We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union of about 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector and property services who believe in and fight for our Vision for a Just Society: where all workers are valued and all people respected—no matter where we come from or what color we are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better and more equitable world for generations to come.
2020 Election:
Our Worker Voices Are Front & Center
Workers united in SEIU and the Fight for $15 and a Union worked together tirelessly over the past year, ahead of the 2020 presidential election, to lift their voices and fight hard for justice in our workplaces, communities and democracy. Together, we demanded the right for all workers—regardless of job, race or zip code—to join together in a union. This week, at the Democratic National Convention, that work will be on display. We raised our voices and they heard us.
SEIU members are working together to demand economic and racial justice and hold politicians accountable to working people. Visit SEIU 2020 to learn about our Unions for All agenda, compare candidates, watch videos, make your voice heard, and find resources for activism in the presidential election.
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In the News
- Union members join in solidarity with Detroit Will Breathe activists The Detroit News
- Tens of Thousands of California Child Care Providers Vote to Unionize KQED
- Fairness on the tarmac: The struggle for health care and other benefits continues for airport workers New York Daily News
- Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike AP
- Fast-food workers strike, alleging inadequate coronavirus protection in the workplace ABC News
- Workers demanding union rights plan to walk off the job in nationwide Strike for Black Lives CNN
- SEIU endorses Biden, boosting Democrat's 2020 ground game Politico
- SEIU endorses Biden, will run 40-state voter turnout effort The Hill
- AP Exclusive: 'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism AP
- 'The forgotten ones': Virginia's home health aides look for state relief in coronavirus crisis Richmond Times-Dispatch
Stories from the Frontline
Angela Edwards-Luckett
Adjunct Professor
St. Petersburg, FL
For adjunct professor Angela Edwards-Luckett, #ProtectAllWorkers means corporations and government prioritizing working people as we face this COVID crisis.
Ben McMillan
Wheelchair Attendant, Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia, PA
Thousands of contracted airport workers like Ben McMillan are laid off as airlines seek billions in bailout from the U.S. Congress.
Dr. Lily Ostrer
Pediatric Resident Physician
Miami, FL
Dr. Lily Ostrer is an internal medicine-pediatrics physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami fighting for paid sick leave in the face of coronavirus.
Emmanuel Flores
Fast Food Worker
Los Angeles, CA
California McDonald’s workers in Fight for $15 and a Union, like Emmanuel Flores, are shining a light on wage theft, sexual harassment & workplace violence to underscore need for union representation.
Chris Ellis
Income Maintenance Caseworker
Reading, PA
Public workers like Chris Ellis provide essential services for their state. Having a voice on the job makes all the difference. It’s time everyone did.
Our Movement
Since 2012 when 200 fast-food workers first went on strike, the Fight for $15 and a Union has become an international, multi-racial, worker-led movement demanding $15 an hour and union rights at McDonald’s and across the economy. Today, over 30% of all U.S. workers are on a path to $15 an hour.
Airport workers are proving that when we speak out for $15 and a union, we can change our lives. By coming together across race, language and religion, 152,000 airport workers have won raises and job improvements and 30,000 have joined SEIU. We won't stop until we win Unions for All. #PovertyDoesntFly
Everyone—Black, white and brown—should be able to learn without being trapped in debt and choosing to teach shouldn’t mean living in poverty. College faculty, graduate workers and students are uniting to demand college for all, student debt forgiveness and unions for all. Join our movement.
Child care providers—Black, white and brown—have come together in a national movement to fight for their right to join a union so they can negotiate higher wages, improve working conditions and have a REAL voice to ensure MORE children have access to quality care. Get involved to show your support.
We are on a journey to build a society where everyone’s work is valued and all people are respected. Together, we will fight anti-Black racism, structural racism and all forms of racial oppression that prevent working people from earning a good living and having a good life.
We’re home care workers fighting for higher wages, training to provide better care and affordable long-term care for all. We’re creating good union jobs so more seniors and people with disabilities get the care they need to live with dignity at home. Together, we’re changing the future of home care.
This dynamic campaign empowers 160,000 union janitors to win respect, at least $15 an hour and a strong union for all cleaners—no matter what we look like or where we’re from. So far, we have pumped more than $1 Billion back into the homes and communities of cleaners. And we aren’t done yet.
Our national campaign unites a community of security officers and supporters dedicated to bringing good jobs and higher standards to the entire security industry. We are 65,000 union security officers strong and growing, with a commitment to winning respect, at least $15 an hour and Unions for All.
iAmerica is a source of empowerment for American immigrant families of all walks of life, providing the tools and support to be informed, inspire change and impact America’s future.
We believe that all people—Black, white and brown—should have access to quality, affordable healthcare and long term care. We’re fighting for affordable healthcare we can all count on and a healthcare system that works for all of us.
All working people should have the opportunity to join a union, no matter where we work, to bargain higher wages and better jobs. Join the Fight for $15 and a Union movement's demand for #UnionsForAll.