(April 9th, 2010) In an effort to illustrate the ongoing, human cost of this agency's misguided, out-of-control immigration enforcement strategy, hundreds of SEIU cleaners held prayer vigils outside of local Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices across the country.
(March 22nd, 2010) Following passage of the Senate Healthcare Bill, several hundred doctors, nurses, and activists supporters marched in the rain to Capitol Hill, where they attended a press conference urging congress to finish the job right. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2010 David Sachs / SEIU
(March 21st, 2010) Over 5000 SEIU Members joined hundred of thousands of other activists on the National Mall to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Photos by David Sachs and Lloyd Wolf.
(March 20th, 2010) Thousands of working Californians in eleven video-linked sites took part in an unprecedented "Rebuild California Town Hall" meeting on Saturday where candidates running for statewide offices made their case for how they plan to Rebuild California. ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ Photos © 2010 Pablo Serrano
(March 18th, 2010) SEIU and Wellstone Action held Member Candidate Training seminar over the course of several days, to teach members interested in running for public office the fundamentals of political campaigns, and grassroots organizing. ~ Dorchester, MA ~ Photo © 2010 Aaron Donovan
(February 24th, 2010) Majority Leader Reid and other key members of Congress welcomed Melanie's Marchers and hundreds of supporters to the Capitol at a press event, the day before the Presidents Health Care Summit. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo by David Sachs / SEIU
(February 23rd, 2010) Local spanish language media press conference to announce plans for "March for America: Change Takes Courage" immigration mobilization on March 21st. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © David Sachs / SEIU
(February 23rd, 2010) SEIU and ACCE members joined LA Councilmember Richard Alarcon as he introduced a bill that would limit what Big Banks were able to do with taxpayer money. ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ Photo by Scott Reynolds
(February 17th, 2010) At the kick-off event for Black History Month, SEIU invited Michelle Singletary, nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post and author of "The Power to Prosper: 21 Days to Financial Freedom", to speak at a lunch time lecture at SEIU HQ. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo by Mackie Lopez
(February 6th, 2010) Musician and social justice advocate, Wyclef Jean, visited the Konbit for Haiti Community Center. ~ Miami, FL ~ Photo by Richard Patterson / for SEIU
(January 30th, 2010) SEIU and Wellstone Action held Member-Candidate Training seminar over the course of several days, to teach members interested in running for public office the fundamentals of political campaigns, and grassroots organizing. ~ Los Angeles, CA ~ Photo © 2010 Slobodan Dimitrov
(January 19th, 2010) Under construction, the new Member Action Service Center will ultimately employ up to 200 people, and service SEIU members nationally. ~ Redford, MI ~ Photo by Philip Southern
(January 14th, 2009) SEIU set up a Haitian Crisis Referral and Support Center in the Local 1199 offices to provided free phones for people trying to call relatives in Haiti. ~ Boston, MA ~ Photo © Rick Friedman / Corbis
(January 13th, 2009) SEIU members attended a "Health Care Affordability Summit" as part of a day of action sponsored by SEIU and other faith, labor, consumer and civil rights organizations. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © Lloyd Wolf
(January 8th, 2009) SEIU and Wellstone Action held Member-Candidate Training seminar over the course of several days, to teach members interested in running for public office the fundamentals of political campaigns, and grassroots organizing. ~ Raleigh, NC ~ Photo © John West
(December 17th, 2009) Members of a HCAN delegation traveled from Pittsburgh to deliver health care messages supporting the Senate's swift passage of the Health Reform Bill. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(December 16th, 2009) Representatives from AARP, Families USA, and Consumers Union held a joint press conference to support the Senate's swift passage of the Health Reform Bill. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photos © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(December 11th, 2009) SEIU Member Lobbyist and VA home care aide, Athena Jones joined Senators Dodd, Harkin, Casey and Kirk, and other longterm care advocates at a press conference to discuss how The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act improves access to quality, affordable long-term care. ~ Photos © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(November 16th, 2009) Hundreds of taxpayers rallied outside the Goldman Sachs DC office to deliver a letter for their CEO, Lloyd Blankfein demanding he forgo paying out its multi-billion dollar bonus pool and instead use that money to help the millions of families facing foreclosure. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(November 9th, 2009) SEIU members of the Grassroots Lobbyist project spent time on Capitol Hill. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(November 2nd, 2009) Attorney General Martha Coakley walked a day in the shoes of 1199SEIU home care worker Monica. Coakley worked with Monica to care for Maureen, a consumer with MS. ~ Boston, MA ~ Photo © 2009 Aaron Donovan
(October 15th, 2009) In response to the republican governor Luis Fortuño's decision to lay off 16,720 public workers, thousands of protestors flooded the streets in the largest public gathering in Puerto Rican history. ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico
(September 23rd, 2009) Thousands of signed medical scrubs carrying personal stories urging Congress to pass healthcare reform were delivered at a rally on Capitol Hill. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2009 Kris Price / SEIU
(September 10th, 2009) Nearly 300 members of allied progressive organizations lobbied on Capitol Hill for the Employee Free Choice Act. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photos © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
(September 7th, 2009) Thousands attended a rally Healthcare Reform on Labor Day. ~ Boston, MA ~ Photos © 2009 Aaron Donovan
(September 2nd, 2009) SEIU members and Officers, were joined by hundreds of Coloradans in rallying to tell their U.S. Senators and Representatives: "Go Back to DC and Bring Health Care Reform Home." ~ Denver, CO ~ Photo © 2009 Nathan Armes
(August 31st, 2009) SEIU Local 73 members and others joined a rally for Healthcare Reform at the Town Hall meeting for Rep. Jan Schakowsky. ~ Skokie, IL ~ Photos © 2009 Jonathan Labe
(August 17th, 2009) SEIU members, and other partners in the community rallied in front of the offices of Rep. John F. Tierney. demanding action on healthcare reform. ~ Peabody, MA ~ Photo © 2009 Elisabeth Daley
(August 15, 2009) Members of SEIU Local 668, staff, community and other partners met with Anna Burger and Howard Dean to kick off an afternoon of neighborhood canvassing on the issue of healthcare reform. ~ Aliquippa, PA ~ Photo © 2009 John Beale
(August 5, 2009) SEIU members, and partners within the progressive community, rallied in support of Judge Sonya Sotomayor and her nomination to the Supreme Court. ~ Washington, DC ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
Members of the "Bailout Watchdog Team" protested outside the Financial Services Roundtable meetings being held in fancy downtown hotel. ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
Elected officials, national and local leaders, and members of the community gathered at All Souls Unitarian Church for the launch of the new Healthcare Equality Project. ~ Photo © 2009 David Sachs / SEIU
SEIU members and staff attended a protests around the country against corporate excess and CEO Bonuses as part of the national "Take Back the Economy" day of action.
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(November 22nd/23rd, 2009) Over 1500 California long term care workers, their families and those they provide care to, attended the SEIU ULTCW Leadership Summit at the Westin Bonaventure. 
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