Only 63 Cents for Every Dollar [#BlackWomensEqualPay]
In addition to making far less than white men, many Black moms & caregivers have no paid leave, forcing them to forgo even more income to care for themselves and loved ones.
Women of color-led union makes history
Wins agreement to raise provider pay and increase child care access for California families
How To Protect Your Skin During COVID
Whether your an essential worker or not, take these steps to make sure you're staying safe in COVID.
Guidance for Healthcare and Home Care Providers to Protect Yourself at Work
CDC + OSHA's tips on how to protect yourself and care for patients in COVID.
Ohio Mom, Union Leader Shares Story of Stability
Hear Beverly talk about building her life from grief, drugs and abuse to stability for herself and her two daughters
Trusted Messengers
To get more long-term healthcare workers the vaccine, we’re focused on trust and respect.
New safe staffing standards, higher wages are a ‘relief for our bodies, minds and spirits,’ say Rhode Island nursing home workers
Governor signs new Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act into law
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry, immigrant airport workers discuss pathway to citizenship at DCA
More than 300,000 DACA and TPS immigrants have been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep communities healthy and safe.
McDonald’s workers in 16 cities strike for $15 minimum wage the day before company’s annual shareholder’s meeting
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez join strikers virtually to offer support
Immigrant Essential Worker Shares COVID + Vaccine Experience
Hear Ada talk about her struggle against COVID and how she stayed safe by vaccinating herself and her child.
SEIU members join over 77 May Day events
Call for a pathway to citizenship for immigrants and passage of the American Jobs Plan
First-Generation Daughter Shares Mom's Grit, Their Instant Fear
Hear Maria talk about the terror that gripped her immigrant neighborhood, though it didn't stop her family from thriving
Working families celebrate Biden’s $15 minimum wage executive order for federal contractors
Order also eliminates the tipped minimum wage for federal contractors by 2024
SEIU Local 99 member tells Congress child care, paid leave must be a part of nation’s recovery process
Highlights how she and her fellow Local 99 members were able to secure a $500/month stipend for LAUSD teachers and classified employees with young children
Inhale/Exhale
This Earth Day, I'm standing up and taking action for our communities, our nation and our planet. Join me in telling Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan now.
SEIU home care workers join Care Can’t Wait Summit with VP Harris, pressuring Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan
President’s plan would create up to a million good-paying union home care jobs
SEIU and Change to Win’s investment funds pushing for racial diversity in financial institutions
Currently working with the world’s largest financial institution—BlackRock—to bring about needed change within the company and the financial services industry
Home care workers celebrate Biden's commitment to caregiving in infrastructure speech
Held signs and banners declaring ‘Care Is Essential, Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us.’
Nursing home, home care workers send message to Washington, DC: Care is Essential!
Urge Congress and Pres. Biden to create good union home care jobs and to put care at the heart of our nation’s recovery
‘I was horrified,’ SEIU nursing home worker testifies before Senate Finance Committee
Hearing examined the long-standing injustices that led to nursing homes becoming pandemic epicenters
#ImmigrantWomenAreHome campaign marks progress on immigrant justice on Biden’s 50th day in office
Calls on Congress to provide a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in America
Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us
Essential workers in 20 cities demand Congress pass $15/hr minimum wage, COVID relief
Black Fight for $15 activists attempt to make history during Black History Month
Pushing hard for a $15/hr Federal minimum wage
Winning Racial Justice Helps Everyone
Hear the talk with author Heather McGhee about how winning racial justice helps everyone.
#WalkoutWednesday: Raise the Wage to $15
Our fight to win a $15 minimum wage and union rights continues, with workers' resolve unwavering.
Fast-food workers in 15 cities strike, demand a federal $15 minimum wage
Also demand union rights, COVID safety measures on the job
“People need to hear from us to see that we are human.” – Essential Worker and TPS holder María Elena Hernández
Temporary Protected Status holders contribute greatly to our communities and must not live in fear of deportation.
