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Local 615 member Darryl Bowden wins praise from Globe

Columnist Kevin Cullen profiles Bowden in glowing terms

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Local 615 member and Dorchester native Darryl Bowden has worked in security most of his life. Photo by Martin Tshitala.

“Darryl Bowden is, without a doubt, the greatest office building security guard in the great city of Boston. I know this because everybody who works at [his building] says so.” That’s how Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen described SEIU Local 615 member Darryl Bowden in Cullen’s March 2, 2010 column profiling Bowden, “Yeoman of the guard.”  Bowden is a Dorchester native who has worked in security most of his life, and whose professionalism led Cullen to observe, “Forty floors, and he knows everybody by name. … If somebody looks like they don’t belong, DB is on it.”

 

Save Our Jobs

On January 1st of this year 1200 security officers in Boston and Cambridge won their first union contract. For these officers their contract represents the hope for a better life for them and their families.  32 officers who protect the old John Hancock building and 601 Congress Street were given notice that a new company, a non-union company, will be taking over on October 3rd.

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3,000 Rally for Health Care Reform on Boston Common

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Monday, 9/7/09 - More than 1,000 people rallied on Boston Common, shouting slogans and holding aloft banners demanding "reform now" in a show of force supporting President Obama's push to overhaul health care.  In a refrain that echoed across the grassy lawn, the crowd chanted: "What do we want? Health Care Reform! When do you want it? Now!"  Members of the crowd said they wanted to push back against vocal opposition to reform as Obama gears up for a major health care address to Congress on Wednesday. 
VIDEO: SEIU Local 615 Rallies at Boston Common for Healthcare Reform

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In Their Own Words: Tomekka Thompson

The company that I work for does not discipline or promote fairly. At my site, I have seen newly hired officers walking off the job only to be transferred to another site where they make better wages... Click here to read Tomekka's full story.
Tomekka Thompson

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Security officers, we need to speak up for affordable Health Insurance.

In a country with a history of people dying every day with cancer, heart attacks, and all kinds of diseases, health insurance is crucial. But can we afford health insurance in America today? Health insurance is expensive and security officers are still underpaid…

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