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星期一, 9月 29, 2014

UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 AND HYATT REACH AGREEMENT

UNITE HERE LOCAL 26 AND HYATT REACH AGREEMENT 

Agreement Provides $1 Million in Assistance to Hyatt Housekeepers and Ends Union’s Boycott of Hyatt Hotels in Boston

BOSTON — Hyatt and UNITE HERE Local 26, the hospitality workers union, today announced an agreement that resolves a longstanding dispute between the two organizations. Both UNITE HERE Local 26 and Hyatt hailed the pact as a positive step that is good for Boston and will improve the relationship between the union and the company.

Hyatt will provide $1 million in assistance to the housekeepers who were terminated at Hyatt Boston Harbor, Hyatt Regency Boston, and Hyatt Regency Cambridge in 2009.  In addition, Hyatt will offer the housekeepers priority in the application process for a housekeeping position at specified future Hyatt-managed hotels within Boston and Cambridge. The financial assistance will be distributed based on each of the housekeepers’ years of service.

With this agreement, UNITE HERE Local 26 will end its boycott activities aimed at Hyatt Boston Harbor, Hyatt Regency Boston, and Hyatt Regency Cambridge.

“We never forgot the courage these workers showed by speaking up when they were let go,” said Brian Lang, president of UNITE HERE Local 26. “Hyatt is showing courage by doing the right thing today.”

“Through this agreement, we are able to demonstrate care for our former colleagues,” said Marc Ellin, senior vice president at Hyatt. “Each of these former associates made a difference in the lives of guests who stayed in our hotels. We are very pleased to extend assistance to them and offer them priority in hiring as new jobs become available at future Hyatt-managed hotels.”

Hyatt and UNITE HERE Local 26 are working together to notify the housekeepers of this agreement.

“We look forward to an improved relationship with Hyatt in Boston,” said Lang. “Both organizations deserve credit for working out this constructive step forward.”
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波士頓成立鄰里創新區委員會 十一首開會

Mayor Walsh Announces the Neighborhood Innovation District Committee

Will look at best practices for developing neighborhood innovation districts throughout Boston

BOSTON – Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the formation of a “Neighborhood Innovation District Committee” to expand innovation and entrepreneurship in the City of Boston. The Neighborhood Innovation District Committee will seek to identify policies, practices, and infrastructure improvements to support the development of innovation districts throughout the City. The first meeting will be October 1 from 6:00PM to7:30PM at the Roxbury Community College at Roxbury Community College, Media Arts Room 1 (Room 301) at 1234 Columbus Avenue. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

 “As we seek to foster and support economic development in Boston, it is essential for us to establish an environment that supports entrepreneurship and job creation throughout all corners of our city,” said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “Innovation knows no boundaries, and our policies, infrastructure, and programs should reflect that, from West Roxbury and Hyde Park to East Boston and Charlestown.”

Comprised of local leaders and experts who represent businesses, community-based organizations, elected offices, and City of Boston departments, the Neighborhood Innovation District Committee will be chaired by John Barros, Chief of Economic Development for the City of Boston, and Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.

"In today's economy entrepreneurship and innovation can offer flexible career choices for everyone, from a resident's first job to those looking to start a second or even third career,” said Chief Barros. “Having the ability and support to create and grow businesses can only make our neighborhoods and communities stronger."  

“This is an exciting opportunity to envision a Boston that is both more entrepreneurial and more inclusive,” said Professor Glaeser.

In addition to ensuring all residents have an opportunity to be a part of the modern economy, this committee will provide review and make suggestions for an inclusive economic agenda on innovation for the City, and lay the groundwork to pilot an innovation district embedded within a neighborhood.  

