The city of Boston has signed a contract with local garment manufacturer Sterlingwear of Boston to produce up to 150,000 medical gowns for the city’s first responders and frontline workers, mayor Martin J Walsh recently announced. The partnership has helped reemploy highly skilled garment workers while providing much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE).
"During these challenging times, I am pleased that the City of Boston has been able to support a long-time, locally-owned business, while producing needed, high quality PPE to support Boston's first responders," an official release quoted Walsh as saying.The city of Boston has signed a contract with local garment manufacturer Sterlingwear of Boston to produce up to 150,000 medical gowns for the city's first responders and frontline workers, mayor Martin J Walsh recently announced. The partnership has helped reemploy highly skilled garment workers while providing much-needed personal protective equipment.#
Mayor Walsh and the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) worked together to identify a way to support both a locally-owned business and workers, while increasing the supply of PPE for the city’s first responders and frontline workers.
Prior to pivoting operations to produce medical gowns, Sterlingwear of Boston was set to close after the US government ended a 45-year contract to manufacture the traditional US Navy wool peacoats earlier this year. Sterlingwear of Boston is the last remaining garment manufacturer in the city.
Over the past 55 years, the company has made uniforms for almost every branch of the US military from its East Boston factory. It is also expected to manufacture medical gowns for small and local businesses, including community health centers, and assisted living and nursing homes.
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