SEIU Local 509

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.

Tell M&T Bank to Choose Massachusetts, Not MAGA Tech Bros · SEIU 509 The Massachusetts High Tech Council is running two ballot questions on the 2026 ballot that would cut taxes for the ultra-rich at the expense of working people and the essential programs we rely on. J...

We’re telling M&T Bank to leave the council in protest and stand with Massachusetts families! RSVP here: link.seiu509.org/mt-protest

📢 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.

Lobby Day on April 8! - SEIU 509 Join your coworkers for Lobby Day at the State House!

More info here: seiu509.org/lobby-day-2026

A purple graphic with yellow and white text that says: UNITE. FIGHT. WIN. LOBBY DAY Join your union siblings for Lobby Day! Legislators will see who Local 509 members are, why the work you do matters, and why they need to stand with us on the issues that matter most. Wednesday, April 8, 2026 10 AM to 2 PM SEIU 32BJ Union Hall 26 West Street, 2nd floor Boston, MA 02111

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.

GIC update-great news! - SEIU 509 Today, she wrote to the GIC Board urging them to vote against the cost-shifting changes. While we will continue advocating for GLP-1 coverage, we

Read more here: www.seiu509.org/gic-news

✊ 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

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...

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

‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide Minnesotans urged not to work, shop or go to school as part of protests against ICE and the death of Renee Nicole Good

❗From Minnesota to cities nationwide, SEIU members are organizing against ICE’s campaign of fear. #ICEOut
Read the full article ⬇:
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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! ✊💜

Fifteen Thousand New York City Nurses are on an Open-Ended Strike It's the city's largest nurse strike in decades. The biggest hospitals are trying to roll back safe-staffing enforcement language and, ironically, health care benefits.

“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.”
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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

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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