For seven Days, we’re raising our voices to demand Congress prioritize healthcare for working people– not more funding for ICE terror, family separation, & harm to our communities. Add your voice: tell us how healthcare cuts & ICE abuses affect you. Upload a video: seiu.co/7days #HealthcareNotHate

Happy Pride from America’s unions! We’re wishing the LGBTQIA+ community a joyful and safe Pride Month. Unions are for everyone, and the labor movement will keep fighting to make sure everyone can be their true selves, on and off the job 🏳️‍🌈✊

We thank Senator Crighton and Representative Reid for stopping by Family Child Care member leader Nirma's daycare program in Lynn to learn about the challenges family care educators are facing across the state.

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating! 🌙✨ May this day bring joy, peace, and full tables to you and your loved ones.

🎉 VICTORY! After months of petition gathering, lobbying, and a May Day lunchtime picket—DCF Central workers have won back overtime on transportation! When we fight, we win.

70k Massachusetts rideshare drivers organizing with the App Drivers Union just won official union recognition, making history as the first union of Uber and Lyft drivers in the US. This is the largest private sector workforce to win union recognition since Ford autoworkers in 1941.

📢 Calling all Medford activists! We have a real chance to improve working conditions for @32bjseiu.bsky.social building services workers. Urge your city councilors to pass a pro-worker ordinance in Medford today: link.seiu509.org/32bj

Better Living Community workers are purpling up at their worksites! 💜 Many BCL workers have been providing care for the Greater New Bedford area for over 20 years and deserve a fair contract that includes fair wage increases and stronger benefits for all. #1u

Big shoutout to 5,000+ Penn State faculty members who just WON their union! Faculty members across all ranks & departments, tenured & contingent, full-time & part-time, at Penn State University Park & across the Commonwealth Campuses achieved a historic victory. When we fight, we WIN! #UnionsForAll

This is what worker power looks like ✊ After nearly two years of negotiations, collective actions, a two-day strike, and growing community support—Lesley University Core faculty have reached a tentative agreement! (1/2)

Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands (ESCCI) workers purpled up at their recent annual meeting to call on management for stronger benefits! ESCCI workers should not have to choose between their health and a paycheck. #1u

Congressman @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined CHL workers to hear about their fight to save union jobs and continue the services & care our clients deserve! Thank you Congressman McGovern for supporting our fight. ✊

Tell Congress that working families are fed up. We’re paying more for healthcare, groceries and gas. It’s time to fund investments in our communities, not cruelty. Call 888-510-9445 and tell your representative to "VOTE NO" on Reconciliation. No more funding for ICE cruelty.

✊ ASAP workers from across the state came together for Older Adult Lobby Day at the State House! ASAP workers are fighting for continued services to our state’s elderly population and that workers are treated with dignity & respect. #1u

BREAKING: The Massachusetts Senate just passed the PROTECT Act with an overwhelming bipartisan vote! With a similar vote in the House, the PROTECT Act is now headed to conference committee. We are one step closer to immigrant protections being signed into law! Let’s get this done 👏👏👏

Yesterday, MAB workers delivered a petition to management in support of a first union contract! ✊ As contract negotiations continue, we call on management to bargain in good faith for the strong contract MAB workers deserve.

Workers make Logan Airport world class — and they deserve world-class pay, healthcare, and the right to organize. Proud to spend May Day in solidarity with @32bjseiu.bsky.social and Logan workers as they press for the rights and protections they deserve.

💪 509 members took to the streets for #MayDay! From Boston to Holyoke—we stand shoulder to shoulder with workers across the world fighting for dignified wages, better working conditions, & against the billionaire agenda!

Sí Se Puede! On International Workers' Day, the Coalition of Logan Airport Workers from 10 different unions made their voices heard in East Boston! 🦞🦀 #MayDay2026 #WorkersOverBillionaires #unitehere

I also want to express my support for the DCF workers of @seiu509.bsky.social who talked out today for better conditions and more resources to support our children and families in the Commonwealth.

💪 ICYMI: Lesley University Core faculty went on a two day strike for the strong contract they deserve! Huge shoutout to the Lesley community, elected leaders, and our labor family for standing in solidarity with us. #LesleyCoreOnStrike

This decision is an attack on Black voters & on the promise of equal representation. It is a deliberate attempt to weaken our power because when we vote together, we change outcomes! Courts do not have the final word, people do. Our vote matters, our voices matter—we will organize, mobilize, & win.

CHL workers standing strong at Worcester City Hall yesterday! We call on UMass memorial to engage community, state, and municipal stakeholders in the agency’s transition process. No disruption to services, save unions jobs, and ensure clients receive the care they deserve!

Sign the May Day Strong pledge and tell all your friends not to work, shop or go to school on May 1st! #MayDay #Indivisible #Resist #SEIU #NEA #AFT #AFLCIO

✊ Yesterday, 509 Family Child Care educators were at the State House advocating for dignified wage rates & increased funding for childcare! Thank you @teamtram.bsky.social for being our champion and to the 77 cosponsors in the House who stood with us. The fight continues!

