And police unions have been at the forefront of fighting city and state employee vaccine mandates. Discussions are ongoing around whether to change the state’s qualified immunity law. The state is in the process of implementing the 2020 police reform law, which created an independent board to set standards for the police, with the power to decertify an officer for misconduct. Issues surrounding policing and police reform have been a major subject of debate in state and local politics over the last few years. The Massachusetts Police Association and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association were also on the list, in eighth and ninth place. Other labor unions in the top 10 were the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, the Ironworkers Union Local 7, and the Pipefitters Local 537. It has also given large sums to Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of labor, clergy, and liberal activists that is campaigning in favor of a constitutional amendment to impose a surtax on income over $1 million. The union this year gave donations to numerous state lawmakers, local officials, and candidates. Both education and human service workforce issues are at the center of legislative debates this year, over topics ranging from school COVID policies to the need for premium pay and incentives to retain low-paid human service workers. That is another highly politically active state union, which represents educators and human service workers. SEIU Local 509 had the third-most money, with $769,750. That AFL-CIO affiliated union represents 30 local laborers’ union chapters across the region, and the PAC gives money to causes in Maine and New Hampshire, in addition to Massachusetts.
The only other PAC to crack $1 million was the Massachusetts and Northern New England Laborers District Council PAC, which has $1.8 million.
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