The members appointed to date include:


  • Alec Stern, Founding Team and Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Constant Contact
  • Alex Oliver-Davila, Executive Director, Sociedad Latina
  • Bill Dickens, Professor of Economics, Northeastern University
  • Byron Rushing, State Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives
  • Charlayne Murrell-Smith, Vice President, External Relations & Corporate Development, Boston Children’s Museum
  • Chris Jones, Executive Director, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
  • Michelle Wu, Councilor At-Large, Boston City Council
  • Dan Isenberg, Professor of Entrepreneurship Practice, Babson College
  • Darnell Williams, President & CEO,  Urban League
  • Rich Davey, Secretary of MassDOT
  • Greg Bialecki, Secretary of Economic Development
  • Harry Brett, Business Manager, Plumbers Local 12
  • John Fitzgerald, Senior Project Manager, Boston Redevelopment Authority
  • Joyce Ferriabough-Bolling, Media and Political Strategist, Joyce Ferriabough Media
  • Keith Motley, Chancellor, UMASS Boston
  • Mariama White-Hammond, Executive Director, Project HIP-HOP
  • Mel King, Founder & Director, South End Technology Center
  • Nicole Fichera, General Manager, District Hall / Venture Café Foundation
  • Pat Kinsel, Venture Partner, Polaris Partners
  • Ryn Miake-Lye, Co-Founder, Build From Scratch To Last
  • Scott Griffith, XIR and Partner, General Catalyst Partners
  • Sheila Dillon, Director, ‎Cabinet Chief of Housing and Director of the Department of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
  • Sonia Chang Diaz, State Senator, Massachusetts Senate
  • Stas Gayshan, Managing Director, Cambridge Innovation Center - Boston
  • Susan Rittscher, President & CEO, Center for Women & Enterprise
  • Travis McCready, Vice President for Program, The Boston Foundation
  • Valerie Roberson, President, Roxbury Community College
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波士頓海外香港華人民主人權促進會支持香港民主

September 27, 2014, Saturday

波士頓海外香港華人民主人權促進會  
            波士頓港澳之友社
had a wild-cat protest in front of 喜臨門酒樓  Boston Chinatown to support the HK students struggle for full democracy in HK. The Mainland's Consulate General 孫國祥總領使
 from New York was the banquet's guest for the local pro-Communist groups, after he entered the restaurant, the protest start,  half way of the dinner孫國祥 left the restaurant via the back door, he scared or embarrassed to face the protestors.

The following list are the HK groups in North America to take action at the same day. 

For more detail with our alliance in US and Canada, you can contact

NY's Anna Yang @516-708-3985--- anna.k.cheung@gmail.com
San Francisco'sCharles Cheung @415-307-1292 ----charlesckcheung@gmail.com
Vancouver's Henry Chau--- henryshchau@gmail.com
Toronto's Gloria Fung @416-706-0111---gylfung@gmail.com

Henry Chau is the leader of the alliance, I missed his phone#, you can ask from Gloria or Anna.

 
Chungchi Che 謝中之
Boston
 
Sent: 9/28/14 4:06:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Boston Supports Global Action Day

 
Dear aohk friends,

See below a report on our action yesterday.  

I have been looking at a lot of updates online from Apple Daily.  

Vicky forwarded us a couple of emails including one that about “Wearing Black” on Sep 29 (see flyer below), and another about the petition that Bing relayed to you.  Please consider signing if you have not done so.

I hope to post other updates in aohk’s Facebook.

-Anita

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Boston Supports
Global Action Day
The Boston group (Association of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese for Democracy and Human Rights) held a protest on Saturday September 27 to support Hongkong people’s actions to assert their right of universal suffrage.   The protest started at 6:45 pm outside a banquet in downtown Boston attended by officials from the Chinese Consulate to celebrate Oct-1st.  Through the glass walls, banquet-goers could clearly see banners mounted on top of two minivans parked right outside the restaurant entrance. The curtains of the ground floor banquet hall were drawn down in a hurry. Some banquet-goers, especially the youngsters, could still peek through the gaps.  Everybody inside could hear the shouting of slogans whenever people went through the doors.  We continued to rally and hold up banners for another hour.  Reporters from a few newspapers were following this event all the time. 

The restaurant also happened to be a dinning destination for tour groups, and on the way to a central transportation terminus. Busloads of Chinese tourists and many travelers looked on to our Chinese and English banners such as “No Fake Universal Suffrage in Hong Kong”, “Support Democracy in China”, "Don't Let Tiananmen Massacre Repeat in Hong Kong", and “Do Not Arrest Students”.  Some showed gestures of support, and many kept their silence. We knew for sure people got the message, including those going to the Consulate’s banquet.

Let’s go to the “banquet.”

More photos of the rally can be seen in aohkcdhr Facebook:
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Please review the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) 
 
NY Times Article:
For the first time since 2007, Congress has reinstated an annual reporting requirement in the 1992 Hong Kong Policy Act, which mandates that the State Department assess the city’s progress.
 

