difficult” to find people with the right skills to fill open positions.