IMMIGRATION WIN: The PROTECT Act has been signed into law! The new law strictly limits local law enforcement assistance to ICE, bans new 287(g) agreements for civil immigration enforcement and prohibits ICE civil arrests at Massachusetts state courthouses. Together, we made this possible!

Union power is political power! Over the weekend, SEIU 509 member leaders met for the Committee on Political Education (COPE) summer social. ☀️ Leaders are gearing up and building collective political power at work and in their communities!

Working people are tired of hearing about “record profits” while they fight for scraps and struggle to make ends meet. Working people are hungry for change and real financial stability, and a union contract is how to make that happen!

Former SEIU 509 member Jim O’Day for re-election as State Representative of the 14th Worcester District! #mapoli

☔ Rain or shine, DTA workers are continuing the fight for more staffing to ensure they can serve their clients and communities. Check out photos from the lunchtime picket today in Taunton!

✊ Yesterday, Better Community Living members rallied to demand a fair contract that protects workers’ input in their schedules! BCL workers who provide essential, life-affirming care deserve dignity & a say in their working conditions. Show your solidarity: act.seiu.org/a/bclschedules

Charges have been dropped against SEIU USWW President David Huerta. A win for workers! We won’t stop speaking up to demand justice for all workers, no matter where they were born. We will not be silenced.

SEIU Local 509 members are proud to endorse these candidates for the MA State House! #mapoli

Labor and community showed up #unionstrong in solidarity with MAB workers! 💪 Workers rallied to demand a fair union contract that secures livable wages, retirement benefits, & protections for immigrant workers amidst a workforce crisis. Our fight continues until we get the contract we deserve!

✊ DMH workers and supporters gathered yesterday at DMH Brockton to make it clear that we stand up against management who target and discriminate against union members! Respect the work, respect the worker. Thank you to the Brockton state delegation for standing with us!

Today, Fall River DTA workers held a lunchtime picket to draw attention to the crisis clients and DTA workers are facing across the state 📢 Together, we’re demanding increased staffing and state action to protect SNAP now!

📢 Join MAB Community Services workers on July 15 as they rally for a fair contract! MAB workers are fighting for livable wages, retirement benefits, & protections for immigrant workers. RSVP here: act.seiu.org/a/mab-rally-fair-contract-1

TODAY: JRI therapists and family mentors in the Children's Friend and Family Services (CFFS) division are launching their union organizing campaign with SEIU 509! CFFS staff are fighting for fair compensation and better working conditions across the organization. (1/2)

TODAY: JRI therapists and family mentors in the Children's Friend and Family Services (CFFS) division are launching their union organizing campaign with SEIU 509! CFFS staff are fighting for fair compensation and better working conditions across the organization. (1/2)

SEIU Local 509 members are proud to endorse these candidates for the MA State House! #mapoli

Solidarity to state workers in Massachusetts at DTA Malden who are fighting for safe staffing levels! When state workers who provide essential services to our communities are overwhelmed by caseloads, we all suffer.

SEIU Local 509@seiu509.bsky.social · last mo.

💪 DTA Malden workers are united in the fight for more staffing in order to reduce overwhelming caseloads and continue to deliver quality, essential services to families across the state!

💪 DTA Malden workers are united in the fight for more staffing in order to reduce overwhelming caseloads and continue to deliver quality, essential services to families across the state!

✊ Today, Family Child Care educators delivered a petition with over 1,000 signatures demanding Governor Healey take urgent action and allocate adequate funding for child care workers. Child care can't wait!

We won't back down! After the Supreme Court's immoral ruling allowing TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians to end, working people gathered on the Court’s steps to demand Congress act now to #ProtectTPS holders and create a pathway to citizenship for all.

Today's SCOTUS ruling will potentially force thousands of working people and their families back to Haiti and Syria to their potential death. Congress must act quickly to protect TPS holders and create a path to citizenship. See my full statement: www.seiu.org/2026/06/seiu...

If corporations can afford union-busting, they can afford better wages.

#StrikeAlert🪧 Concessions workers at 2 New England airports — Grove Bay workers @IFlyRhodeIsland & Areas workers @BostonLogan — have authorized strikes during #FIFAWorldCup games. ✈️ ⚠️ Without a #FairContract, Grove Bay workers could walk off the job as soon as tomorrow!

✊ MAB Community Services workers have been negotiating their first union contract for nearly a year. Stand with MAB workers and urge the CEO to settle on a fair contract that secures livable wages, just cause, & protections for immigrant workers: act.seiu.org/a/mab-community

Solidarity with @local26-unitehere.bsky.social airport workers who recently authorized a STRIKE! Airport workers make Logan run and deserve to be compensated fairly ✊

UNITE HERE Local 26@local26-unitehere.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨🚨 #StrikeAlert: Local 26 workers employed by Areas at Boston Logan International Airport have voted 100% YES to authorize a strike! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/19/b...

This #Juneteenth and beyond, we uplift the labor of Black activists continuing the fight for racial justice & dignity in the workplace. We're proud to fight alongside SEIU 509 PSHS stewards like Djamila who have won Juneteenth as a paid holiday in their union contract.

VICTORY! Today, the MA Supreme Judicial Court voted against the income tax cut ballot initiative moving forward toward the November ballot. It would’ve created a $5B budget hole and triggered massive cuts to local schools, healthcare and other public services.

Dismantling the Department of Education hurts children & workers! School aides, bus drivers, custodians & educators, are the backbone of schools, yet they’re being pushed aside while the rich get tax cuts. Public education needs more funding. This is a way for the powerful to damage workers' lives.

Trump Breaks Up Education Dept., Prompting Worries Over Civil Rights

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

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💪 Scenes from the 2026 @labornotes.bsky.social conference! A contingent of SEIU 509 members led & participated in workshops on building worker power. The labor movement is alive & strong, and we're ready to take back the tools we've learned and apply them at our workplaces & in our communities!

ACTION ALERT 🚨 10,000 MA families could lose child care due to child care educators struggling to keep their programs open. We need your help to protect family child care across Massachusetts! Urge Governor Healey to increase funding for family child care workers NOW: link.seiu509.org/fcc6-26

🪧 DTA workers are fighting back against staff shortages & restrictive staffing policies that make it difficult to serve families across the state! Together, we’re making our demands heard: respect the work, respect the worker!