Andy Stern, President of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Announces Retirement

Apr 14, 2010 - Today, Andy Stern, president of the 2.2-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), announced his plans to retire. A 38-year member of the union, Stern has spent the last 14 years making SEIU North America's largest and the world's fastest growing union. Read more...

SEIU Statement on President Obama's Healthcare Reform Proposal

Feb 22, 2010 - SEIU President Andy Stern released the following statement after the release of President Obama's proposal for health reform. Read more...

Statement of SEIU President Andy Stern on Craig Becker Nomination

Feb 09, 2010 - Today, SEIU released the statement of President Andy Stern on the Senate's failure to give legal scholar and practitioner Craig Becker an up or down vote to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. Read more...

Buyout debt threatens another financial and jobs meltdown

Feb 03, 2009 - As the Private Equity Super Returns conference got underway in Berlin, Philip Jennings, general secretary of UNI Global Union, Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of UNITE, and John Evans, general secretary of Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD, gathered to demand immediate reforms to private equity in order to help avoid further economic crisis. The labour leaders warn that economic disparity and unfettered corporate greed have proven toxic for the economy and must be reformed. Government leaders must take action. Read more...

Statement of SEIU President Andy Stern Regarding Growth in Union Membership in 2008

Jan 28, 2009 - The Bureau of Labor Statistics annual union membership report shows that the share of workers belonging to a union rose in 2008. Growth in SEIU--88,926 members--accounted for nearly 21 percent of the national growth. Read more...

MEDIA ADVISORY: SEIU President Andy Stern to Challenge Corporate Leaders, Stand for Working People at World Economic Forum in Davos

Jan 28, 2009 - In the midst of the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression and as standards of living continue to fall for millions of workers across the globe, SEIU President Andy Stern will join over 40 Heads of State and 1,600 of the world's most powerful CEOs at the Davos World Economic Forum today to call for a renewed commitment to corporate responsibility, transparency, and accountability. Read more...

"Yes, Workers Can"

Jan 19, 2009 - Statement by SEIU President Andy Stern on Inauguration of President Barack Obama: "Words seem inadequate when I try to capture what the inauguration of Barack Obama means to working people..." Read more here. Read more...

SEIU President Andy Stern Statement Supporting the Confirmation of Representative Hilda Solis as U.S. Secretary of Labor

Jan 09, 2009 - SEIU President Andy Stern issued a statement today supporting the conformation of Representative Hilda Solis as U.S. Secretary of Labor, saying "Her confirmation will give working families confidence that we can rebuild our country so hard work is rewarded with fair pay, strong benefits and a secure retirement." Read more...

SEIU President Andy Stern Statement on President-Elect Obama's Economic Speech

Jan 08, 2009 - SEIU President Andy Stern issued the following statement following President-elect Obama's speech on the economy at George Mason University. Read more...