Call Senator Nick Collins & Representative Tony Cabral 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 617-722-2813
The IBEW 2222 Committee On Political Education (C.O.P.E.) discussed requests for endorsement and financial support for candidates seeking office. The committee has unanimously agreed to continue our policy of endorsing only those officials and candidates who actively support our organization and our efforts.
The legislative staff at the Massachusetts State House reached out to IBEW 2222 to discuss the possibility of forming a union. Presently, legislative staff are not included in the list of public employees permitted to unionize under the Massachusetts Labor Relations Act, though employees in the executive and judicial branches are.