Jake Oliveira is the great-grandson of immigrants from Portugal and Poland, who settled in Ludlow, Springfield and Palmer. They worked in the Ludlow Mills and put down strong roots in Western Massachusetts. Jake’s grandfather Bolac Bastek helped to build the Quabbin reservoir.
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis has changed the way our economy functions. Access to wide-spread testing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial to the reopening of the economy. Support for our working families and front-line workers will need to be strengthened long after we begin our recovery.