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Massachusetts AFL-CIO weighs in on unions, presidential race and ending MCAS requirement
BOSTON – During an interview on the Sunday edition of “Keller At Large,” Massachusetts AFL-CIO president Chrissy Lynch talked about the state of labor in Massachusetts. Lynch also discussed why the organization is backing Democrat Kamala Harris this November.
Protecting the Right to Organize Act
“It’s really hard to organize a union,” said Lynch, a South Shore native and veteran labor activist who’s been busy trying to change that for the past 11 months since stepping into her current role.
Lynch discussed the importance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill filed in Congress several years ago that establish and expand a range of protections of workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively.
“Corporations have figured out how to make it impossible for workers who want to join a union to join,” Lynch said. “The PRO Act would really level the playing field.”
Who is the Massachusetts AFL-CIO backing for president?
Lynch said the AFL-CIO’s top priority this election season is electing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris president, and she had a message for rank-and-file union members who are considering supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump.
“I would ask them to please look at the issues, because that’s what we do. We don’t look at the personalities. We look at where do you stand?” Lynch said. “And on issue after issue, Donald Trump has a playbook to sew working class division to keep us fighting with each other over the crumbs. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz throughout their time in public office have consistently stood with working people, have consistently fought for and effectively passed laws to actually help working people to grow the middle class. And it’s very clear to me and to many of our leaders, when you look at the issues, who is with working people and who pays working people lip service.”
Should Massachusetts end MCAS requirement?
As for the Massachusetts ballot questions, Lynch said the labor group is “all in” supporting Question Two, which would end the state’s use of MCAS test passage as a graduation requirement.
“We hear from our educator members and unions that high stakes testing is bad for classrooms,” she says. “These classrooms are the working conditions of our educators, and they’re the learning conditions of our kids. I’ve got two kids in public schools. This is very personal to me, and when teachers see that students are struggling to learn the basics because they are stressing out, they are teaching to a test that’s not good for classrooms, that’s not good for kids.”
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Illegal migrant arrested, accused of rape after being released by Massachusetts court: ICE
A 28-year-old “gotaway” migrant has been arrested and charged with rape after he was previously released by a state court, despite his violent rap sheet.
In a Friday statement from the Boston, Massachusetts, field office, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Jorge Luis Castro-Alvarado. He was arrested in Lynn, Massachusetts, on August 1.
ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston branch said that the migrant “unlawfully entered the United States before making his way to Massachusetts and allegedly victimizing a resident here.” The Guatemalan immigrant had entered the U.S. without being inspected, admitted or paroled, ICE says.
Officials are still determining exactly when and where Castro-Alvarado first entered American soil. In February, ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against Castro-Alvarado after he was arrested for assault and battery on a family or household member.
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Jorge Luis Castro-Alvarado, 28, was recently arrested by ICE. (iStock / ICE)
The migrant had later been convicted of the assault and battery charge, and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison. The Lynn District Court later lowered the prison sentence to six months.
According to ICE, the Essex County Superior Court arraigned Castro-Alvarado for two counts of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 years old in April. In defiance of ICE’s detainer, the court later released the suspect on bail without notifying immigration officials.
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Immigration authorities say that Essex County Superior Court released the suspect, despite a detainer on him. (Google Maps)
“The Essex County Superior Court released Castro from custody on bail without notification to ERO Boston despite an active immigration detainer in place,” ICE’s reported. “The court placed several conditions on Castro’s bail, including a GPS electronic monitoring requirement before releasing him back into the community.”
“Castro posed a significant threat to the members of our community,” ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement. “ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by apprehending and removing noncitizen threats to our New England neighborhoods.”
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The Essex County Sheriff’s Office had arrested the suspect and charged him with rape and assault. (Google Maps)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Essex County Superior Court for comment, but has not heard back.
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