Longtime Local 888 member, COPA Committee activist, and Executive Board member Mike Kelly retired from the Mass Lottery after 42 years and from the Local 888 Executive Board on Feb. 1**.**

President Mark DelloRusso presented Mike Kelly with some congratulatory cake and grateful thanks from all of the members and staff of Local 888.

"Mike was never shy about expressing his views, even if they were unpopular or controversial," said DelloRusso. "No one could ever doubt his commitment and dedication to our union and the labor movement."