Local 609 Laborers

Meet LIUNA member Tj Trant from Local 609 Laborers in Framingham, MA.

“Any chance I get, I tell new members to keep your head down, listen, and continue to grind. If you can learn something from everyone you encounter, you will have a long and successful career”

Framingham-Newton Building Trades Council President and Local 609 Business Manager Walter Gardner was proud to welcome Governor Maura Healey , Mayor Charlie Sisitsky, and other community and labor leaders for a great evening celebrating the Framingham Project Labor Agreement at the beautiful, state-of-the-art New England Laborers’ Training Academy in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

Thank you to the Local 609 members who came out to make their voices heard and support Project Labor Agreements, which help ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and on budget by skilled local workers.

🗽NEW YORK CITY was feeling the POWER of as Local 609 members proudly marched in NYC’s annual Juneteenth parade!

Thank You to all our members who showed up and showed out!

📢📢Shoutout to Local 609 apprenticeship graduate and Steward Hector Dacres, who was selected by the Framingham-Newton Building Trades Council to speak at the Apprenticeship Booth at ESAC 2026.

🎓Hector’s journey is what union opportunity looks like: from , to Local 609’s apprenticeship program, to journeyman, and now steward on the largest project our Local has ever worked on.

👏👏Hector continues to represent the best of our union through his involvement in labor events, union meetings, and local politics across the Northeast. His journey shows what’s possible when apprenticeship, hard work, and solidarity open the door to a better life for working families.

🚨GROUND BREAKING NEWS 🚧🦺
Honored to stand alongside Senate President Karen E. Spilka and Mayor Charlie Sisitsky at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Framingham Regional Justice Center in the City of Framingham.

This major DCAMM project, awarded to DiMeo Construction , will create tremendous opportunities and good-paying union jobs for members of LIUNA Local 609 and many more throughout the Framingham-Newton building trades community.

This is an investment in our workforce, our community, and the future of organized labor.