Mary Mahoney has been a member of OPEIU Local 6 for more than 30 years. During her time as a member, Mahoney was an employee of the Massachusetts Trial Court, which is Local 6’s largest bargaining unit. She began as a steward for Local 6, and later became an Executive Board Member. After several years as an Executive Board Member, she was elected to the position of Executive Board Vice President.
Mahoney was elected to her current position of President in 1995. She became Business Manager of Local 6 in 2001. She also serves as a Vice President to the Massachusetts AFLCIO, and received that organization’s highest honor in 2006, a delegate to CLUW, and serves on a number of central labor councils in Massachusetts.
Mahoney was elected as an OPEIU Vice President for Region II at the 2001 International Convention and was reelcted in 2004. Mahoney is an alternate vice president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and serves on the Executive Council for the Greater Boston Labor Council.