D.J. Cronin

Vice President Labor Guild Board of Directors

Union Representative SEIU #509

D.J. began working in the labor movement as a union steward at Shaw’s Supermarkets warehouse in Methuen. After he was fired for carrying out his union duties and fighting for justice for the workers there, he became an organizer with UFCW 791 and then worked with Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, IBEW, SEIU Local 888, and now SEIU Local 509, which builds power among human service workers and educators in both the public and private sectors throughout Massachusetts. He has taken many classes at the Guild, and this is his seventh year on the Board.