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星期六, 9月 27, 2014

璀璨台灣雙十訪演溫暖僑心

葉璦菱（右三起），紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦，經文處處長賴銘琪，僑委會副處長賴麗瑩，台灣同鄉聯誼會會長林展輝等人謝幕。（菊子攝）
駐波士頓經文處處長賴銘琪（左），紐英崙中華公所主席阮紅燦。
（菊子攝）
僑委會今年派到海外巡演的慶祝雙十文化訪問團，第六站來到波士頓，九月廿五日晚在麻州栗山（Chestnut Hill）松莊園學院獻演，給四百多名觀眾帶來一晚歡樂。
張瀞云（右起），劉明珠，陳思安，葉璦菱，紐英崙中華公所主席
阮鴻燦，經文處處長賴銘琪，僑委會副處長賴麗瑩，台灣同鄉聯誼會
會長林展輝等人謝幕。
“咦，那是鳳飛飛？”，“嗯，她像鄧麗君”，“哦，聽起來很江蕙”。當天一整晚的表演，都有觀眾彼此耳語品評，也印證了僑委會宣傳劉明珠模仿鳳飛飛功力十足，張瀞云演繹鄧麗君最佳，陳思安有江蕙接班人之稱的形容，的確所言非虛。
波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文（左起）把大波士頓中華文化協會
會長冼鳳明，紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦介紹給經文處
處長賴銘琪認識。旁為經文處副處長陳銘俊。（菊子攝）
身為瓊瑤時期名歌手，影星劉文正叔叔的老一輩新僑李庚仁感嘆，現在真是年輕人的世代，這些歌手，甚至他們演唱的許多歌，他都完全不熟悉。
  葉璦菱邊唱邊走進人群，和僑胞握手。（謝開明攝）
已很久沒參加過雙十訪演活動的廣東老僑余文博倒是很欣賞“年輕新潮”。他說，尤其是這些歌手每個人都試著講幾句，甚至講上一整段的廣東話，讓他覺得很窩心。
新僑中年輕一輩，曾任紐英崙玉山科技協會會長，臺大校友會會長的陳翠玲笑說，看完這場表演，她終於知道葉璦菱為什麼那麼紅，還被稱為“金嗓歌后”。她也覺得葉璦菱在這批參加巡演的歌手中，到底是老前輩，”淡定“，不慌不忙的控制場面。
僑委會副處長賴麗瑩（右）頒獎感謝台灣同鄉聯誼會
會長林展輝承辦這場晚會。（謝開明攝）

        以”璀璨台灣“為主題的這場演出，由僑務委員會僑教處副處長賴麗瑩擔任團長，演員包括葉璦菱、劉明珠、張瀞云、陳思安，黃家新，Terry等人。原定隨團的林曉培，因故未參加。
當晚包括新到任的經文處處長賴銘琪，紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦，多名僑團首長在內，有將近四百人出席，新僑，老僑共聚一堂，場面十分熱鬧。
            演員中的黃家新是超級偶像第七屆的新生代歌手。他演唱的大都是當年他的參賽歌曲，包括已過世四年的台灣音樂教父洪一峰，以及洪宏榮的歌曲。
已出過七十幾張專輯的陳思安，笑說江蕙是二姐，她是“大隻點”的三姐。她還在串場講話時加演一段，開玩笑的問，要兩腳微張，兩臉糾結的唱，模仿的是誰。觀眾們很聰明，馬上就回答“蘇芮”。
 陳思安扮鳳飛飛。（謝開明攝）
進入壓軸演唱時，葉璦菱穿著全白直桶裝，腳蹬銀色“恨天高”，配上如羽翼披肩，在兩名男士伴舞中，高歌“玫瑰玫瑰，我愛你“的出場，接著唱”春風吻上我的臉“，還走進觀眾席，引發人們爭相握手的高潮。
在串場講話時，葉璦菱也很會說笑話。她說，到機場接他們的熱情觀眾中，有名看來年紀六十多歲的老太太，一邊說真的很喜歡聽她的歌，一邊說從小聽她的歌長大，讓她原本飄飄然的心情，馬上墜落谷底，霎時間慨嘆光陰似箭，不知該如何接話。
葉璦菱（中）在伴舞者陪襯中演唱。（謝開明攝）
葉愛菱和陳思安，劉明珠，張瀞云等人在壓軸的演出中，邊唱，邊演”戲鳳“，還笑談聽到粉絲稱他們是胖妞團。他們其中一人笑，表示都是僑胞不好，接待得太好，早午晚餐還加宵夜，不胖也難，甚至連肚子都被僑胞搞大了。這一語雙關的笑話，聽懂的人笑得更厲害。
大波士頓這次的雙十訪演活動，由台灣同鄉聯誼會承辦。該會前後任會長，陳永茂，林展輝和波士頓僑務委員馬滌凡全力配合，出動了大批義工接待表演人員，接送觀眾到會 。許多沒車的觀眾稱讚這安排真貼心。
            雙十訪演團廿五晚演出後，到珠媽廚房和經文處及接待人員餐敘，昨(26)日一大早轉赴紐約，繼續下半段巡演。







