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Lori Trahan: “412 employees were just terminated without severance…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 04:09

That means, you know, another round of direct cash pay because those bills are piling up. It absolutely means extending those unemployment benefits. I mean, I have Southwick right in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where 412 employees were just terminated without severance, without health care [at Southwick in Haverhill, Massachusetts]. They need that unemployment benefit in order to, you know, keep their families safe and afloat. So, and then no matter what town or city I'm in, in the third Congressional District and beyond, they need relief. (04:09–04:19)

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Asserts that 412 employees at Southwick in Haverhill, Massachusetts, were terminated without severance or health care.

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