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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers [2] in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. [3] SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of members work in the healthcare field), including hospital, home care and nursing home workers; public services (government employees, including law ...
NGOs cannot have a voice in the direction of their union, they cannot elect union leaders or vote to accept or reject the results of contract negotiations. [5] Additionally, the NGO campaign is part of the attempt to build support for Ken Hamidi's union California Professional Public Employees Association (CPPEA) as an alternative to SEIU. [6]
Knox v. Service Employees International Union, 567 U.S. 298 (2012), is a United States constitutional law case. The United States Supreme Court held in a 7–2 decision that Dianne Knox and other non-members of the Service Employees International Union did not receive the required notice of a $12 million assessment the union charged them to raise money for the union's political fund.
After 14 years as head of the Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern (pictured) is planning to step down, two years before his current term is up. Though a formal announcement is still ...
Workers United won a significant organizing victory in the U.S. apparel manufacturing industry in July 2010. [13] The workers, with the support of state politicians [14] and Hollywood stars, [15] won a contract and successfully pressured the employer to keep the plant open. [citation needed] SEIU and UNITE HERE agreed to end their dispute on ...
The SEIU was part of an ugly split from the AFL-CIO in 2005, when it joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers and others in forming a rival federation.
SEIU 721 said it had lodged more than 20 "unfair labor practice" charges over faulty language in the agreements and other alleged violations such as using contractors to perform the jobs of union ...
The SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a statewide local union of the Service Employees International Union in California in the United States. In 2020, it had 97,000 members, [1] down from nearly 150,000 in 2013. [2] UHW is headquartered in Oakland, California and has offices statewide. UHW is an industrial union representing ...