  陳思安演唱。（謝開明攝）








            

          

            
           

            

          


          
  蔡高進（左）等觀眾，會後爭相和葉璦菱合影 。（謝開明攝）
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賴銘棋拜會僑團 遭遇兩岸問題

右起，波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文，經文處副處長陳銘俊，處長賴銘琪，
紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦，波士頓僑務委員馬滌凡，鄺坤珍，翁宇才，
謝中之等人在會中合影。（周菊子攝）
(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導) 駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處處長賴銘琪昨（26）日展開就任拜會行動，在一連串僑團晤談中，遭遇兩岸關係問題。他以青天白日滿地紅旗幟代表民主自由，追求僑社和諧團結，但有底線做標準答案。
紐英崙至孝篤親公所的（坐者右起）陳毓禮，陳家驊，陳禮，陳滋源，
陳毓璇等人，歡迎經文處新到任處長賴銘琪（前左三）。（周菊子攝
            經文處長賴銘琪在副處長陳銘俊，波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文，波士頓僑務委員馬滌凡陪同下，一一拜會僑團。
根據僑教中心公佈的拜會行程，賴銘琪昨日共拜會了紐英崙中華公所，紐英崙至孝篤親公所，李氏公所，波士頓洪門致公堂，黃氏宗親會，余風采堂，潮州同鄉會等七個僑團，28日起將繼續拜會伍胥山公所，波士頓國民黨，波士頓安良工商會等僑團。
拜會僑團時，賴銘琪為表尊重，不但照傳統捐香油給每個僑團，還用廣東話致詞，也秀了一下他的廣東話的確很流利。
經文處處長賴銘琪（立者）在中華公所中強調台灣代表民主自由。（周菊子攝）
中華公所有主席阮鴻燦，財政翁宇才，雇員鄺坤珍出面迎接賴銘琪。列席的昭倫公所總務，港澳之友社成員謝中之在會中發言，先表示香港正面臨民主考驗，希望台灣支持，接著陳述他在僑社多年，知道有些人訪問台灣後，回到波士頓，卻反對掛青天白日滿地紅旗幟。他本人將設法爭取讓紐英崙中華公所永久懸掛青天白日滿地紅旗幟。
賴銘琪（右三）拜會洪門致公堂。前左起，阮振強，司徒宗達，
伍伯和，阮偉昌，馬滌凡，後右起，郭大文，陳銘俊，
司徒彥鏗，梅惠聰，李厚鵬，余麗媖，余培峰。
賴銘棋表示，當年孫中山創建民國，爭取的就是民主自由。如今兩岸人民互訪，強調彼此友好，他認為是好事。在他看來，兩岸現今的最大不同是台灣將堅持民主自由﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽就是民主自由，僑射宮鎖了，﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽台灣堅持國父孫中山所強調的民主自由，並藉由青天白日滿地紅旗幟來表現。
賴銘琪（前中）拜會余風采堂。
賴銘琪不否認他知道謝中之的暗示，表示獲台灣頒給榮譽職僑胞，應兼顧使命感，有狀況者，將適當給予規勸。
馬滌凡表示，波士頓僑社現在最需要的是團結和諧。二年多前她推動設孔子像，當時擔任中華公所主席的黃光野就很幫忙。
翁宇才也說，溝通很重要。
紐英崙至孝篤親公所昨日大陣仗迎接新處長到任，包括主席陳滋源，陳禮，以及才剛加入成為會員的陳華美等有不下三十名宗親出席，還由陳日華代表寫了一首詩，送給賴銘琪。
賴銘琪（中）拜會李氏公所。
在座談時，前任主席陳家驊促請新處長解釋，兩岸僑務是否休兵，目前的做法如何。他也把早前在僑社內發生的一些個別事故掀了開來，討個說法。
以至孝篤親之友身份出席的余麗媖還強調，經文處處理僑社做法，將是僑社會否漸起離心的依據。
賴銘琪（前中）拜會李氏公所。
賴銘琪再度強調台灣是民主自由的代表，在支持台灣與否上，沒有灰色地帶。陳銘俊補充表示，賴銘琪一向是個十分溫和的人，對僑胞的支持台灣，和他一樣心存感動。
            至孝篤親公所部分成員在拜會結束後，和賴銘琪處長等人上三樓進行第二輪座談，深入溝通早前在僑社內發生的一些事。

