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Union urges committee to make DOC industrial instructors permanent under House Bill 2859

5872983 · September 17, 2025
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Union and state legislators told the Joint Committee on Public Service that House Bill 2859 would convert long-serving, provisional industrial instructors at Department of Correction facilities into permanent civil‑service employees after years without appropriate examinations.

Kevin Flanagan, legislative representative for the Mass Correction Officers Federated Union, told the Joint Committee on Public Service he strongly supports House Bill 2859, ‘‘an act establishing job permanency for Mass. DOC industrial instructors.’’ He testified that many instructors have served full time for years but…

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