Politics & Government
Lt. Governor To Honor Framingham-Based ESL Program
At a press conference in Lynn this afternoon, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray will honor MetroWest ESL Fund and 17 other organization for their efforts to help workers learn English, as part of the first statewide English Works Campaign Certificate of Recognition
Press Release from the Commonwealth:
Today, Sept. 22 Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray and the English Works campaign will join with Secretary of Labor Joanne Goldstein and others to honor 18 very different Massachusetts businesses for one common achievement — they all recognize the importance of helping their workers learn English.
One of the 18 to be honored is the in Framingham.
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Ranging from bread makers to health centers, from a candy company to a plastics factory, the businesses will receive the first statewide English Works Campaign Certificate of Recognition in a ceremony at the New American Center in Lynn today.
The award highlights the importance of immigrants to the Massachusetts economy, where one in six workers is foreign-born. It also raises awareness about the tremendous shortage of affordable, high quality English language instruction, but with a positive spin, demonstrating how businesses have become involved in creative private-public partnerships to solve the shortfall.
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