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Unions and public engineers push bills to strengthen Taxpayer Protection Act and curb outsourcing
Summary
State employees, union leaders and the organization MOSES urged the committee to strengthen enforcement of the Taxpayer Protection Act and to expand it to include engineering and design services, citing the 2023 UMass Amherst privatization of advancement positions and recurring outsourcing costs in public construction.
State employees, unions and public‑sector engineering groups urged the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to strengthen the Taxpayer Protection Act and to expand its reach to include engineering, design and other services currently outsourced to private consultants.
Multiple witnesses described the 2023 privatization at UMass Amherst, where more than 100 state positions in advancement were privatized despite a May 11, 2023 letter from the state auditor advising the university that the proposed privatization violated the Taxpayer Protection Act. Jason Johnson, a UMass employee and union steward, said the state…
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