President Obama Leads on Jobs, Republican Leaders Must Not Stop Progress

Oct 04, 2011 - The American Jobs Act will put people back to work immediately, and should be strengthened down the road by putting more revenue on the table, requiring corporations pay their fair share and letting Bush-era tax giveaways expire. Read more...

SEIU: House CR Is Disastrous for Our Economic Recovery and Our Communities

Feb 19, 2011 - Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011. Read more...

Senate Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act: Republicans Wasting Time, Ignoring Jobs Emergency

Feb 02, 2011 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to the defeat of a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate aimed at taking away the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Read more...

SEIU Statement Following Shootings in Tucson

Jan 08, 2011 - As a country, we know there is no place for the sort of terror and hate reported in Tucson, Arizona. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who lost their lives, and to those who are now fighting to pull through, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Even when it wasn't easy, Rep. Giffords walked with middle class Americans and fought for what was right. Read more...

SEIU's Mary Kay Henry: HHS Action Puts For-Profit Nursing Home Industry on Notice over Medicare Fraud

Jan 05, 2011 - Related:Officials question Medicare spending on nursing homesCalifornia WatchQuestionable billing by nursing homes exposed in Government reportSEIU Blog New report from US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General raises serious concerns about questionable Medicare billing practices among... Read more...

SEIU's Mary Kay Henry: New Healthcare Reform Regulations Support America's Middle Class, Not Insurance Company Profits

Dec 22, 2010 - Mary Kay Henry issued this statement today in response to the Department of Health and Human Services new proposed regulation of health insurance premium increases. Read more...

SEIU's Mary Kay Henry: 'A Bittersweet Day For Civil Rights in America'

Dec 20, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to the Senate's action to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" while blocking the DREAM Act. Read more...

Statement of SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry on White House Meeting with Labor Leaders

Dec 17, 2010 - Following the December 17th meeting with President Obama, Secretary Solis and fellow labor leaders, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement. Read more...

Republican Senators to American Middle Class: No Help for You

Dec 04, 2010 - Washington, DC - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement after Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked votes on providing tax cuts and unemployment benefits to America's hardworking families: "Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans today showed who... Read more...

A Sad Night in America

Dec 01, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement regarding Senate Republicans' successful effort to end federal unemployment insurance benefits for two million out-of-work Americans. Read more...

Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Chair of the Change to Win Labor Federation, Announces Retirement

Aug 11, 2010 - Anna Burger, secretary-treasurer of the 2.2-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and chair of the Change to Win labor federation, announced her retirement today. Burger is the highest-ranking woman in the American labor movement and was the first chair of Change to Win. Read more...

SEIU: House Votes to Save 300,000 American Jobs

Aug 10, 2010 - This vote shows that Republican leaders in Congress are more interested in playing politics and protecting companies that outsource than in saving American jobs. Read more...

SEIU Statement Following Senate Vote Confirming Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court

Aug 05, 2010 - The decisions made by the Supreme Court have deep and lasting ramifications for our nation's 154 million workers, such as equality in the workplace and a fair compensation for an honest day's work. America's hardworking men and women deserve Supreme Court justices like Elena Kagan. Read more...

SEIU: Senate Votes to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs

Aug 04, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement after Senate Democrats successfully ended the Republican filibuster with the support of Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe (R) and Susan Collins (R). Read more...

SEIU, Workers United and UNITE HERE Settle Dispute

Jul 26, 2010 - SEIU, Workers United and UNITE HERE today announced a settlement agreement on behalf of the unions' members and elected leadership that will bring to a close the protracted dispute between the unions. Read more...

SEIU: Unemployment Vote Shows Which Side Republicans Are On

Jul 20, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement after the U.S. Senate overcame Republican efforts to block an extension of unemployment benefits. Read more...

Wall Street Reform Vote Makes Clear Who Is On the Side of Working Families

Jul 15, 2010 - SEIU released the following statement of President Mary Kay Henry following the Senate vote on Wall Street reform. Read more...

Obama to Insurance Companies: You Can No Longer Deny Preventive Care

Jul 14, 2010 - The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a list of preventive healthcare services required in new insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act. Read more...

SEIU Calls for Congressional Investigation of Puerto Rico Riot Police Action

Jul 02, 2010 - SEIU's statement concerning the actions of the Puerto Rico Riot Squad in response to a non-violent protest led by university students at Puerto Rico's Capitol in San Juan on Wednesday, June 30. Read more...

American People Counting on Senate to Finish the Job on Wall Street Reform

Jul 01, 2010 - SEIU released the following statement of SEIU President Mary Kay Henry following the passage of the Wall Street reform bill in the U.S. House. Read more...

Wall Street Reform Bill Major Step Forward in Rebuilding Our Economy

Jun 25, 2010 - SEIU released the following statement of President Mary Kay Henry following the final conference agreement on Wall Street reform. Read more...

SEIU: Republicans Have Chosen for Americans to Lose

Jun 24, 2010 - The Senate's 57-41 vote today that prevents the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act from receiving a fair up-or-down vote is an absolute disgrace. Read more...

SEIU: Republicans' response to creating more jobs, "We Do not care."

Jun 18, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement after the Senate's 56-40 vote last night that prevents the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act from receiving a fair up-or-down vote. Read more...

