This #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor women labor leaders in our movement -- fighting not just for today, but for a future where all workers thrive! 💜

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Cancelled! M&T Bank has formally left the Mass High Tech Council ✊ More to come.

📢 Join Save Our State (SOS) labor and community partners on March 6 to demand M&T Bank leave the Massachusetts High Tech Council! MHTC is making plans to gut our schools, healthcare, and essential services.

Women LEAD. Women ORGANIZE. Women WIN. And yet — women are still underpaid, pushed out of leadership, & forced to fight for rights we already won. Women workers have always driven progress. Now we’re defending it. This #WomensHistoryMonth, we don’t just honor women’s leadership. We protect it.

SEIU 509 MEMBERS: SAVE THE DATE 📝 Join us for Lobby Day on April 8! This is an opportunity for you and your coworkers to speak to your state legislators and advocate for funding and policy change that shape your day-to-day conditions & protect workers across the state.

Únete a nosotros el Miércoles, 4 de Marzo a las 6:30 PM ¿Cómo unirse a estas llamadas? Visite www.strategiesforchildren.org/930call, haga clic en el botón naranja de registro y complete el formulario. Recibirá un correo electrónico con el enlace de Zoom.

✊ This is what union power looks like. Over the past few weeks, Local 509 state workers sent 1,300 emails to their state legislators, urging them to protect our healthcare! Because of your advocacy, the Governor has asked the GIC not to increase co-pays and deductibles.

Team 509 stands shoulder to shoulder with @32bjseiu.bsky.social Harvard janitors fighting for a fair contract that secures livable wages & strong benefits. Solidarity!

Reverend Jesse Jackson stood with and for working people. He understood that there is no civil rights movement without workers’ rights and no economic justice without strong unions. He showed us that dignity on the job is inseparable from dignity in our democracy.

Congratulations to SMFA Professors of the Practice at Tufts on ratifying their first union contract! 🎉 We’re proud of our members for taking action and showing up to the bargaining table to win immediate raises, protections for international workers, and more.

There's a hearing happening right now on this. The Healey admin is touting the benefits of regressive corporate giveaways that all 11 members of our federal delegation voted against. They are fiscally irresponsible and set us up for harmful budget cuts in the future. #mapoli

📢 Local 509 state workers: send a message today to protect the healthcare you and your families rely on! The GIC proposed cost shifts are unacceptable - take action now: act.seiu.org/a/gic-funding-feb-2026

🙌🏽 A huge win for Haitian families and all working people. Thanks to the bravery of Haitians who shared stories and the groups that challenged the Trump admin, Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can breathe easier today. The fight for a path to citizenship continues! #TPSjustice

Massachusetts child care providers are asking you:

ACTION ALERT! 📢 We need Congress to rein in federal immigration agents whose conduct is harming our families and communities. Call (202) 224-3121 and tell your senators you want #ICEOut of your community, NOW! seiu.co/49R0Ola

✊ This past Friday, SEIU 509 members joined with labor & community allies at the South Bay Center to demand ICE out of our communities! The current administration is aiming to divide working people & using violence to enforce this division. 509 won't stop fighting until every worker is safe! #ICEOut

Federal agents killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This moment demands vigilance NOT silence. Documenting & recording ICE is a constitutional right. 📣 Eyes on ICE: Document & Record 🗓️ 1/26 | ⏰ 8 PM ET 📍 RSVP NOW for link: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Accountability begins with 👀 truth

❗From Minnesota to cities nationwide, SEIU members are organizing against ICE’s campaign of fear. #ICEOut Read the full article ⬇: seiu.co/3M055JK

Action Alert! 📢 Across the country, we're rallying TOMORROW, January 23rd, in solidarity with our union siblings in Minneapolis to demand ICE out of our communities. As a union, we’re committed to protecting each other, our families, and our future. RSVP here: act.seiu.org/a/jan23-rally

This past August, SEIU 509 welcomed MAB Community Services workers to our union family. Yesterday, MAB workers kicked off their first contract negotiations to fight for better conditions at work! ✊💜

“We need the safe staffing. We need to feel safe in the workplace,” said bargaining committee member Rhonda Middleton-Roches, a nurse who works across a number of community clinics. “This right here is us saying we need what we need to take care of this community.” labornotes.org/2026/01/fift...

When care systems are stable, families are stable. Freezing billions in child care and social service funding puts kids, parents, and care workers at risk and makes an already broken system worse. Take action ➡️ link.seiu509.org/cc-funding

I’m grateful to earn the endorsement of SEIU Locals 1199, 32BJ, CIR/SEIU, 888, and 509 and I will keep fighting to make sure working people have real power, real job security, and a voice that can’t be ignored in Washington.

