The National Correctional Employees Union, NCEU, was formed by representatives employed at various county correctional facilities throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  These correctional professionals had the foresight to recognize a need and the ability of each Local to provide assistance to its members in order to better their member's quality of life. The overall membership could improve with the formation of an organization that specializes in corrections and whose primary function is to attain for its members the best representation and benefits possible.

In this new relationship, the Local Unions preserve their autonomy and identity by structuring a National based on a concept that the Local(s) and its membership(s) are the core of the National. The Local Units attend to the needs of their members, so too must the National be responsive to the needs of the Locals. Thus, the Local Units and the National recognize that the best interests of the membership are at the core of their relationship. The Local Units and the National are committed to serve the interests of the membership by maintaining a Union that is strong, democratic and free of corruption.

We believe that only a strong accountable Union can protect its members and prosper with the allegiance of all its members.