Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | October 30, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Leading the way in our community 17-696-027 Rev. 00 10/17 We celebrate all of the recipients of this year's Outstanding Women in Business awards for leading the way in our community. We're especially proud of Jill Lebow, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Fallon Health. Your leadership moves us forward! Treat your group to a memorable event at the theatre. Our function spaces can accommodate social gatherings as well as corporate meetings and private events including: Your Event Takes Center Stage For more information contact Mark Steina, special events coordinator at 508.471.1799 or mark@thehanovertheatre.org TheHanoverTheatre.org/rental • fundraisers & benefits • breakfasts, luncheons, buffets, dinners & cocktail parties • networking or staff socials • donor & client appreciation events • weddings, ceremonies & celebrations UMass EMTs picket after contract talks stagnate Paramedics and EMTs for UMass Memorial Medical Center picketed out- side of the hospital on Plantation Street on Oct. 24 after contract talks fell through on the previous Friday. The local union, backed by the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics, has been working without a contract since July, the groups said in a press release. Union leaders met with hospital lead- ership on Oct. 20 in an effort to resolve the dispute, but no agreement was reached. According to Bryan Urato, the local union president, the talks have been federally mediated and will continue until both the hospital and the union come to an agreement. No strike is planned over the matter, he said. Talks on Oct. 20 revealed both sides are not any closer to coming to an agreement. The former contract caused staffing issues due to low wages and have over- whelmed the department, and due to stagnant wages, new hires make more than some longtime medics, according to a statement released by the group on Oct. 23. "We're looking to attract new medics and keep good medics," Urato said. The Usual restaurant owner gets 14 years in jail The former owner of The Usual res- taurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester will serve a prison term of 14 to 16 years for an array of drug and money laundering charges, according to his plea agreement. Kevin Perry, a 43-year-old Worcester resident, was arrested in March and charged with nine counts of money laundering, three counts of aggravated cash structuring, one count of making a false statement on a loan application and one count of distribution of fentan- yl. Perry has agreed to a prison term of 14 to 16 years, five years of supervised release and forfeiture nine properties, vehicles, and nearly $2 million. The Usual reopened as The Chameleon in June with new owners and the wife of the former owner as a silent partner. W

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