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...don’t think we’ll get involved in the mayor’s race. I think both the mayor and Councilor Davis-Mullen have a lot of support within our union,” says BTU President Edward J. Doherty. “There’s a reluctance to go against an incumbent mayor who’s generally on the positive side of the issue...
...less regulation. But where Müller hails a positive drift toward flexibility, Riester sees companies evading their social responsibilities. Still, the two ministers agreed in February to bring temps under the protection of works councils and to lower the size of companies required to have full-time councilors from 300 to 200. They also agreed to expand council activities to include environmental and race relations and to simplify the councilor-selection process, which employers claim will make it easier for radical elements to cause trouble...
...those memories, and two years ago Lockerbie restored its Christmas decorations. But it was last week, with the conviction of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, that the town seemed finally at peace. "There is a sense of relief that the trial is over and the verdict given," says local councilor Marjory McQueen. "I think Lockerbie has drawn a line under what happened...
...good whenever we get young people more engaged in the community," added councilor Marjorie C. Decker...
State Rep. Alice K. Wolf, who proposed the 1992 Cambridge ordinance as a city councilor, has authored a bill to replace the 1955 law and allow state workers domestic partnership benefits and municipalities the option of such benefits. The bill passed the state Senate last November, but has since stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee. It is imperative that representatives take action to move this bill though committee and, if such actions fail, that they initiate new legislation directed at the same end. Providing domestic partnership benefits is fundamental to recognizing the equal rights of all employees...