Tackey Chan is the State Representative for the Second Norfolk District, including thirteen of the thirty precincts in Quincy, Massachusetts. Tackey is a lifelong resident of Quincy and was first elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010. He is currently serving his sixth term in office. In 2010, Tackey was one of the three first State Representatives of Asian American descent elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and is the first Asian American and minority elected to office in the City of Quincy. As the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure he oversees legislation pertaining to alcohol licensure, the state lottery, horseracing, all non-medical licensed professionals, and consumer protection issues.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 41-year precedent in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case, ruling that public workers who benefit from collective-bargaining efforts do not need to pay for said efforts. This legislation would allow unions to charge non-members a reasonable fee for union representation in grievance and arbitration cases.