Boston, MA—SEIU 32BJ has formally endorsed the following candidates for statewide office and the Massachusetts State Legislature. The following statement can be attributed to Roxana Rivera, Director of 32BJ SEIU District 615:

“Right now, more than ever, Massachusetts needs champions of working families that will fight for workers’ rights. These representatives will work to create the good jobs and economic growth we need.”

The union plans to run a voter education and field operation to get out the vote in key races. 32BJ will also be phone banking and distributing leaflets to help educate communities on these important races.

STATEWIDE OFFICE:

• Martha Coakley for Governor
• Warren Tolman for Attorney General

LEGISLATURE:

• Representative Dan Donahue
  16^th Worcester (City of Worcester)
• Representative Diana Dizoglio
  14^th Essex (North Andover, Methuen, and Lawrence)
• Representative Mary Keefe
  15^th Worcester (City of Worcester)
• Steve Ultrino candidate for state representative
  33^rd Middlesex (Medford)
• Michelle DuBois candidate for state representative
  10^th Plymouth (Brockton and East Bridgewater)
• Senator Harriet Chandler
  1^st Worcester
• Senator Sonia Chang Diaz
  2^nd Suffolk (Boston)
• Representative Denise Andrews
  2^nd Franklin, Western Mass (Erving; Gill; New Salem; Orange; Warwick; Wendell; Belchertown; Athol; Petersham; Phillipston; Royalston; Templeton)
• Representative Gloria Fox
  7^th Suffolk
• Representative Dan Cullinane
  12^th Suffolk
• Ivette Hernandez
  10^th Hampden District (Springfield)
• Evandro Carvalho
  5^th Suffolk (Roxbury and Dorchester)

With more than 145,000 members, including 17,000 in Massachusetts, 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service union in the country. Paid for by 32BJ SEIU