Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts

 

PFFM President Robert McCarthy said, “I’m proud today to announce the support for John Kerry in his reelection for the United State Senate. There’s no greater friend to Massachusetts’ firefighters than John Kerry. From fighting for fair pay for our firefighters to improving technology for first responders to making sure our men and women have the best equipment out there, John Kerry has led the fight. I look forward to continuing to work with him in the years to come.”

 

Massachusetts Nurses Association

The MNA is behind John Kerry because of his strong record and continued commitment and dedication to the nursing profession and patient safety," said Karen Higgins, President of the MNA. "We have had the honor and distinction to work first hand with him on a myriad of nursing and health care issues over the past several years. In each case, he has been attentive, pro-active and action oriented.

Higgins added: "As nurses struggle to provide quality patient care in understaffed environments made worse by a looming nursing shortage, John Kerry has reached out to the nursing community to hear our concerns and has led efforts on the national level to implement the policies and changes needed to improve conditions for nurses and for patients. He believes we need to ensure that there are adequate staffing levels of registered nurses in our health care facilities and he understands that the working environment for nurses, caused in part by understaffing, is part of the reason that we have a nursing shortage. And, as all nurses know, it can undermine the quality of care."

Painters & Allied Trades District Council No. 35

Plumbers and Gas Fitters Local Union 12

Utility Workers Union of America Local 369

Utility Workers Union of America Local 273

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 791

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1445

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1459

Seafarers International Union

Sheet Metal Workers International Union Local 17

Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 of the Amalgamated Transit Union

SEIU/NAGE Local 5000

SEIU Local 888

SEIU Local 1199

SEIU Local 615

SEIU Local 509

SEIU Local 3

New England Regional Council of Carpenters

IBEW Local 2321

American Federation of Teachers—Massachusetts

AFSCME- Council 93

Massachusetts Teachers Association-NEA

Communications Workers of America—Local 1365

Massachusetts AFL-CIO

"Throughout his career, Senator Kerry has fought to put our economy back on track and to create new family-sustaining jobs across Massachusetts and the country. Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 1984, John Kerry has earned a 95% lifetime AFL-CIO voting record on important working family issues. “Senator Kerry has been a powerful ally for working families across the Nation for nearly 25 years as our junior Senator,” remarked Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes. “We are confident that he will continue advocating and standing up for union members and their families, and all workers, once he is re-elected.”

Boston Teacher’s Union

Massachusetts Building Trades Council—AFL-CIO

IBEW Local 2222

New England Joint Council of UNITE-HERE