Governor's Forum

On the morning of Saturday, May 22nd, SEIU Local 509, in conjunction with the SEIU State Council, hosted a Gubernatorial Forum for the candidates running for Massachusetts Governor.  While invitations were extended to the three major candidates, only Deval Patrick and Tim Cahill choose to attend and seek a SEIU endorsement. 

More than 300 members gathered to ask the candidates about issues important to them. Members afterwards graded each of the candidates.  Overall, Governor Patrick received a B+ grade and Treasurer Cahill received a C. 

As an important part of the SEIU endorsement process, the member feedback on both of the candidates was very useful.  Click here to read some comments made by members at the forum.  Thank you to both of the candidates who chose to attend. Special thank you to all of you who were able to come out and make this a great event.