Elected Officials Statewide Pledge Support for Market Basket Boycott

From mayors to state representatives and state senators, more than 30 elected officials from across Massachusetts have now expressed their support for Market Basket employees asking their colleagues to join them in the Market Basket boycott.

In a statement released Monday afternoon, the 37 elected officials say they stand today with the thousands of employees who have walked out of their jobs protesting the firing of their beloved CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. 

"These employees know that Market Basket has been the chosen supermarket of so many people looking to save money on groceries," the statement says. "They know that the leadership of Arthur T. Demoulas is the reason Market Basket has been able to keep prices low while delivering quality products to mainly underserved areas. The current actions of the board and officers is one motivated by corporate greed and will only serve to destroy the legacy the Demoulas family has worked generations to establish.

The group of elected officials are asking their colleagues across the state to join the Market Basket boycott and "stand with it’s employees and with the standard of delivering low priced, quality groceries that Arthur T. Demoulas has set."

The growing list of elected officials supporting the Market Basket boycott include:

1. Mayor Daniel Rivera, Lawrence
2. Rep. Rosalee Vincent, Revere
3. Rep. Dan Ryan, Charlestown
4. Rep. Marcos Devers, Lawrence
5. Rep. Paul Frost, Auburn
6. Rep. James Dwyer, Woburn
7. Rep. Denise Provost, Somerville
8. Sen. Jamie Eldridge, Acton
9. Rep. Kate Hogan, Stow
10. Rep. Kenneth Gordon, Bedford
11. Rep. James Arciero, Westford
12. Rep. Thomas Golden, Lowell
13. Rep. Viriato deMacedo, Plymouth
14. Rep. Dennis Rosa, Leominster
15. Rep. Sean Garballey, Arlington
16. Sen. Jen Flanagan, Leominster
17. Sen. Sal DIDomenico, Everett
18. Rep. Colleen Gary, Dracut
19. Rep. Dave Nangle, Lowell
20. Sen. Joan Lovely, Salem
21. Rep. Mike Brady, Brockton
22. Mayor Stephen Zanni, Methuen
23. Rep. Diana DiZoglio, North Andover
24. Rep. Frank Moran, Lawrence
25. Sen. Richard Moore, Uxbridge
26. Sen. Mark Montigny, New Bedford
27. Sen. Pat Jehlen, Somerville
28. Rep. Steve DiNatale, Fitchburg
29. Rep. Bradley Jones, North Reading
30. Sen. Kenneth Donnelly, Arlington
31. Sen. Eileen Donoghue, Lowell
32. Rep. Marjorie Decker, Cambridge
33. Mayor Lisa Wong, Fitchburg
34. Mayor Jim Fiorentini, Haverhill
35. Rep. Tom Sannicandro, Ashland
36. Rep. Ryan C. Fattman, Sutton
37. Sen. Barry Finegold, Andover

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