SEIU Local 888 leaders and staff recently met with the Merrimack Valley Project to discuss ways of working together. MVP conducts campaigns aimed at improving the lives of working people throughout the Merrimack Valley, including fighting plant closings and addressing the explosive growth of the temporary labor industry, which employs more than 15,000 Valley residents. MVP also creates democratic economic institutions like the tenant-owned Amesbury Gardens in Lawrence. Local 888 members living or working in the Merrimack Valley who would like to be part of this effort should contact Lisa Field at lfieldseiu888.org.

[caption id="attachment_5897" align="alignright" width="300"]Local 888 Field Director Lisa Field and Executive Board member Susan Winning at a meeting with Merrimack Valley staff in the union's Lowell office.[/caption]