Framingham D3 Councilor Steiner Picks Up Labor Endorsements

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Incumbent District 3 Councilor Adam Steiner picked up three key labor endorsements this week with the backing of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, Carpenters Local 336, and Laborers Local 609.

The endorsements come with just a few days left before Election Day, and as labor groups make key picks in a Framingham municipal election where Steiner, Mayor Yvonne Spicer and District 2 Councilor Cesar-Stewart Morales are all facing challenges in 2021.

"Adam knows that protecting workers is central to progressive values and having a community in which all of our residents can share in economic growth. Adam stood with workers on the issue of wage theft and helped lead the way in adopting local protections for workers who were falling victim to wage theft,"North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters said in a news release, referring to the city's newly passed wage ordinance. "I am proud to stand with Adam in his campaign for re-election."

Steiner is up against former Deval Patrick staffer Mary Kate Feeney in the District 3 race. She has been endorsed by the Framingham Firefighters IAFF Local 1652.

Another key labor group, the 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers, which represents about 200 employees at the MetroWest Medical Center, announced this week it would back Spicer.

"Never before have the issues of healthcare, childcare and pay and benefits for essential workers been more important," 1199SEIU executive vice president Tim Foley said in a news release. "We are at a crossroads, and we need a leader who will center the lives of caregivers in our recovery and that is Mayor Spicer."

Challenger Charlie Sisitsky has picked up a host of other labor groups, including the Carpenters Local 336 and the Framingham Firefighters and the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts.