"We have a new U.S. President who openly promotes unions and a nation poised for change. Will the labor movement be ready to seize the moment? We must be. In my own union, SEIU, the largest union in California and the fastest growing union in the country, we constantly debate the best way to protect our current union members, while at the same time bringing union representation to the millions of workers who do not have the benefit of union representation." Read the full piece.

Eliseo Medina is an executive vice president of SEIU, where he is leading SEIU's efforts to organize workers in 17 states.