Our Bills have been extended until Friday, July 19th – Please call today

In the Fall of 2019, IBEW 2222 was approached by House and Senate staffers requesting our help with forming a Union. The organizing drive was progressing nicely when COVID-19 closed the State House. In January 2023, organizers worked with Representative Patrick Kearney and Senator John Keenan to file S.2014/H.3069 – An Act relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees, which would change the law to allow legislative staff the right to organize, if they chose to do so. The legislation has since garnered support from organized labor, including the AFL-CIO.

In September 2023, 40 testifiers provided over three hours of testimony on the legislation during a public hearing held by the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (SARO). The committee did not yield a decision on the legislation and instead chose to extend its review of the bill into the summer, close to the end of the 2023-24 session.

Please call the SARO Committee Chairpersons, Senator Nick Collins and Representative Tony Cabral, and urge them to favorably report out of committee S.2014/H.3069 – An Act relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees. 

Senator Nick Collins 617-722-1150 / Representative Tony Cabral 617-722-2017