Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District in 2018 Massachusetts 2018 Primary Election.
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Get StartedSecondly, the Department of Justice needs to establish a Corporate Crime Database and Annual Report (first introduced in the 112th Congress). Prominent among the crimes to watch and repot on are: union-busting – often a form of psychological persecution of union supporters and, also, the refusal of bosses to bargain, even after workers win bargaining rights. Both are addressed in the new ‘‘Workplace Democracy Act,’’ recently introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Learn more
We need to rebuild union power by reversing years of anti-union policies - first by reestablishing the National Labor Relations Board's Division of Economic Research. Learn more
We also need to revive the Division of Economic Research of the NLRB (shut down during the Red Scare); our new workplaces and often-precarious employment relations need to be studied with an eye toward leveling the playing field for workers in addressing management prerogatives. Learn more
President Donald Trump has crowed that the U.S. economy has never been so strong – never in such great shape, “and jobs are flooding back.” Yet, there’s nothing on the horizon that suggests a reversal of 30+ years of growing income inequality. We must address this now. Learn more
Shows of solidarity: store workers and shoppers stopped the Market Basket chain from selling out to a food business conglomerate Learn more
CEOs with 400-to-1 income ratios over their employees—they must be held to account through House hearings and passing info to institutional investors Learn more
Rewarding producers which keep production in the U.S.— it is unconscionable that Pentagon procurement officials gave New Balance (with factories right here in Lawrence, MA) such a difficult time while mandated to buy gear made in America Learn more
Companies “going private” to follow an ethical vision instead of bending to shareholders’ every whim. Our government should encourage this so that Wall Street will have less power to dictate terms to American workers and businesses Learn more
Improving the quality of education for all and protecting our children from advertising—nearly every advanced economy is far ahead of the U.S. Learn more
Hundreds of rich institutions in the Northeast and Upper Midwest (many pay no taxes, but that’s another issue) should be required to do detailed energy audits and remediation plans. Cornell University is a very positive example. Learn more
Congress needs to debate the future of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. Learn more
“Preventive diplomacy”—military action should be a last resort (an example of the opposite: NATO bombing Serbia in 1999 before considering any other options) Learn more
Removing corporate money from politics Learn more
Digging into political disclosure and accountability policies and practices of leading U.S. public companies Learn more
Protecting voting rights and expanding access Learn more
We need to eliminate health insurance companies who do nothing but add complexity to the system while making some of the highest executive salaries of any industry. Additional reforms will also be necessary to avoid corporate subsidies on a massive scale. Learn more
The expansion of Medicare must not be prevented by lobbyists from the Medical and Insurance industries. Learn more
Medicare for all would create enough bargaining power to lower drug prices and many other costs in the medical care system. Learn more
It should be noted that we are suffering an immigration crisis mainly because nothing was done for almost two decades. The unauthorized population grew and neither party addressed the issue. There have been numerous “path to citizenship” bills introduced with bipartisan support under both of the last two Democratic & Republican administrations. What happened to stop their passage? They were killed by lobbyists for corporate interests that benefit from people living in the shadows. These migrant workers can be paid lower wages, bosses don’t have to worry about workers organizing, and there is virtual impunity from prosecution for employers. We must come together to overcome the special interests and fix this now. Learn more
We need legislation that extends temporary protective status and also addresses the need to get the DACA people settled in. Learn more
Weatherizing old buildings here in the Northeast could produce thousands of jobs and lower energy consumption. Some wealthy non-profit institutions own dozens of buildings that could be weatherized Learn more
We need to rebuild union power by reversing years of anti-union policies - first by reestablishing the National Labor Relations Board's Division of Economic Research. Learn more
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