Unions push Baker to back plan for firefighters to vaccinate educators, school workers
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated March 7, 2021, 7:37 p.m.
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Freshman students in class at Brockton High School.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Unions representing teachers and firefighters expect to meet Wednesday with the stateâs Health and Human Services secretary on their proposal to have firefighters administer vaccine doses to thousands of school workers â a program they say would facilitate a more timely and convenient inoculation of educators across Massachusetts.
The meeting, coming just a day before K-12 teachers, school staff, and child-care workers become eligible for vaccinations at state sites, would make it easier for them to get vaccinated at their schools and during hours that accommodate classroom schedules, union officials said.
Manufacturers and retailers in Massachusetts will be banned from selling or importing covered products like bedding, furniture, childrenâs products, window treatments and carpeting that contain 11 flame-retardant chemicals under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The new law, which does not apply to inventory manufactured prior to Dec. 31, 2021, was celebrated by supporters who have pushed for its passage for years by arguing the chemicals can cause cancer and also are ineffective at slowing down fires.
In a tweet, Sen. Cynthia Creem said she filed flame retardants legislation eight years ago and called its passage a âgreat start to 2021â and an important way to protect children and first responders from âharmful chemicals.â When products containing the chemicals burn, Creem has said, they create âtoxic smoke.â
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Manufacturers and retailers in Massachusetts will be banned from selling or importing covered products like bedding, furniture, children s products, window treatments and carpeting that contain 11 flame-retardant chemicals under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The new law, which does not apply to inventory manufactured prior to Dec. 31, 2021, was celebrated by supporters who have pushed for its passage for years by arguing the chemicals can cause cancer and also are ineffective at slowing down fires.
In a tweet, Sen. Cynthia Creem said she filed flame retardants legislation eight years ago and called its passage a great start to 2021 and an important way to protect children and first responders from harmful chemicals. When products containing the chemicals burn, Creem has said, they create toxic smoke.
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