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Massachusetts Nurse | October
2004
Judi Smith Goguen recognized by Cental Mass.
AFL-CIO Labor Council
Judi Smith Goguen, RN and MNA committee member of
her bargaining unit at UMass University Campus in Worcester, was
recently honored by the Central Massachusetts AFL-CIO at the organization’s
annual Labor Day Breakfast on Sept. 6.
Goguen was awarded the Father Joseph J. Pijanowski
Labor Chaplain Award, which is given each year to someone in the
local labor community in honor of an individual who, because of
his/her commitment to and involvement in the labor movement, is
helping to alleviate workplace injustices in the central Massachusetts
community.
The mission of the Central Massachusetts AFL-CIO
is to provide a voice for working men and women in Massachusetts
and to see that the concerns of working families are realized in
legislation and public policy. They achieve this by:
- Organizing grassroots political action to push
for adoption of worker-friendly initiatives and policies on a
national, state and local level.
- Recruiting and supporting candidates who champion
working families and a pro- active working family’s agenda.
- Supporting economic development strategies for
local public investment that create jobs while establishing worker
friendly community standards such as living wages, responsible
employer ordinances and project labor agreements.
- Mobilizing against anti-union employers and
for community issues thru Street Heat the AFL-CIO s mobilization
machine.
- Hosting forums and events to educate union members
and the community about worker-related issues and legislation.
By uniting the labor movement and mobilizing in
communities, the councils—with support from advocates like
the MNA’s Smith Goguen—play a critical role not only
in local and regional matters, but also in statewide and national
issues.
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