National Healthcare Advocate to Chair Healthcare Arm of Service Employees International Union

Jun 14, 2010 - Dr. L. Toni Lewis, Immediate Past President of the Committee of Interns and Residents, was named chair of the union's healthcare division today by SEIU President Mary Kay Henry. Read more...

Arkansas Senate Race: Lesson that Working Families Will Hold All Elected Officials Accountable

Jun 08, 2010 - Tonight, Sen. Lincoln won a narrow victory after a bruising runoff election where each and every day she was reminded that her success is only measured by doing right by working people and their families. Read more...

Historic Wall Street Reform Bill First Step to Repairing America's Broken Financial System

May 21, 2010 - "Commonsense reforms will protect our families from dangerous and deceptive financial products and prevent taxpayers from paying for Wall Street's future mistakes," says SEIU's Mary Kay Henry Washington, D.C.--The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) released the following statement of President... Read more...

Several Thousand Converge on K Street to Take on Wall Street, Anti-Immigrant and Corporate Lobbyists

May 17, 2010 - Demonstration is Culmination of Two Days of Protests Against Prominent Lobbyists and Corporations and for Wall Street Reform Washington, DC - Several thousand people occupied a section of K Street -home to lobbyists for the big banks and other corporations... Read more...

SEIU President Mary Kay Henry: "Immigrants Are Not For Profit"

May 17, 2010 - SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and SEIU's Immigration Campaign Director, Javier Morillo, joined SEIU members and NPA leaders at a rally outside of the DC Headquarters of Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in America. Read more...

SEIU Members Say Elena Kagan Committed to Fairness, Equal Justice and Rule of Law

May 10, 2010 - Statement from SEIU President Mary Kay Henry on President Barack Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Read more...

SEIU Elects Mary Kay Henry to Lead 2.2 Million Member Union

May 08, 2010 - The 73-member International Executive Board (IEB) of SEIU met in Washington DC on Saturday, May 8th to elect Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry the 10th president of the nation's fastest-growing union. Read more...

5,500 Wisconsin Home Care Providers Unite in Wisconsin's Largest Healthcare Union

May 06, 2010 - In one of Wisconsin's largest union elections in decades, 5,500 home care providers overwhelmingly voted 'yes' to unite in SEIU. Read more...

12,000 Unite in Missouri Home Care Union

May 05, 2010 - In one of the nation's largest union elections in recent years, 12,000 Missouri home care attendants in the Consumer Directed Services program have united in the Missouri Home Care Union. Read more...

SEIU Praises Passage of Hate Crimes Bill, Calls for Workplace Anti-Discrimination Law

Oct 29, 2009 - Today, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry praised President Obama for his signing into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and called for greater protections for LGBT workers. Read more...

Nation's Largest Healthcare Union Supports Institute of Medicine Report & Recommendations to Protect Healthcare Workers Against H1N1 Influenza Virus

Sep 03, 2009 - Today, SEIU--the nation's largest organization of healthcare workers--backed the first and only comprehensive, scientific review that offers guidelines to protect healthcare workers caring for patients with a suspected or confirmed case of H1N1 (Swine Flu). Read more...

SEIU Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry Comments as Prepared for Delivery at Rally in Support of Judge Sotomayor

Aug 05, 2009 - Today, SEIU Vice President Mary Kay Henry joined Senators Cardin, Schumer, Whitehouse and Menendez and other community leaders to voice support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Her comments, as prepared for delivery, are below: Read more...

SEIU Adopts Groundbreaking Political Accountability Campaign

Jun 03, 2008 - On day two of their convention, SEIU members promised to dramatically change the way the union serves its members, uses its political voice and builds partnerships with workers around the globe who share common employers. Read more...

DURBIN, SNOWE, LINCOLN & COLEMAN ALONG WITH NFIB, NAR & SEIU Introduce Affordable Health INSURANCE Plan for Small Businesses

Apr 02, 2008 - Today, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, including Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) introduced breakthrough legislation designed to make insurance more available and affordable for the 47.1 million employees of the nation's 5.8 million small businesses and for 14.1 million self-employed individuals. Read more...

Kennedy Joins Children, SEIU Healthcare Workers to Deliver Message to Bush: One Million Americans Support Healthcare For 10 Million Kids

Oct 01, 2007 - Hundreds of SEIU healthcare workers, healthcare allies, and children marched to the White House today to deliver mail bags overflowing with petitions from one million Americans in support of health care for kids. Read more...

Media Advisory: Children, SEIU Healthcare Workers To Protest Expected Healthcare Veto

Sep 28, 2007 - As part of a demonstration in support of healthcare for kids, dozens of children will pull red wagons overflowing with petitions from all over the country, delivering them to the White House gates this Monday, October 1, 2007. Read more...

SEIU Members and Kids to Congress: Money for Healthcare, Not War!

Sep 18, 2007 - SEIU members and their children overtook the Senate Swamp today with purple t-shirts and red wagons to deliver an urgent message to the White House and Congress: fund children's healthcare, not the war in Iraq. Read more...

Statement of SEIU Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry on the Introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

Apr 25, 2007 - Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, introduced in the House on April 24, 2007 by Reps. Barney Frank, Deborah Pryce, Tammy Baldwin, and Chris Shays: Read more...