MEDIA ADVISORY
For Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10:00 a.m.
Contact: Steve Crawford, Crawford Strategies
(857) 753-4132, steve@crawfordstrategies.com
Jeff Hall, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
(617) 281-8384, Twitter: @1199mass, jeff.hall@1199.org
SEIU State Council to Host U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
Candidates to appear before members of state’s most politically active labor organization
BOSTON – Members of the Service Employees International Union from across Massachusetts will gather Saturday, March 9, at 10:00 a.m. in the 1199SEIU Offices for a forum with the candidates for U.S. Senate in the June special election.
Candidates will speak to members of the SEIU’s four most politically active locals in Massachusetts and will take questions from the approximately 400 union members expected at the forum. SEIU members in Massachusetts work as hospital employees, homecare workers, janitors, security guards, social workers, and other professions. This will be the first time the Senate candidates will appear together on the same stage.
The members-only forum, which will be streamed live on masslive.com in coordination with the Springfield Republican, is sponsored by the SEIU State Council, 1199SEIU, SEIU 615, SEIU 509, SEIU 888, and the SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents. For press credentials please email jeff.hall@1199.org.
WHAT: SEIU U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 10:00 a.m.
WHO: Congressman Stephen Lynch (confirmed), Congressman Ed Markey (confirmed), Gabriel Gomez (invited), Michael Sullivan (invited), State Representative Dan Winslow (invited)
WHERE: 1199SEIU Offices, Bayside Expo Office Center, 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA
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With 2.1 million members in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico, SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the Americas. Focused on uniting workers in healthcare, public services and property services, SEIU members are winning better wages, healthcare and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers—not just corporations and CEOs—benefit from today's global economy.
For Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10:00 a.m.
Contact: Steve Crawford, Crawford Strategies
(857) 753-4132, steve@crawfordstrategies.com
Jeff Hall, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
(617) 281-8384, Twitter: @1199mass, jeff.hall@1199.org
SEIU State Council to Host U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
Candidates to appear before members of state’s most politically active labor organization
BOSTON – Members of the Service Employees International Union from across Massachusetts will gather Saturday, March 9, at 10:00 a.m. in the 1199SEIU Offices for a forum with the candidates for U.S. Senate in the June special election.
Candidates will speak to members of the SEIU’s four most politically active locals in Massachusetts and will take questions from the approximately 400 union members expected at the forum. SEIU members in Massachusetts work as hospital employees, homecare workers, janitors, security guards, social workers, and other professions. This will be the first time the Senate candidates will appear together on the same stage.
The members-only forum, which will be streamed live on masslive.com in coordination with the Springfield Republican, is sponsored by the SEIU State Council, 1199SEIU, SEIU 615, SEIU 509, SEIU 888, and the SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents. For press credentials please email jeff.hall@1199.org.
WHAT: SEIU U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 10:00 a.m.
WHO: Congressman Stephen Lynch (confirmed), Congressman Ed Markey (confirmed), Gabriel Gomez (invited), Michael Sullivan (invited), State Representative Dan Winslow (invited)
WHERE: 1199SEIU Offices, Bayside Expo Office Center, 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA
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With 2.1 million members in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico, SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the Americas. Focused on uniting workers in healthcare, public services and property services, SEIU members are winning better wages, healthcare and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers—not just corporations and CEOs—benefit from today's global economy.
