WESTFIELD, MA –The MBTA Board of Directors voted today to award cleaning contracts that would eliminate an estimated 30 percent of the MBTA’s cleaning staff, reducing it from the current level of 315 janitors to 225 janitors next year. Certain work areas, which include much of the Red Line and the Silver Line, would experience […]

As the U.S. Congress continues to work toward commonsense federal immigration reform, yesterday Boston became the fifth city in the Commonwealth to pass a local resolution in support of the federal legislation. Introduced by Councilor Salvatore LaMattina, the resolution passed unanimously. “We are at a critical point in the national debate, so every voice raised

BOSTON, MA – “On behalf of the 18,000 members of SEIU Local 615, our sincerest thanks to Mayor Thomas Menino for devoting decades of his life to supporting Boston residents, workers and families. Mayor Menino has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with janitors to call for better wages and benefits to bolster workers and the communities they live

LAWRENCE, MA— Roberto Lora of Lawrence, MA, is one of 11 janitors at the New Balance offices who may be displaced when the company switches from their current contractor to a new one on January 31. “It’s hard for me to imagine what will happen if I lose my job at New Balance,” said Lora,

BOSTON, MA— Two bills were filed this session with support from SEIU Local 615: “An Act Relative to Economic Stability for Displaced Workers” (SD611 and HD2206) sponsored by Senator Chang-Diaz (D-Boston) and Representative Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge) and “An Act Relative to State Contracting” (SD 1023 and HD2645) sponsored by Sen. Kenneth Donnelly (D-Arlington) and Rep.