Description: Gov. Michael Dukakis on need to reform workers compensation system to alleviate delayed and unfair settlements for injured workers. Endless shelves of files at Industrial Accident Board. State labor secretary Paul Eustace, economic affairs secretary Evelyn Murphy, Rep. Kenneth Lemanski, William McCarthy of AIM. Dukakis talks about status of labor movement, viability of unions, trade issues and protectionism, and state's transitional economy from manufacturing to service and high tech industries. Anchors Harris and Vaillancourt.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/02/1985
Description: 1) In State of the City address at JP High Mayor Ray Flynn laments struggling economic health of Boston even as state is booming. 2) Interview with Samuel Tyler of Boston Municipal Research Bureau on city's tenuous finances. 3) Gov. Michael Dukakis signs bill to hasten conversion of abandoned buildings to affordable housing. 4) Reps. William Robinson and David Cohen debate rules reform on late night legislative sessions; Reps. Gregory Sullivan, Lawrence Alexander, Andrew Natsios; Robinson on speaker's platform with George Keverian. 5) Brief on aggressive tactics of anti- abortion protesters, reporting that Joseph Stanton of Citizens for Life denies escalating attacks on clinics, calling protesters “sidewalk counselors.” 6) Interview with Roger Fisher on Geneva arms limitations talks. 7) Felicia Lamport verse on arms talks. Anchors Lydon and Vaillancourt.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/07/1985
Description: STATE REPS COMMENT ON TRANSPORTATION BILLS. AMTRAK AND T STATIONS. Mary Jeanette Murray, Henri Rauschenbach, Robert McKernan, William Golden, Harold Malone.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1985