ACTION ALERT 📢 Lesley Core faculty are officially ON STRIKE for livable wages, fair workloads, and job security! Join us today on the picket line as we send a clear message to Lesley University: Lesley works because we do. #LesleyCoreOnStrike #1u

Family child care educators: Join 509 for the Budget Day of Action on April 27! It's up to us to make our fight for better wage rates & increased funding for childcare known throughout the State House. RSVP here: act.seiu.org/a/budget-action

✊ On May 1st, SEIU 509 members are joining thousands of workers & allies across the country for a national day of action demanding that working people are put over the billionaire class! Find a May Day action near you: www.seiu509.org/may-day

🗞️ ICYMI: Lesley University CORE faculty have authorized a strike! Higher ed promises a more stable future for all of us, but many faculty workers are struggling to get by. Hear Local 509 members Pam & Kelvin share their stories in the recent Globe piece: link.seiu509.org/globe

Solidarity with Lesley CORE faculty!!

SEIU 509 members are unstoppable ✊ Mystic Valley Elder Services workers kicked off bargaining last week! MVES workers are fighting for stronger benefits and fair compensation.

The votes are in 📢 Lesley University faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor to authorize a STRIKE! Faculty are ready to strike for fair wages, manageable workloads, stopping the over reliance on temp faculty & a successorship clause that would retain their union contract.

📢 Community Healthlink workers spoke at last night's City Council meeting in Worcester, urging elected officials and community members to stand with us following the recent closure announcement. (1/2)

Happy Tax Day. Reminder that billionaires get lower tax rates than the folks teaching our kids, caring for our families, and building our communities.

💪 DCF Central workers can't stop, won't stop! Yesterday, DCF workers delivered their fair compensation for transportation overtime petition to Central Region Area Director, Pascaly Balzora-Rivert. United, we're making our demands known: respect the work, respect the worker!

Thank YOU @seiu509.bsky.social and the Tufts Grad Workers Union (TUGWU) members for coming to the State House to lobby for taxing the wealthy and corporations, protecting workers' rights, and fighting to protect our immigrant communities.

💪 Yesterday, over 250 SEIU 509 members showed up #unionstrong for Lobby Day! We shared our stories with state legislators, advocated for the issues that impact our communities, & made our presence known. Our fight for better working and living conditions for all MA families continues!

Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 2 births in America. Cutting it doesn't just strip coverage — it makes pregnancy a health risk for millions of women. #ProtectMedicaid #MedicaidAwarenessMonth

SEIU 509 was proud to be at the Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council Legislative Breakfast! Rank-and-file workers met directly with local legislators on how to strengthen our labor movement. We’re building #unionpower

The truth: The Mass High Tech Council, Mass Opportunity Alliance, and Mass Competitive Partnership are threatening to slash MORE than just your income tax. 🗣️💯✅ mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/pioneer-in...

SEIU 509 is proud to endorse Celina Reyes for State Rep. in the 16th Essex District! 🎉 From leading our Family Childcare Chapter to lobbying legislators in support of affordable and accessible childcare for all, Celina has been a fighter for Local 509 members and her community.

This Trans Day of Visibility, remember: A world without trans people has never existed. Trans people belong EVERYWHERE — today and EVERYDAY.

📢 Today, Save Our State (SOS) labor and community partners showed up to say: we won't allow the Mass High Tech Council to gut $5 billion from our schools, healthcare, & essential services and give tax breaks to the ultra-rich! Learn more: www.mhtcrevealed.com

Over the weekend, SEIU 509 & the @gblcboston.bsky.social Labor Contingent joined 180k people strong in Boston to say: #NoKings! The billionaire class is profiting off working people but, united, we’re fighting back! ✊

This movement is bigger than one rally. It’s about building a future where working people have the money to live, the power to choose, and the respect to be seen. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. #NoKings 📍 Atlanta

Solidarity with MNA UMass Memorial nurses picketing for safe patient care, competitive wages, and better working conditions! SEIU 509 has your backs 💪

Today is #EqualPayDay, the day we recognize that women earn 76 cents on the dollar compared to men. The labor movement is committed to closing the wage gap and making sure women get dignity and respect on the job—and the solution is a union contract!

✏️ Our 2026 scholarship application is open! Apply to make your education goals a reality this year. More info here: seiu509.org/2026-scholarships

📢 JOIN US FOR ROUND 2! 📢 The Save Our State protest is coming back, and this time we're on the move! Join labor and community partners Monday, March 30th in Post Office Square, Boston to tell members of the MHTC and MACP to RESIGN. RSVP: raiseupma.us/sos

Today, union members with SEIU 509, MNA, & AFSCME Local 1517 announced an overwhelming vote of no confidence in DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein for actions that represent the abandonment of Pappas’ vital mission as a rehabilitation hospital. (1/2)