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We are in the midst of an unprecedented worker health and safety crisis and need a plan for reopening the economy that truly protects workers and the public. The plan released by Governor Baker does not accomplish this vital task, and thus the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health gives it failing grades.
“It’s impossible to advocate for someone [in court] over the telephone. … Anything you say or your client says is heard by everyone.”
"In addition to beginning to restore access to safe, tested adult-use cannabis, this determination provides a first step in providing meaningful economic relief to the more than 2,000 Massachusetts cannabis employees who will be able to return to work."
COVID-19 continues to pose an existential threat to public health and safety, and many of the churches that flouted social distancing guidelines became hot spots in their regions, increasing infection and death rates.
The groups that will endure the most deaths are not openly acknowledged in the state’s plan for withholding medical care, but Massachusetts is explicit when it comes to telling seniors they are expendable.
The packet also includes protocols, safety standards, and an updated statewide testing strategy. Then there is the part that everybody has been waiting for—the list of businesses and institutions that are included in Phase 1, which we have listed below with corresponding dates.
"The current plan to start reopening the economy less than one day after the Reopening Advisory Board releases its guidance … is confusing to many of our constituents and businesses."
Introducing InDIGnation: DigBoston’s new public affairs show!
Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas host weekly streaming program
With more and more people venturing out, some safely and others not so much, I just want to offer a way to keep tabs on regional herd behavior beyond social media, and without having to leave your couch.
