Early Retirement Bill Hearing

On Tuesday, May 17th the Joint Committee on Public Service held a public hearing on Senator Tolman's Early Retirement Bill for State Employees (S1868). DDS Chapter President Stu Dickson and Local 509 Political Director testified on behalf of SEIU Local 509's support of this bill. Besides for the oral testimony given, more than 800 members have contacted their state legislators via email and phone. We want to thank our members for all of their hard work advocating for this bill.

Despite the strong showing of support, we are not hopeful that something will pass soon. We wish we had better news to report but don't want to mislead anyone. We are going to continue fighting for the bill and urge everyone who hasn't already taken action to do so here:  Early Retirement Hearing.

SEIU Credited as "Vital Support" in Patrick's Election Day Win

This fall the SEIU State Council pulled together 100 members from around the state to work full time on the state wide election on November 2nd. The SEIU State Council is made of SEIU 509, SEIU 615, SEIU 888 and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. In an article, the Boston Globe sited SEIU as "vital support" that helped turnout the winning vote for Gov. Patrick. Click here to read more.

Many thanks to all the SEIU 509 members who contributed time and effort in the important election on November 2nd!