Who is SEIU?

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

SEIU -- with 850,000 members who are public service workers, including school employees across the nation -- is one of the largest -- and is the fastest growing -- union in the country. By uniting the strength of workers who do similar types of work, SEIU works to increase funding to improve the quality of public services and help public service workers win better wages and benefits.

SEIU is strongly committed to growth of its membership as the key to achieving its broader mission to improve the lives of working people and their families. SEIU is the fastest growing union, and was among the first to organize public employees. SEIU is committed to the principle of organizing workers and servicing its members through supporting the efforts of its locals, and has a long maintained a tradition of local autonomy -- which recognizes and respects the right of its locals to direct their own organization.

SEIU Nationwide Quick Facts
Service Employees International Union Web site

Total membership: 1.9 million
Total classified members nationwide: 100,000

SEIU's goal is to reach 2 million union members in the next two years!

SEIU Local Unions in Washington

Local 925 (http://www.seiu925.org/)
23,000 public school, early learning, university, and local government members. PSE has more in common with Local 925 than other SEIU locals and we work together frequently in Olympia and in some school districts.

Local 775 (http://www.seiu775.org/)
30,000 long-term care workers, including individual provider homecare workers, private sector homecare workers and nursing home workers around the state.

Local 1199NW (http://www.seiu1199nw.org/)
20,000 nurses, hospital, clinic and mental health workers throughout the state.

Local 49 (http://www.seiu49.org/)
Over 7,000 property services and healthcare workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Local 6 (http://www.seiu6.org/)
Over 2,800 property services workers including janitors and security officers in the Puget Sound region.

Local 519 (http://www.local519.org/)
Over 500 employees from a wide spectrum of public safety fields in King County.

At a time when many other national unions are losing members, SEIU is aggressively organizing, largely in the fast-growing service industries.

See also: SEIU Constitution & Bylaws

Last update: 11/27/2006 08:56 AM

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