Target 5000 - Union Members Holding Public Office

Some of the most important political decisions for working families are made at the local level and the Massachusetts Labor Movement works hard to elect people who will be a voice for labor on important local boards, so that labor has a say in the direction of our communities.  The Massachusetts Labor Movement is only as strong as its members are active. The voices of union members are needed as much in communities as it is in your local union.

The Massachusetts AFL-CIO has been working hard to implement its Target 5000 Program which aims to elect union members to all levels of political office. Each year union members all over the Commonwealth run for office, motivated by the commitment to improve the lives of working families in their community. It is a goal of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO to elect more union members to public office so that working families are better represented at all levels of government.

Anyone can help the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in this effort by identifying union members from your local or who you know who hold or are running for appointed or elected office so that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO may update its growing database. Please contact Massachusetts AFL-CIO Political Director Bob Bower at bbower@massaflcio.org or Political and Legislative Coordinator Chrissy Long at clong@massaflcio.org. Please click here to see the Massachusetts AFL-CIO’s C.O.P.E. page.

Stay tuned for more details, success stories and a comprehensive list of the hundreds of union members in Massachusetts currently holding public office.

Success stories of 2009:

Massachusetts AFL-CIO holds first annual Union Candidate School Friday, September 25,2009.

Target 5000 Program Gains Momentum as Two More Union Members are Elected to Public Office Over the Past Two Weeks - May 8, 2009

Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 34 Elected to Local Commission in Dedham - April 17, 2009