Define Member Contribution – Senator Steven Tolman SB1671
Public Service
Raise to $45,000 the salary of public employees prior to their paying the 2% extra towards their pension and then indexing this figure to inflation.

Fair Wage for Large Employers – Senator Marc Pacheco SB1091
Labor and Workforce Development
This legislation will establish a minimum wage of $10.50 per hour for employers with stores over 75,000 square feet and over 150 employees per store.

Majority Authorization – Senator Robert O’Leary SB1620
Public Service
Establishes recognition of a union under Chapter 150E and 150A if a majority of employees sign cards, petitions or other written evidence in support of said union.

Minimum Fair Wages and Restoring Overtime – Senator John Hart SB1064
Labor and Workforce Development
Restores overtime pay eligibility to those workers who had it stripped from them as a result of the current presidential administration’s new overtime regulations.

Plant Relocation – Senator Marc Pacheco SB265
Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Requires companies that close plants in Massachusetts to compensate their employees.

Protecting Employees – Senator Marc Pacheco SB107
Children and Families
Requires contractors to hire its workforce from existing worker pool when state services are privatized.

Regulating Outsourcing – Senator John Hart SB1867
State Administration
Regulate the Commonwealth’s contracting with companies that outsource state work.

Worker Privacy Protection Act – Senator Edward Augustus SB1049
Labor and Workforce Development
Employers can force workers to attend meetings to listen to their personal beliefs on politics, religion, and unions, and may fire those employees who refuse to attend. This legislation will prohibit mandatory attendance at these meetings and bar disciplinary action for not attending.

House Bills

Majority Authorization – Representative Robert DeLeo HB2465
Public Service
Establishes recognition of a union under Chapter 150E and 150A if a majority of employees sign cards, petitions or other written evidence in support of said union.

Proper Expenditure of and Accounting for State Funds – Representative Martin Walsh H3267
State Government
Ensures proper expenditures of and accounting for monies appropriated, spent, reimbursed, or granted by the Commonwealth for the purchase of foods and services, the performance of public works, or the provision of services on behalf of the Commonwealth.

To Ensure Quality Appointments – Representative Robert Koczera HB3817
Public Service
Provides for the consent of the Governor’s Council for the appointments to the Civil Service and Labor Relation Commission.

Workers Compensation – Representative Martin Walsh HB1861
Labor and Workforce Development
Would restore the 2/3 benefit paid to injured workers in the Commonwealth as well as increases payments to medical providers to ensure treatment of injured workers.

Worker Privacy Protection Act – Representative Robert Spellane HB1848
Labor and Workforce Development
Employers can force workers to attend meetings to listen to their personal beliefs on politics, religion, and unions, and may fire those employees who refuse to attend. This legislation will prohibit mandatory attendance at these meetings and bar disciplinary action for not attending.