Citing a long history of support for the environmental movement, delegates to the SEIU Massachusetts State Council voted unanimously to support the upcoming People’s Climate March in New York City on September 20-21, 2014. Heads of state will be in …

All Local 888 members are urged to attend the Raise Up Massachusetts Volunteer Leader Convention to begin work on winning the Earned Sick Time ballot referendum.  The meeting will be on July 26 at 12:00 PM at 150 Mt. Vernon …

The Raise Up coalition that sought an increase in the state’s minimum wage ended its bid to put a question on the November ballot after the state legislature approved a bill increasing the $8-per-hour minimum wage to $11 by 2017. …

The passage of a bill to increase the minimum wage also gave a big boost to the safety of the state’s workforce. The bill included a measure that will extend Occupational Safety and Health Administra­tion (OSHA) protections to executive branch …