(photos courtesy of Aaron Donovan/SEIU Local 509)

L-R: Kennedy, Warren. Bottom/L-R-: Local 888 Members Beth Rosenblum (Southborough) and Jim Corcoran (Mashpee), who posed questions to the candidates.

A group of our Local 888 members participated recently in SEIU State Council-organized U.S. Senate Forum.  At the completion of the candidates' presentation, our members cast their votes using our own Local 888 ballots.  In the end, our members tallied their votes in favor of Elizabeth Warren.  We then shared our results to the rest of the SEIU locals, where at Wednesday's full State Council meeting we all endorsed Warren's candidacy.

Left photo: Local 888 members Jorge Vargas (in foreground) and Lorna Pleas (in stripe shirt) discuss union issues with Kennedy. Right photo: President Boccardy as well directs questions at the candidate.

And for the Joe Kennedy III endorsement, Local 888 COPA leaders Jorge Vargas (Boston Schools Planning & Engineering) & Lorna Pleas (Boston Elderly Commission) participated in the interview session held last week in the SEIU State Council office. Each posed questions to Kennedy about his preparedness and viability as a candidate. In the end, Pleas and Vargas  cast their votes in support of his candidacy, along with several of the other SEIU local members in attendance.