On Wednesday May 9th 1199SEIU’s union hall in Dorchester was the venue for the launch of the Greater Boston Labor Council’s campaign to assure that Elizabeth Warren is elected as the next United States Senator from Massachusetts on Tuesday November 6, 2012. To see photos, click here. To see video, click here, here, and here.

On Monday April 9th a capacity crowd of over three hundred unionists attended the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual legislative breakfast held in the rooftop ballroom of the OMNI Parker House Boston. 

St. Patrick is known for driving the snakes out of Ireland. This St. Patrick’s Day, he tried to drive the snakes out of Verizon. 

On Friday, March 2, the United Auto Workers, community leaders, and elected officials held a press conference in front of Matt Romney's headquarters in Boston to tell Mitt Romney: don't bet against the auto industry; don't bet against the American worker. 

The 2nd Annual "Organizing Our Future" conference hosted by the Greater Boston Labor Council Futures Committee was held on February 26th at the Boston Teachers Union Hall.  85 union members, community activists and students, 35 and under, were in attendance.  The purpose of this conference was to empower, educate and connect young union members around Boston to be more knowledgeable and active in their local unions, in their communities and the Greater Boston Labor Council Futures Committee. 

On Sunday February 19th approximately 250 members of the Machinists union and leaders and activists from GBLC affiliated unions protested the lack of progress in first contract talks outside Ernie Boch Honda on the auto-mile in Norwood. Thirty mechanics and technicians employed by Boch Honda voted for IAM union representation in November of 2010 and over twenty unfair labor practice charges have been filed by the IAM as Boch refuses to bargain in good faith. 

Community Labor United, [CLU] the Greater Boston Labor Council’s sister organization is standing strong with the Boston Building Trades Council in its struggle with the Marriot Copley and Host Hotels. A major renovation of the Hotel’s 1,100 rooms is underway utilizing a contractor who has hired a largely out of state workforce receiving sub-standard wages and no benefits. For more photos, click here.

The Greater Boston Labor Council is very proud to announce that we have brought the Worker Centers at MassCOSH (the Mass Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health) and the Chelsea Collaborative into the official house of labor. 

Over 300 union members and protesters at Occupy Boston joined forces on October 13, 2011 to demand good jobs and protest the abuses of Wall Street. Rich Rogers, Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Greater Boston Labor Council, AFL-CIO opened up the program with Darlene Lombos, the Executive Director of Community Labor United.