Fair Workweek Bill

“An Act relative to the scheduling of employees” (H. 1546 & S. 412), The Massachusetts Fair Workweek Bill, allows workers in restaurants, retail establishments, and the hospitality industry the chance to build stable lives for themselves and their families, because for many, erratic work schedules make stability almost impossible. Hours can be assigned arbitrarily at an employer’s discretion and changed with no advance notice, leaving workers to cope with fluctuating paychecks and constant problems coordinating child and elder care, second and third jobs, and further education or professional development. Women, people of color, and low-wage workers are the most impacted. MassBill Fact Sheet (pdf), Fact Sheet (pdf, Español pdf)

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M4A Bill

A single payer health care system covers everyone under a publicly financed insurance plan. Medical care would be free at the point of service. All doctors and hospitals would be accessible to any resident without the restrictions currently imposed by insurance companies and employers. Fair, progressive taxation would replace premiums and co-pays. 

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Safe Communities Act (SCA)

The COVID-19 crisis has underscored the impact of longstanding state and local involvement in deportations--undermining testing, treatment and contact tracing efforts in immigrant communities, and impeding access to court and police protection. State action is urgently needed to restore trust in our public institutions and ensure that everyone can seek medical care, emergency assistance, and protection without fear of deportation.

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Debt Free Future Act

The Debt Free Future Act:

Guarantees free public higher education as a right for all residents of Massachusetts through a universal grant program.

  1. To be eligible, students must:
    be a Massachusetts resident or have attained a high school diploma or its equivalent in the commonwealth;

  2. be admitted to and enrolled full-time or part-time in a Mass. public college, university, or other public vocational program; (c) maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above.

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Wage Theft Bill

The Massachusetts AFL-CIO convenes the Wage Theft Coalition. The MA AFL-CIO’s mission is to improve the lives of working families—by working for economic, social and racial justice in the workplace, in our communities, our state and in our nation. Our vision is of a fair and just society that benefits all working people, not a system that’s rigged in favor of the wealthy few.

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Fair Work Week Legislation

Unpredictable scheduling is on the rise across the country as the part-time and around-the-clock labor force expands, and there is a growing movement to give employees, most of them low-wage, more control over when they work.

Jobs with Justice is working with Coalition partners to introduce, lobby for and pass Fair Scheduling reform in the Massachusetts State legislature.

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