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When we spoke last fall with Chrissy Lynch, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, she was doing her best to persuade her rank-and-file not to desert the national Democratic ticket. "I would ask them to please look at the issues,” she said. “On issue after issue, Donald Trump has a playbook to sow working class division to keep us fighting with each other over the crumbs… It’s very clear when you look at the issues who is with working people and who pays working people lip service."
It didn’t work. Exit polling showed Kamala Harris with a meager 50-49% margin among union households, a former Democratic stronghold. And that debacle has left Lynch singing a different tune.
“This election showed that I don't think either party is really working for the working class in a way that it should be,” she says. “I think a lot of union members saw - and a lot of working class people in general saw - one party defending a status quo that hasn't been working for them, and one party wanted to blow up the status quo.”
Be careful what you wish for, right? For Lynch, the rubble of the status quo is “a bad place for us to be.” Would labor be better off now if Harris had won? “One thousand percent, I mean, yeah, for sure. [Trump] is chipping away at workers rights…and he is absolutely taking a sledgehammer to all of the things that are bedrock to our country.”
But on further review, Lynch is not totally allergic to Trumponomics.
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9:00 | Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano speak at opening session of the 50th annual National Conference of State Legislatures. | Menino Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston | Agenda
10:00 | Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and MBTA GM Phil Eng cut the ribbon on a new pedestrian access point at the Green Line’s East Somerville Station. | 200 Inner Belt Rd, Somerville
2:00 | The Hate Crimes Task Force meets virtually. Agenda includes update on hate crime legislation, plus updates from Commonwealth Fusion Center and Municipal Police Training Committee. | Agenda and Livestream
FROM BEACON HILL
EMERGENCY OVER: On Friday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey said she is “formally terminating” a state of emergency she declared in August 2023 after a tide of migrants hit the state-run shelter system. – Boston Herald
BOOZY BUDGET RIDER: The new state budget includes a provision from House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz that allows cities and towns the authority to OK businesses trading in their beer-and-wine license for a restricted all-alcohol license. – Boston Globe
BUSINESS DESK
RISING RATES: National Grid and Eversource, the state’s main energy utilities, raised their rates amid the high summertime demand for electricity. – Boston Herald
NEGATIVE TERRITORY: The Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ business confidence index remains negative for the fifth straight month. – Boston Business Journal
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EVERETT STADIUM LATEST: As former Massport CEO Tom Glynn is set to step in as the mediator in the Everett stadium dispute between the Krafts and Boston City Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu is holding a press conference Monday on the ongoing community benefits negotiations in Charlestown. She’ll be joined by state Rep. Dan Ryan, City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata and neighborhood leaders. In a statement to MASSterList, a Kraft Group spokesperson called the press conference “politically motivated,” adding that “we have entered into a formal mediation process that precludes us from discussing specific details of the negotiation process publicly, and we will honor that.” – Boston Globe
KRAFT INCOME SUMMARY: Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft, under pressure from Mayor Michelle Wu’s campaign to release his tax returns, offered a summary on Friday afternoon. The summary said he made $6.3 million last year, but did not provide the sources for the income. – WBUR
FED UP WITH FERRY: Residents of Woods Hole are voicing concerns with the diesel exhaust from the Steamship Authority’s ferry terminal, a departure point for hundreds of thousands of tourists headed to Martha’s Vineyard. – GBH News
ROLE PLAY: Lawsuits are challenging whether Massachusetts police chiefs should be able to decide who can and can’t carry a gun. – MassLive
GREEN EXIT: More cranberry farmers looking to exit the industry are selling to conservationists instead of commercial developers. – New Bedford Light
ENERGY ADVOCATE: Three municipalities – Northampton, Easthampton and Westhampton — are banding together to hire an energy advocate who is tasked with helping homeowners, businesspeople and landlords install clean energy systems. – Daily Hampshire Gazette
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