Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has appointed a new Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
Rachel Kaprielian, the current registrar of motor vehicles, will replace Joanne Goldstein who is leaving the governor’s cabinet for an administration job a Northeastern University. Patrick in a statement praised Goldstein for her four years of dedication and commitment to workers, employers and job seekers. Goldstein had been under fire for the rollout of a new $46 million computer system that left many unable to get unemployment benefits when it went into operation on July 1st, according to Chris Horton, a Worcester-based advocate for the unemployed.
"Tens of thousands of people are being negatively affected by this."
Patrick said Goldstein’s departure had nothing to do with the troubled computer system.
