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Higher‑education and other public workers press for 30‑day funding rule after contract ratification
Summary
Faculty, staff and union leaders from community colleges and state universities urged the committee to advance H.2820, which would require the comptroller to release funds for ratified public‑employee contracts within 30 days, citing long delays in past ratification cycles.
Multiple witnesses told the Joint Committee on Public Service that delays in legislative funding of ratified collective‑bargaining agreements have left public employees without contracted pay increases for months or years after ratification and asked the committee to report H.2820 favorably.
James Lincoln (Quinsigamond Community College), Margaret Wong (Quinsigamond chapter president), Joe Nardoni (Massachusetts Community College Council), Rosa DiRigilio Taormina (Association of Professional Administrators, state…
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