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Union, Elected Officials To Protest At Framingham Hotel Project

The demonstration will highlight misdeeds by subcontractors at the Aloft by Marriott site, according to the Carpenters Local 336 union.

The under-construction Aloft Hotel at 130 Worcester Road in Framingham.
The under-construction Aloft Hotel at 130 Worcester Road in Framingham. (Google Maps)

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A group of union members and elected officials will demonstrate Wednesday outside the Aloft by Marriott hotel project along Route 9 to draw attention to wrongdoing by subcontractors there, according to union officials.

The developer, Jamsan Hotel Management Group, is using construction firms that have been linked to paying workers under-the-table and safety problems at job sites in other states, according to the Carpenters Local 336 union. The union says the same things are happening at the Framingham site.

The demonstration will also draw attention to two bills in the state Legislature aimed at stopping wage theft and granting the state Attorney General more power to sue companies that steal employee wages.

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"Real people, their families and communities, are being injured by contractors that cheat and steal wages from hard-working employees. We see this happening in city after city across Massachusetts," Framingham state Rep. Maria Robinson said in a news release. "Getting the wage theft bill passed is an issue of justice and equity.”

The demonstration will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the 130 Worcester Road construction site. State Reps. Robinson and Jack Lewis and Framingham Councilor John Stefanini are slated to attend.

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