Longtime IBEW 2222 member Thomas Sweeney needs our support. Thomas is a Service Rep at 6 Bowdoin Square, Boston. In 2023, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has been undergoing treatment since. He is also the main caregiver for his Mom and his girlfriend, who also suffer from medical issues.
Thomas could use our support. A GoFundMe has been set up to help Thomas and his family. Please donate any amount you are able. Thank you!
Patrick Flaherty, a longtime member of IBEW 2222, will be participating in the Walk MS Fundraiser in Plymouth, MA on May 18th. Patrick’s cousin, Martina, passed away at age 45 due to MS. Since 2006, Pat has vowed to do his part to raise funds to fight the disease by participating annually in Walk MS fundraisers.
Please consider supporting Patrick with a donation.
Last week, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
This is union-busting, plain and simple, and we won’t stand for it.
This Saturday, America’s unions are coming together with allies of labor at hundreds of events all across the country to send a message: Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our public schools. Hands off our Medicare. Hands off our jobs. And hands off our unions and our contracts!
Last week, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.
The fact sheet it issued explicitly said that this is retribution for unions speaking out and leading the charge against the administration’s illegal actions in court.
This is union-busting, plain and simple, and if President Trump can cancel hundreds of thousands of union members’ contracts with the stroke of a pen, no union contract in America is safe—and freedom for anyone to join a union, no matter where you work or where you live, is under attack.
We are asking every single American who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers to call their member of Congress right now.
Make a call today: 844-733-3172 – Our message is simple: Tell your senators and representative that we demand our union rights to be protected. Other important points are:
It’s clear this is an attempt to silence workers. Which means it’s time for us to get louder.
The labor movement is not about to let Trump and an unelected billionaire destroy what we’ve fought for generations to build.
An injury to one is an injury to all. We will fight this outrageous attack for all working people.
Sandro, a Brookline (MA) High School 2020 graduate and college athlete, was in pain when he returned to Ohio in the fall of 2023 to begin his senior year at Ohio Wesleyan University. His wrestling team’s trainer quickly scheduled an MRI. Seeing the results, the MRI technician escorted him immediately to the ER, and his mom, Jennifer, caught the next flight there, just in time to meet with the hospital’s neurosurgeon.
The doctor confirmed that Sandro had a tumor in his upper spinal cord and told Jennifer that only two surgeons in the country would be able to handle such a difficult operation — one of them at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, near the family’s home in Brookline. The doctor also urged Sandro and Jennifer to act quickly, saying that the tumor needed to come out within the next 10 days.
A few days later, Sandro returned home, and he and the family met with the neurosurgeon at MGH. Sandro was admitted immediately, and on September 15, underwent a complex and lengthy (9+ hours) but successful surgery to remove what the surgeon observed to be an aggressive tumor.
Biopsy results revealed the tumor to be a Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG, mutation H3K27M), a very rare, aggressive, and malignant type of tumor for which there is no well-established effective treatment.
Though Sandro was able to move his arms and a leg post-surgery, what turned out to be a blood clot discovered at the site of his surgery nine days later had begun to affect his lower body and required emergency surgery to remove. This left Sandro unable to walk and with limited sensation or function below the chest.
Along with his rehabilitation, Sandro underwent radiation therapy. Sandro’s age and disability excluded him from participating in clinical trials. Despite dealing with the grueling side effects and complications of daily chemotherapy for seven months, Sandro persisted in working out four times a week.
Sandro approached his illness the same way he faced an opponent on the wrestling mat, with unyielding determination and courage.
We will miss Sandro’s sharp intelligence, fierce loyalty, playful sense of humor, generous spirit, bone-crushing hugs, and handsome face.
Sandro was an extraordinary young man, and we know he is watching over us now with great love and compassion. Sandro taught us many things over the past year and a half: to stay in the present moment and to respond with love, dignity, and grace to life’s challenges.
After 18 months, Sandro passed away on March 15, 2025. He donated his body to Gift from a Child and selected research labs working to find a treatment for DMG/DIPG. Please consider making a donation in Sandro’s memory – CLICK HERE to donate.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a Health Hazard Evaluation at Verizon in January, 2026. The following sample letter will be sent to participants. Under the What happens next section it states:
The next time you see your medical provider, consider telling them about your work and your
potential work exposures to lead. You may want to give your medical provider a copy of this
letter for your medical records.
The second letter below was sent to Verizon.
Congressman Stephen Lynch to Host a Virtual Town Hall meeting tonight, Monday, March 3rd
This past month, we’ve seen extraordinary actions taken by President Trump, his Administration, and DOGE Head Elon Musk. From policies that threaten the federal workforce across the country, to freezing federal aid, the Trump Administration’s actions are unconstitutional, put Americans’ confidential personal information at risk, jeopardize programs and services Americans rely on, and vilify hard-working federal workers.
Congressman Lynch has long been a leader for Organized Labor and working Americans. Please Register Now for tonight’s Virtual Town Hall – Monday, March 3rd at 7:30 PM.
The quarterly informational meetings for members working from home will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, February 25th at 8 am & 5:15 pm. Please make every effort to attend one of these two meetings.
The Zoom link is the same for both meetings:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85193080228?pwd=eDN9xPQ8cIDBRzvBLeyjxL7ZcdEc4a.1