PROTECT YOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS!
On April 26th, a majority of the members of the Massachusetts of House Representatives voted to dramatically restrict the rights of municipal employees to collectively bargain over the issue of health insurance. It is critically important that you let your Representative know how you feel about their vote.
These Representatives voted IN FAVOR of your collective bargaining rights:
Democrats:
| Geraldo Alicea | Denise Andrews | Bruce Ayers | Michael Brady |
| Paul Brodeur | Thomas Calter | Christine Canavan | James Cantwell |
| Tackey Chan | Nicholas Collins | Edward Coppinger | Geraldine Creedon |
| Mark Cusack | Marcos Devers | James Dwyer | Lori Ehrlich |
| Christopher Fallon | Robert Fennell | John Fresolo | Denise Garlick |
| Coleen Garry | John Mahoney | Paul Mark | James Miceli |
| Kevin Murphy | Rhonda Nyman | James O’Day | Thomas Petrolati |
| Denise Provost | Kathi-Anne Reinstein | Carl Sciortino | Joyce Spiliotis |
| Thomas Stanley | David Sullivan | Walter Timilty | Timothy Toomey |
| Cleon Turner | Marty Walsh | Steven Walsh | Alice Wolf |
Republicans:
| Bradford Hill | Daniel Winslow |
If your state representative stood up for you, it is important that you call them and thank them for their support. You can say something like this:
My name is ____________________ and I live in __________________. I work for the city/town of ___________ as a _____________. I am calling because Rep. ____________ voted in favor of maintaining collective bargaining rights for municipal workers like me. I wanted to thank Rep. ______________ for standing up for my union rights.
These Representatives voted AGAINST your collective bargaining rights:
Democrats:
| Kevin Aguiar | James Aciero | Brian Ashe | Cory Atkins |
| Demetrius Atsalis | Ruth Balser | Carlo Basile | Jennnifer Benson |
| John Binienda | Garrett Bradley | William Brownsberger | Antonio Cabral |
| Linda Dean Campbell | Stephen Canessa | Gailanne Cariddi | Cheryl Coakley-Rivera |
| Thomas Conroy | Michael Costello | Sean Curran | Robert DeLeo |
| Brian Dempsey | Stephen DiNatale | Paul Donato | Carolyn Dykema |
| John Fernandes | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Michael Finn | Linda Dorcena-Forry |
| Gloria Fox | William Galvin | Sean Garballey | Anne Gobi |
| Patricia Haddad | Jonathan Hecht | Carlos Henriquez | Kate Hogan |
| Russell Holmes | Kevin Honan | Louis Kafka | Michael Kane |
| Jay Kaufman | John Keenan | Kay Khan | Peter Kocot |
| Robert Koczera | Stephen Kulik | Jason Lewis | David Linsky |
| Timothy Madden | Liz Malia | Christopher Markey | Paul McMurtry |
| Aaron Michlewitz | Michael Moran | Charles Murphy | James Murphy |
| David Nangle | Hank Naughton | Sarah Peake | Vincent Pedone |
| Alice Peisch | Smitty Pignatelli | Angelo Puppolo | John Rogers |
| Dennis Rosa | Byron Rushing | Jeffrey Sanchez | Tom Sannicandro |
| Angelo Scaccia | Paul Schmid | John Scibak | Stephen “Stat” Smith |
| Ted Speliotis | Christopher Speranzo | Harriett Stanley | Ellen Story |
| Benjamin Swan | David Torrisi | James Vallee | Joseph Wagner |
| Chris Walsh | Marty Walz |
Republicans:
| Paul Adams | Jay Barrows | Richard Bastien | Matthew Beaton |
| Nicolas Boldyga | Vinnie deMacedo | Angelo D’Emilio | Geoffrey Diehl |
| Ryan Fattman | Kimberly Ferguson | Paul Frost | Susan Williams Gifford |
| Sheila Harrington | Steven Howitt | Donald Humason | Randy Hunt |
| Brad Jones | Kevin Kuros | Steven Levy | Marc Lombardo |
| James Lyons | Shauna O’Connell | George Peterson | Elizabeth Poirier |
| George Ross | Todd Smola | David Vieira | Daniel Webster |
| Donald Wong |
If your state representative voted against your collective bargaining rights, call them and tell them you are very upset with their vote. You might say something like this:
My name is ____________________ and I live in __________________. I work for the city/town of ___________ as a _____________. I am calling because Rep. ____________ voted against protecting collective bargaining rights for municipal workers like me. I am calling to let Rep. ____________ know that I am very disappointed and upset about this vote. This vote was not a vote in support of working people, and I would ask the Rep. to reconsider his/her position. Thank you.
To call your State Representative, call 617/722-2000. You can also go to http://www.malegislature.gov/People/House to get your Representative’s direct phone number. If you don’t know who your State Representative is, go to www.wheredoivotema.com
What Happens Next
This vote occurred as part of the House debate on the state budget, so while the House vote was discouraging, there are still numerous opportunities to influence the process before anything is actually signed into law. For right now, the most important thing is to call your Representative and let them know how you feel. We will keep you posted on next steps.
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