City Council go on record strongly urging BioGen to reconsider the reduction of its janitorial staff, to allow all 45 janitors to maintain their current employment at the company, and to resist the temptation to reduce its expenditures by cutting its lowest-paid and most vulnerable employees

How it started

Jun 24, 2019 · Proposed by Councillor Simmons, Mayor Siddiqui, Councillor McGovern, Vice Mayor Mallon, and Councillor Zondervan: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Jun 24, 2019 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

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