Formal position, not binding

Support a fair contract for MAB workers

Last activity July 9, 2026 (2 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 6, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The Boston City Council passed a resolution expressing support for a fair first contract between MAB Community Services and its direct support staff represented by SEIU 509. It highlights the workers’ wage, benefits, and just-cause protections, notes a 2% raise proposal, and calls on the employer to promptly engage to reach a fair agreement without delay.

Affects MAB Community Services workers and immigrant workers

In Brighton

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, and Liz Breadon

Now with the City Council

About Labor & Workforce and Civil Rights & Immigration

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Official title

Resolution in support of a fair contract for MAB Community Services' group home direct support staff.

Timeline

  1. July 8, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).