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WRITTEN MOTION - SEIU LOCAL 888 - PRIVATIZATION OF THE BRIDGE

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WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Abreu, Giesta, Gomes, Lopes, Lima and Dunn, requesting that the New Bedford City Council go on record once again in support of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 888 opposition to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) privatization of staffing proposal of the New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge, said bridge conducts on average 5,000 openings per year for roughly 90,000 vessels, and it is imperative that such operations continue to remain staffed by our locally-sourced and community-invested workforce. (To be Referred to MassDOT Secretary & CEO Stephanie Pollack, MassDOT District 5 Commissioner Mary-Joe Perry, Governor Charlie Baker, and our State and Federal Delegation.)  

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