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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael J. Moran and Anthony W. Petruccelli

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

11/6/2014

Anthony W. Petruccelli

First Suffolk and Middlesex

11/6/2014

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

11/12/2014

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

11/7/2014

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

11/12/2014

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

11/12/2014

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

11/7/2014

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

11/12/2014

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

11/6/2014

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

11/12/2014

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

11/12/2014

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

11/12/2014

Carole Fiola

6th Bristol

11/12/2014

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

11/6/2014

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

11/12/2014

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

11/12/2014

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

11/12/2014

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

11/12/2014

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

11/10/2014

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

11/12/2014

Jay Livingstone

8th Suffolk

11/6/2014

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

11/13/2014

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

11/12/2014

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

11/14/2014

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

11/12/2014

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

11/12/2014

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

11/12/2014

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

11/14/2014

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

11/13/2014


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4539        FILED ON: 11/6/2014

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By Representative Moran of Boston and Senator Petruccelli, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michael J. Moran, Anthony W. Petruccelli and others for legislation to designate June sixteenth as domestic workers’ rights day.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15TTTTT, the following section:—

Section 15UUUUU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the sixteenth day of June as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day, recommending its observance by the public to honor all domestic workers who work in private homes and in recognition of Massachusetts’ historic enactment of basic labor standards in the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.