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 in. He has been a tireless advocate for immigrants by establishing the Office of New Bostonians and through his work to streamline the path to citizenship for thousands of immigrants.

As the only mayor a generation of Bostonians has known, his announcement signals the end of an era, and the beginning of the next chapter in the city’s history.”