“At my old job there was a union - they would protect me.” #MeghanMarkle knows the power of a union! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
SEIU Local 509
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SEIU Local 509
@SEIU509
At over 23,000 members and growing, SEIU Local 509 is the union for Massachusetts health and human service workers and educators.
- BREAKING: Union members are protesting in a dozen+ cities across the country in solidarity with our union sister who was snatched by masked ICE agents. An injury to one is an injury to all!
- JUST IN: @SEIU509 president @509pmackinnon just sent this letter to @SecMartyWalsh urging @POTUS to #cancelstudentdebt. “On behalf of @SEIU Local 509 membership, workers across the country, and the future of our nation, we ask the Biden administration to act boldly.”
- Last night, @SEIU projected this over the Boston Common to send a clear message: in the face of fascism, labor won't back down. We will continue to call for the immediate release of our union sibling Rümeysa until she is free!
- BREAKING NEWS: @gradworkersofBU win their #union in a landslide victory. When we fight, we win. Welcome to the @SEIU Family! Read more: bit.ly/3YhXl7p
- SEIU Massachusetts State Council Denounces Detention of Tufts Graduate Student and SEIU 509 member Rumeysa Ozturk. Read more here: seiu509.org/seiu-massachus…
- This #LaborDay, we honor each and every worker who fought for the safety and well-being of this country. #UnionStrong #ThankaUnion
- The Local 509 Joint Executive Board stands with Alice Wong. Disability rights are workers' rights, and every member of our community deserves to be protected from the ongoing pandemic and the climate crisis.
- BREAKING: Our SEIU 509 union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being released from detention! We are so grateful to all of our labor and community allies who have stood with Rümeysa throughout this fight.
- SEIU Local 509 joins our labor movement siblings in calling for a #CeasefireNowInGaza. Our solidarity principles ground us in a vision for a world that includes justice for all marginalized communities. Read our full Joint Executive Board resolution: bit.ly/509-ceasefire
- VICTORY 🎉 Boston University part-time faculty have overwhelmingly ratified their contract (99% YES) that includes strong wage increases, equitable workloads, and more!
- Happy Labor Day! For centuries, workers and unions around the world have fought to make life better for working families. We carry on that fight today. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
- BREAKING: @gradworkersofBU have walked off the job to demand a strong contract! Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions—we make BU run! ✊ #BUGWUOnStrike
00:00 - “The power of the people is always greater than the people in power.” @AyannaPressley #defendabortion