As we wrap up 2025, we're excited to share another Local 509 contract victory! Lesley University adjuncts organized and stood united to win a strong contract. Check out some of their wins below! 🎉

❄️ Happy Holidays from your union family! We wish you and your loved ones a safe holiday season and a happy new year.

☕ Over the weekend, SEIU 509 joined striking baristas on the picket line! Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org fighting for a fair contract. Pledge your support here: www.nocontractnocoffee.org

This past June, @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social adjuncts won their union with SEIU 509! Yesterday, as part of their fight for their first union contract, they delivered 100 holiday cards from students and supporters to the President, calling for fair wages, job security, & expanded benefits.

Local 509 was proud to name our union hall in honor of Jon Grossman, a true labor giant who has held many different roles at our local for decades. Jon has been an incredible mentor to so many of us. 💜💛 (1/2)

Happy Hanukkah to our union families who are celebrating December 14 - 22! 🕎

Federal workers refused to stay silent and WON. The Protect America’s Workforce Act is moving forward because workers organized, built a working majority, and forced Congress to act. WORKER POWER MADE THIS HAPPEN. 🎉

Federal workers are the front line of our democracy. If politicians can take away their rights today, they can take away any worker’s rights tomorrow. Tell Congress: Protect federal workers. Protect ALL workers. seiu.co/protect

Wondering how Fair Share funding is being spent? Here's your 2025 Paid for by Fair Share Wrapped.

In a rare moment of contracts aligning (and bosses failing to offer fair raises for over a year), both Lesley full-time and adjunct faculty are bargaining at the same time. Hierarchies of faculty are administrative shams. Solidarity is the only way anyone wins.

✊ Today, Lesley University faculty and students marched on the president to deliver a petition signed by over 500 supporters, including a supermajority of faculty, demanding a fair contract for CORE faculty and adjuncts!

✊ We’re proud to have joined our Protecting Massachusetts Communities (PMC) coalition partners yesterday in testifying at the State House. We call on our elected officials to pass legislation to defend immigrant communities from continued attacks. (1/2)

They want to make an example of David Huerta to scare organizers, immigrants, workers, and politicians into silence. But the example he sets is courage – and we stand united in solidarity for #JusticeForDavid

Generation after generation, Native American workers have shown us how to organize, resist, and win. This month, we honor that legacy and stand firm against attacks on equity and representation. The fight continues and our solidarity is unwavering! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

It's DAY 12 of our national, open-ended ULP strike. Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥

The shutdown’s over, but the damage is real. Workers went unpaid. Families lost food aid. Healthcare costs are climbing. Thune, Johnson, and Trump’s White House caused this chaos. Working families WON’T FORGET and WE WON’T FORGIVE.🔥🔥

Solidarity with Starbucks workers on STRIKE for what they deserve! ✊

This Veterans Day, let's honor our heroes with more than just words. Our Veterans are owed access to quality healthcare, mental health support, stable housing, and the respect they’ve earned. Real gratitude means action. Let’s stand up for those who’ve served. #VeteransDay

“…But this weak deal is no cause for celebration. Millions of working families of all backgrounds will now see their healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA tax credits expire… We won’t back down until Congress takes action to resolve our healthcare.”- @seiupres.bsky.social full statement: seiu.co/3Jv77Au

November is National Family Caregiver Month, and Local 509 Family Child Care members were honored to receive an award from the Massachusetts Caregiver Coalition for their fight in building a better childcare system that works for all families across the state. Congratulations! 🎉

Together with our labor and community partners in the @raiseupma.bsky.social coalition, we’re calling on elected officials to tap into the state’s rainy day fund and raise revenue to protect and expand essential services for the communities we serve. (1/2)

Thank you, Boston 💜 Thank you to every voter and volunteer, every candidate and campaign for strengthening our democracy. We are the city of champions, beacon for freedom & home for everyone. At a time of challenge and consequence, Boston is going to keep moving forward.

☔ It's pouring! Join us in calling on Gov. Healey & legislative leaders to tap a portion of the rainy day fund this year so that MA can prevent the worst harm from federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, education funding, and other critical programs: raiseupma.us/gilti-email #ProtectOurCare #mapoli

🥦🍎🥕SNAP doesn’t just feed families, it strengthens our communities, supporting food banks, grocery stores & the good jobs that keep food on America’s tables. In 2020, it supported nearly 200,000 grocery workers. Hunger doesn’t stop during a shutdown & neither should benefits.

🚨The same lawmakers who refuse to lower healthcare costs for working families are now ready to take food from kids, seniors, and people with disabilities. If this shutdown continues, 42 million people could lose SNAP benefits in November. Unacceptable — full stop.

🚨In rural towns, SNAP is an economic lifeline. Those same communities, already having to travel further for work and medical care, could lose access to affordable food too. This is what happens when politics is prioritized over people. Learn more: seiu.co/4qndZk1 #SNAP #GovernmentShutdown