Massachusetts #
Excluding public employees and multi-union election, in the last 12 months there have been 82 union elections filed in Massachusetts and 61 union elections held. In 49 of those elections a new unit was certified. There are currently 22 open representation cases and 19 of are still waiting to vote.
Union Elections by Outcome #
Timeline of Activity by Unit Size #
Largest Private Union Elections #

Open Election Related Cases #
City | State | Case Name | Labor Union | Date Filed | Tally Date | Tally Type | Ballot Type | Votes For Union | Votes Against | Num Eligible Voters | Case |
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Wilmington | MA | North Shore Mechanical Contractors, LLC | United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 12, AFL-CIO | May 19, 2023 | Initial | 60 | 01-RC-318449 | ||||
Springfield | MA | Garda CL Atlantic, Inc. | United Federation LEOS-PBA Law Enforcement Officers Security & Police Benevolent Association | May 18, 2023 | Initial | 30 | 01-RC-318353 | ||||
Cambridge | MA | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard University) | Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union- UAW Local 5118 | May 03, 2023 | Initial | 500 | 01-RC-317281 | ||||
Cambridge | MA | Campus Child Care, Inc. d/b/a Radcliffe Child Care Center | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 888 | Apr 27, 2023 | Initial | 24 | 01-RC-316936 | ||||
Lexington | MA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Facility Services Independent Union | Apr 26, 2023 | Initial | 95 | 01-RC-316836 | ||||
Boston | MA | New England Aquarium Corporation | International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 25 | Apr 21, 2023 | Initial | 13 | 01-RC-316685 | ||||
Hadley | MA | Barnes & Noble, Inc. | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1459 | Apr 17, 2023 | May 25, 2023 | Initial | Initial | 11 | 0 | 15 | 01-RC-316290 |
Boston | MA | Mass General Brigham Incorporated, The General Hospital Corporation, The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc., Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation, The McLean Hospital Corporation, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, Inc., Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc., and Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization, Inc. | Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU Local 1957 | Apr 04, 2023 | Initial | 2489 | 01-RC-315391 | ||||
Cambridge | MA | Reviewed, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC | The NewsGuild - CWA | Mar 23, 2023 | Initial | 25 | 01-RC-314723 | ||||
Cambridge | MA | Reviewed, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC | The NewsGuild - CWA | Mar 23, 2023 | Initial | 38 | 01-RC-314724 | ||||
Boston | MA | Northeastern University | American Coalition of Public Safety | Mar 01, 2023 | Initial | 14 | 01-RC-313126 | ||||
Newton | MA | Starbucks Corporation | Workers United, a/w SEIU | Feb 27, 2023 | Initial | 15 | 01-RC-313008 | ||||
Somerville | MA | Starbucks Corporation | Workers United | Feb 24, 2023 | Initial | 13 | 01-RC-312846 | ||||
Boston | MA | Northeastern University | GRADUATE EMPLOYEES OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - UAW | Feb 06, 2023 | Initial | 1700 | 01-RC-311566 | ||||
Sharon | MA | Verano Four Daughters Holdings, LLC | United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445 AFL-CIO, CLC | Jan 18, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | Initial | Initial | 6 | 9 | 24 | 01-RC-310539 |
Boston | MA | Paragon Systems Inc. | UNITED GOVERNMENT SECURITY OFFICERS OF AMERICA AND ITS LOCAL 273 | Dec 27, 2022 | Initial | 140 | 01-RC-309535 | ||||
Boston | MA | Paragon Systems Inc. | United Federation LEOS-PBA Law Enforcement Officers Security & Police Benevolent Association | Dec 21, 2022 | Initial | 150 | 01-RC-309281 | ||||
Taunton | MA | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Joint Council 10 New England, Teamsters Local Union No. 653 | Nov 16, 2022 | Initial | 80 | 01-RC-307281 | ||||
Framingham | MA | Life Essence, Inc. d/b/a Trulieve | United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1445 | Oct 18, 2022 | Dec 14, 2022 | Initial | Initial | 3 | 2 | 9 | 01-RC-305438 |
Cambridge | MA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA (UE) | Sep 26, 2022 | Initial | 1000 | 01-RC-304042 | ||||
Plymouth | MA | Champion Specialty Services as Joint Employer with Holtec Decommissioning International (HDI) | LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA | Sep 23, 2022 | Initial | 16 | 01-RC-304016 | ||||
Salem | MA | I.N.S.A., Inc. | UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 1445 | Jan 18, 2022 | Initial | 28 | 01-RC-288998 |