星期五, 9月 23, 2022
AG HEALEY SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF TEXAS RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE FOR ABORTION CARE
AG HEALEY SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF TEXAS RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE FOR ABORTION CARE
Multistate
Amicus Brief Argues Texas’ Abortion Laws Violate Individuals’ Constitutional
Right to Interstate Travel
BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today
joined a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief
in support of the right of Texas residents, as well as those visiting the state
for school, work or vacation, to travel to other states to access or provide
safe and legal abortions.
The brief,
filed today Fund Texas Choice et al. v. Ken Paxon et al., argues that an
individual’s constitutional right to interstate travel is at risk due to Texas’
anti-abortion laws, and that interference with that right poses a substantial
threat to the liberty and safety of those individuals, some of whom may need to
leave the state under urgent circumstances. Texas’ laws not only deprive its
residents of access to the reproductive care they may need within Texas’
borders, but also, as Texas lawmakers have indicated, seek to impede an
individual’s ability to travel access state lines to obtain an abortion,
provide an abortion, or to support a patient in need of an abortion. The brief
argues that while Texas may regulate abortion within its borders, intruding on
the right to interstate travel, including for abortion, is illegal.
“Following
Dobbs, we made a commitment to ensure that patients from across the
country can access abortion and to protect providers offering that care,” AG
Healey said. “Interstate travel is a constitutional right and we
are going to do everything we can to protect access to critical health care.”
Fund
Texas Choice et al. v. Ken Paxton et al. was
filed by a group of reproductive health advocacy organizations – Fund Texas
Choice, Jane’s Due Process, the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity, Clinic
Access Support Network, The Afiya Center, West Fund, and OB-GYN Dr. Ghazaleh
Moayedi. Today’s brief supports the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary
injunction to block several of Texas’ anti-abortion laws. According to the
motion, Dr. Moayedi is seeking to travel out-of-state to provide abortion
services in states where abortions are legal, and the organizations are seeking
to support individuals in Texas seeking to travel out-of -state to
obtain reproductive care.
The brief
argues that while Texas may regulate abortion within its borders, intruding on
the right to interstate travel, including for abortion, is unlawful. The
coalition states have thousands of residents living in Texas to attend college
or graduate school, or for work, and millions of others visit the state each
year, and as such, the states want to ensure their residents can leave Texas
and return to their home states to access time-sensitive, legal and safe
medical care. As states that are committed to protecting access to reproductive
healthcare, the coalition states are also seeking to preserve the right to
travel for millions of individuals that live in states with restrictive
abortion laws like Texas’ and for whom travel to seek an abortion is critical.
In July,
the Massachusetts Legislature passed An Act Expanding Protections for
Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care, which includes protections
for healthcare workers who provide abortion services to patients living outside
the state—both those who travel to Massachusetts for care, and those who
receive care in their home states from Massachusetts providers via
telemedicine.
加斯林糖尿病中心第18屆「薑味」 吳弭、Deval Patrick助陣
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| 「薑味」廚藝大賽由JP 復市集團董事長梁戰士 (左二)主持，大廚曹明 (左四)和Tran Le (右四)競比，加斯林糖尿病中心科學者金良城 (右起)，大廚甄碧鳳、加斯林董事長Roberta Herman，Smoke Shop BBQ大廚Andy Husbands (左一)當評審，NBC10號電視台新聞主播Susan Tran市當晚司儀。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 波士頓市長吳弭致詞後，和「薑味」廚藝共同主席甄碧鳳合影。 (周菊子攝) |
加斯林糖尿病中心科學長，也是2000年創辦加斯林亞裔糖尿病研進會 (AADI)的金良城 (George
King)表示，來年的二項重點為針對患糖尿病亞裔母親做治療研究，以及尋找可以幫助亞裔糖尿病患者的新設備或儀器。
根據加斯林糖尿病中心今年一月發表的報告，這類儀器包括自動化胰島素劑量的Tandem
Diabetes Control-IQ等。
麻州前州長Deval Patrick 重逢當年粉絲黃州麗桃，開心合影。 (周菊子攝)
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| 華林功夫泰及學校瑞獅獻吉，會場熱鬧十分。 (周菊子攝) |
新上任的波士頓市聯邦關係主任Sam
Hyun，也獲邀上台講話。他侃言亞裔社區需要團結，在美國社會中發揮更大影響力，但由於現場音響效果不佳，聽清楚他發言內容的人不多。
今年的「薑味」由金良城的門生，加斯林糖尿病中心醫師何志恆 (Henry
