Boston, MA--Members and leaders of the nation's strongest and fastest growing union, the Service Employees International Union, tonight extend their congratulations to Nikki Tsongas for her reelection to the U.S. House from Massachusetts's 5th Congressional District.

SEIU members canvassed and made phone calls for Tsongas in the 2007 special election. The union also ran an independent expenditure TV ad in Boston focused on Tsongas's support for kids' health care.

SEIU members proved that they make politics work and elected a candidate who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk," said SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger. "Now, instead of sitting back and waiting to see what happens, members are staying out in the streets and holding our new leaders accountable for the promises they made over this past campaign season on affordable health care and rebuild the middle class by restoring workers' freedom to join unions."

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