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MIKE BRADY: Is a former Local 888 member.[/caption]
In the run-up to the 2020 election, Local 888 asked state lawmakers to sign a “Pledge for Working Families.”:
“I pledge to support workers’ rights to collectively bargain, I will use the power of my office to uplift working families, including Local 888 members, as well as people who are not. I also pledge to recruit my colleagues, friends, and family to do the same so that we can reclaim our democracy and build an economy that works for us all!”
A number of them were on hand to officially take the pledge at Local 888’s Convention 2020. Among those signing the pledge were Rep.-Elect Erika Uyterhoeven (27th Middlesex), who Local 888 backed in her Democratic primary race.
State lawmakers who signed onto the pledge are:
- Emmanuel Dockter (5th Plymouth)
- Jerry Parisella, (6th Essex)
- Michelle Du Bois (10th Plymouth)
- Mike Connolly (26th Middlesex)
- Paul Donato (35th Middlesex)
- Joseph McGonagle (28th Middlesex)
- Christine Barber (34th Middlesex)
- Joan Meschino (3rd Plymouth)
- Tram Nguyen (18th Essex)
- Natalie Higgins (4th Worcester)
- Mike Brady (2nd Plymouth and Bristol)
- Paul Feeney (Bristol and Norfolk)
- Nick Collins (4th Suffolk)
- Jamie Eldridge (Middlesex and Worcester District.)
- Becca Rausch (Norfolk, Bristol, Middlesex)
In addition, Plymouth County Commissioner Greg Hanley signed the pledge.