Massachusetts recently moved up teachers in the state’s vaccine rollout. Now, several dozen lawmakers are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to give grocery store workers the same treatment.
In a letter Tuesday, 35 state lawmakers, led by Sudbury Rep. Carmine Gentile, implored Baker to “prioritize the vaccination of supermarket workers in a most expeditious manner.” Gentile noted that grocery store workers are disproportionately people of color, a community that has been hard hit by the pandemic due to structural inequities.
Joined with 34 colleagues in the Mass House & Senate today calling for @MassGovernor to prioritize vaccination of supermarket & grocery store workers, many of whom are Black
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