by Jon Hurst, RAM President
As Massachusetts voters head to the polls next week, they will be voting on five ballot questions which seek to pass new laws in the Commonwealth. As voted by our Board of Directors, two of those questions—Questions 2 and 5—are being opposed by the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (RAM). RAM urges our members, their employees, families, friends and neighbors to vote NO on 2 and 5.
The common denominator of these two questions is that they are both counterproductive for the future of those residents most directly affected—our high school students and tipped service workers. The other interesting connection between the two questions is that they are being pushed by the deep pockets of special interest groups, one from here in Massachusetts, and the other an out of state national lobbying interest group.