🗞️ 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.
We're fighting to ensure continuity of services for our clients, job protection, and recognition of our union contract at any successor agency. (2/2)
📢 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. 🗣️💯✅
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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.
Trans people have always been here.
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
United, we're fighting to protect essential services for the most vulnerable children across our state! ✊ (2/2)
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)
"Striking faculty returned to work Wednesday having won 'the highest minimum salaries of any unionized full-time, non-tenure track faculty in the country,' Brendan Hogan, a philosophy professor and spokesperson for CFU-UAW, said in a statement."
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🔥 Yesterday, DDS workers turned up the heat and delivered a petition to management with 700 signatures calling on the DDS commissioner to bargain over any schedule changes! #unionstrong
Following barista strike, Starbucks agrees to bargain with union - union still calls on allies to delete Starbucks app and not buy any Starbucks until agreement is reached
Collective action matters. When we fight, we win. ✊
Today, we remember and celebrate our dear Family Child Care leader, Maritza Manrique, who passed away on March 24, 2025. Her presence feels more alive than ever in every step we take as a community. Read more from SEIU 509 FCC Chapter President Celina Reyes: link.seiu509.org/honoring-maritza
✊ Across the country on March 28th, we're showing up to say: NO KINGS! Wear your purple and join the Boston Labor Contingent. Details below!
@massaflcio.bsky.social @gblcboston.bsky.social
Solidarity!! 💪