Page 30 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 BHRC | FROM PAGE 20 House 0-158 (Senate on a voice vote without a roll call) rejected Gov. Baker’s amendment that would exclude municipal employees from the emergency COVID-19 paid leave program. The Baker administration has defended the exclusion of municipal workers arguing that they already have strong leave protections in place and that many municipalities can access federal funds to implement their own leave programs that could align with state and federal leave guarantees. Rep. Josh Cutler, (D-Pembroke), House chair of the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development disagreed with Baker. “As the speaker has made clear, the House stands firm in supporting COVID emergency paid leave for all Massachusetts workers,” said Cutler. “That includes our municipal employees, the teachers, police officers, firefighters, health agents, janitors, veterans’ agents and many others who have been essential to our state’s COVID-19 response. Further, our actions today to address unemployment solvency account rates will help stem rising costs for employers and small businesses.” House GOP Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading) also disagreed with Baker, a fellow Republican. “Having access to emergency paid sick leave is essential to workers who are recovering from the coronavirus, caring for a family member or trying to schedule their vaccination,” Jones said. “Municipal employees—including essential frontline workers like police and firefighters—have also faced numerous challenges created by the COVID-19 global pandemic, and the House’s vote will ensure that they are also entitled to the same paid sick leave benefits as other non-municipal workers.” (A “No” vote is against the amendment and favors including municipal employees.) Rep. Joseph McGonagle No HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of May 1721, the House met for a total of ten hours and eight minutes while the Senate met for a total of six hours and 22 minutes. Mon. May 17 House 11:00 a.m. to 1:04 p.m. Senate 11:11 a.m. to 1:08 p.m. Tues. May 18 House 11:01 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. No Senate session Wed. May 19 No House session No Senate session Thurs. May 20 House 11:02 a.m. to 3:37 p.m. Senate 11:15 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Fri. May 21 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com REAL ESTATE TRANSAC TIONS Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 BUYER2 Richardson, Jason E Figueroa, Maria Silva, Sebastiao F Gao, Yu Dhungana, Bijaya Umana, Sergio A Silva, Mirian A Timilsina, Sanjaya SELLER1 Bradford Condo Corp Argueta Properties LLC Blanc, Jean C 8 Walnut St Everett T Olivieri, Ernesto D SELLER2 Baptiste, Hifonia J Bortone, Carlo ADDRESS CITY DATE 170 Bradford St #4 Everett 66 Wilbur St 871 Broadway 8 Walnut St #30 846 Broadway Everett Everett Everett Everett PRICE 07.05.2021 05.05.2021 05.05.2021 03.05.2021 $572 500,00 $750 000,00 05.05.2021 $1 040 000,00 $200 000,00 $800 000,00
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