He)，以及CSoft 國際及CSoft 健康科學公司董事長葉雪泥 (Shunee Yee)擔任「薑味」共同主席，曾任劍橋廚藝學校教師的甄碧鳳和8月份開張了第10家餐館的富士集團董事長梁戰士擔任廚藝主席。
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| 今年的薑味共同主席維何志恆 (左)和葉雪泥 (右)。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 甄碧鳳(左二)和夏棚老闆兼大廚Jasper White (右四)和華埠社區人士合影。 (周菊子攝) |
梁戰士當晚還主持了一場廚師PK大賽，由JP富士集團大廚曹明和Pho Le餐廳大廚Tran Le競比，由加斯林糖尿病中心董事長 Roberta Herman，科學長金良城，以及甄碧鳳和Smoke Shop BBQ大廚Andy Husbands等4人當評審。不少人現場偷師，看得十分專注。
根據AADA的中英文雙語官網，「薑味」，或「薑之饗宴」既是關於糖尿病的教育活動，更是支持亞裔糖尿病計畫，創辦迄今17屆，在這第18屆之前，累計已為AADI籌得260萬元。
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| 梁戰士 (中)主持大廚PK大賽，訪問Tran Le。左為曹明。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 常熟大廚陳維禮準備的龍蝦松，西人也喜歡。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 早年經營醫療器材公司十分成功，現已轉手的李允中，秦筠夫婦也來支持「薑味」。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 華林太極功夫學校創辦人余翠梅 (左)和門徒蘇靜思 (右)。 (周菊子攝) |
星期四, 9月 22, 2022
波士頓北一女校友會迎新野餐 永久會員再添4人
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| 部分出席校友與出席眷屬合影。 (趙小怡提供) |
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| 波士頓北一女校友會會長吳杏玫請波士頓經文處處長孫儉元 (左)、波士頓僑教中心主任 潘昭榮當嘉賓，出席活動。(周菊子攝) |
許多校友響應會長號召，穿上當年的綠制服，或綠色衣飾出席活動，彷如重塑當年校內滿園春景像。
當天到場的好幾名校友直言，這還是新冠病毒疫情爆發以來，第一次出門參加社團活動，看到那摩多同學，朋友，好開心。
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| 第一次出席波士頓北一女校友會活動的校友有，左起，江雨慈，梁雅惠，洪一慈，吳冠穎 、趙雨辰，張薰文，林曉嵐。 (周菊子攝) |
前前任會長吳萍萍二年前就準備好要交接，卻被疫情打亂一切。這天野餐聚會，讓她有機會完成當初的交接與感謝。由於這天有不少新校友參加，她還特地介紹了歷屆會長，依序為創會會長趙小怡，以及吳國志，江佩蓉，李欣，吳萍萍，張冕，吳杏玫。
駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長孫儉元，波士頓僑教中心主任潘昭榮，這天都應邀出席並致詞。
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| 波士頓北一女校友會的歷屆會長趙小怡 (右起)，吳國志，江佩蓉，李欣，吳萍萍，吳杏玫。 (周菊子攝) |
孫儉元當天在讚揚北一女校友傑出，團結之餘，鼓勵校友會吸引更多年輕人參加，以利傳承。
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| 波士頓北一女校友會會長吳杏玫 (中) 為繳費成為永久會員的校友，親手製作紀念禮物。 左起為許翠玲，張松梅，江雨慈，饒雨涵。 (周菊子攝) |
在野餐及嘉賓致詞後，由吳萍萍主持遊戲環節。她安排了養生食物搶答，養生穴道操講解，為校友復習「唯我女校，寶島名高，莘莘學子，志氣凌霄，公誠勤毅，校訓孔昭……為我女界爭光輝」的北一女校歌歌詞，請校友們合唱。還請江佩蓉帶跳韻律舞。
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| 右起，候任會長饒雨涵，現任會長吳杏玫，理事林遊嵐，李欣、吳萍萍，林麗珠，李苡惠。 (周菊子攝) |
3 韓國餐館違反薪資法罰款5萬餘元
KOREAN FOOD STORES LOCATED IN NORTH SHORE MALLS CITED FOR WAGE AND HOUR, CHILD LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS
Citations
Total Over $51,000 Including Restitution for Affected Workers
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey has issued citations, totaling over $51,000, to three
specialty Korean food stores located in the Burlington Mall and the North Shore Mall for wage and hour and child labor violations.
Peabody Losoon Park, Inc. dba Losoon Park, and its
owners Losoon Park and Mili “Terry” Kim were issued nine citations for various
labor violations including failure to pay wages, pay minimum wage and overtime,
furnish and keep true and accurate payroll records, issue a suitable paystub,
provide earned sick time, obtain a valid work permit for working teens, and for
the employment of a minor past 8:00 p.m. without supervision. Park and Kim
operate several Korean food stores located in Burlington and local Simon Malls
in the North Shore area.
The AG’s Office began investigating the company after
receiving a complaint from a driver working for Losoon Park, alleging that they
were not properly compensated for hours worked at the required minimum wage, or
paid for overtime hours worked. The office issued a payroll demand to the
company, however, Losoon Park has not furnished all required records, including
payroll records and time-keeping records, requiring investigators to rely on
employee testimony to audit the company.
The AG’s Fair Labor Division found that Losoon Park
frequently failed to pay employees for hours worked. Employees were also not
offered earned sick leave or provided suitable paystubs. Additionally, the AG’s
investigation uncovered that at least two minors worked past 8 p.m. without
supervision, and that neither minor employee had been asked for a work permit
prior to or during their employment.
Workers who believe that their rights have been violated in
their workplace are encouraged to file a complaint at www.mass.gov/ago/fairlabor.
For information about the state’s wage and hour laws, workers may call the AG’s
Fair Labor Hotline at (617) 727-3465 or go to www.mass.gov/ago/fairlabor
for materials in multiple languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
This case was handled by Assistant Attorney General Amy
Goyer and Supervising Investigator Jennifer Pak, both of the AG’s Fair Labor
Division.
新英格蘭美中藥協第24屆年會 9/24
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