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AARW慶35週年表揚譚國民，雷美莊，保護亞裔投票權聯盟

黎德慧（左起），劉伯岳，雷美莊的母親雷瓊（右一）都來恭喜雷美莊（右二），
譚國民得獎。（周菊子攝）
(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)亞裔文化資源中心（AARW）日前在麻省理工學院媒體實驗室大樓，慶祝成立35週年，頒獎表揚保護亞美投票權聯盟，雷美莊，譚國民，共籌得三萬五千元。
 亞裔文化資源中心的創辦人之一劉仲岳（右）和關心華埠的麻省理工學院榮譽教授
李燦輝（左）當年在許多社區事務上都有合作。（周菊子攝）
亞裔文化資源中心創立於1979年，是大波士頓地區第一個以泛亞裔為服務對象，追求社會正義的非牟利組織，創辦人包括劉仲岳，首批行政主任包括甫過世的 Fred Ho，以及現任麻州大學波士頓分校亞美研究系主任，今年初獲全美亞美研究學會頒給終身成就獎的江念祖。
當天共約250人出席，慶祝亞裔文化資源中心的35歲生日。包括量身訂造美食晚宴，獨一無二的藝術品，凱爾特人隊（Celtics）球賽門票一整晚共籌得三萬五千元，超過了該中心的預定目標。
亞裔文化資源中心新一批董事成員有不少年輕人，在華人前進會工作的沈羅琳（左）
就是其中之一。（周菊子攝）
晚會表演節目由本地的亞美藝術家擔綱，頒發的獎項及獲獎機構為，保護亞美投票權聯盟獲“社區獎“，譚國民（Frederick Dow）獲”亞太裔太平洋島民先驅獎“，雷美莊（May Louie）獲亞裔文化資源中心”基石獎“。越南裔的Monique Nguyen及 Sahra Vang Nguyen 獲May Takayanagi 造浪獎（Making Waves Award ）。
亞裔文化資源中心行政主任Allistair Mallillin（右）和早期成員之一，翁偉倡。（周菊子攝）
得獎者中的雷美莊透露，她已離開杜爹利街鄰里計劃（Dudley St. Neighborhood Initiative）領袖力及能力打造主任職位，計劃利用一年的時間來寫書，把杜爹利街鄰里計劃在市政府合作，撥給市地發展管理權後，成功改造社區的過程，寫下來，給有心改造社區的人做參考。
波士頓的華埠整體發展計劃實施委員會最近也在社區會議中報告過這一構想。
亞裔文化資源中心行住主任，菲律賓裔的Allistair Mallillin表示，以“就是吃（Just Eat）“為主題的慶祝會，既為慶祝過去這些年來，幾乎每年都有1500人在該會來往，亞裔組織的合作在社區造成了影響，也為表揚回顧歷史時發現的那些為推動亞美社區追求社會正義奠定了基礎的人。
  在塔芙茨大學教亞美研究的老師，左起，陳家傑，吳友文，劉萬程等人都支持
亞裔文化資源中心的活動。（周菊子攝）｀
 譚國民（左）從麻州大學教授梁聯星（右）手中領下亞太裔太平洋島民先驅獎。
（圖由AARW提供）

          
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