SEIU caregivers’ prayer vigil unites long term care workers to inspire strength and perseverance
Calls on Congress and the Administration to make caregiving jobs good union jobs
Workers in the Fight for $15 and a Union help announce the 2021 Raise the Wage Act with members of Congress
$15/hr is seen as a critical step toward helping our country recover from the pandemic and making economy work for everyone
Working families across the country celebrate milestone Biden/Harris inauguration
Swearing-in ceremony followed by the signing of executive orders on COVID and immigration
Fight for $15 and a Union fast food workers strike to demand $15/hour on MLK’s birthday
Also speak out to address the rampant workplace health and safety issues during the pandemic
SEIU essential workers help get out the vote for Warnock, Ossoff in the Georgia run-off election
Millions of door knocks, text messages and phone calls by SEIU members and allies propel pro-worker candidates to victory
Airport workers demand to be part of stimulus bill as new survey shows the infection risk they face
Survey is a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective from people who understand how airplanes and terminals are cleaned and staffed
SEIU 1199NW Executive Vice President, RN Jane Hopkins named to Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board
Sierra Leonean immigrant has been active in her union, the FF15 and Black Lives Matter movements
“We have to protect you. We have to pay you,” says Biden in roundtable with frontline healthcare workers
Event centered on the experiences of essential healthcare workers throughout the pandemic
VICTORIES: SEIU members help elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, while also winning offices around the country themselves.
Essential workers’ message is clear: respect us, protect us, pay us.
SEIU members, Fight for $15 members joined by celebrities and elected officials for National Vote Early Day
Workers participated in more than 30 actions in over 10 major cities
#WalkOutWednesday: Vote for Black Lives
Be both a protest leader and an elected leader! It's the path to progress.
When we fight, we win! Detroit area nursing home workers return to work with new contract after two-day strike
Contract gains included improved staffing levels, better PPE and higher wages
Home care tele-town hall inspires essential care providers to get out the vote
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s historic caregiving workforce plan would invest in home and community-based care
SEIU healthcare workers share experiences with Jill Biden during virtual roundtable
“We are the ones who walk out our houses every single day into death”
#WalkoutWednesday: In the Fight to Restore Voting Rights
Disenfranchised workers who've faced barriers to voting discuss their commitments to making our democracy work.
Congress hears from an SEIU’s April Verrett about realities of home care work in the COVID-19 pandemic
“We need to show that this work is valued in our country”
#WalkOutWednesday: Even for Those Who Can’t Vote, There is Much Riding on This Election
Workers with temporary protected status are especially impacted by the upcoming election.
Standing Together to Build Something Better
United in our union, we won better wages and healthcare. By voting together, we can make change.
#WalkOutWednesday: Voting on the Mind
Essential workers speak their minds and lift up their get-out-the-vote efforts.
SEIU locals, activists spread the word online and off about the importance of voting during National Voter Registration Day
Stress the need to put people in office who will help bring America through the coronavirus disaster
SEIU Pres. Mary Kay Henry Makes Time's 100 Most Influential People
Being chosen for 2020 TIME100 is a tribute to the courage of working people in SEIU & the Fight for $15!
“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around”
One SEIU member's journey from marching for civil rights as a teen to registering voters as an adult
We Know What’s at Stake Because We’ve Been Living It
"Our vote is essential; the voices of women of color have been held down for too long."
SEIU Healthcare Michigan members rally for respect, pay, voting on Labor Day
“We’re 60 days from the election that is the fight for our lives”
SEIU Members Are Essential Healthcare Voters
Essential home care workers support Biden’s plan to build a better future for working families
San Francisco janitors hold vigil for fellow member victim of COVID-19, call for essential worker protections
“We are essential, not expendable”
#WalkOutWednesday: 2020 Democratic National Convention
With special guest Rep. Maxine Waters, workers discuss #DNC2020 and our continued fight for racial and economic justice.
#WalkoutWednesday: Plans to Build Power & Win Justice
SEIU member leaders discuss SEIU's 27th Convention & our plans to build power and win justice inside and outside our union
Watch: Essential Workers Demand a Say
Hearings are taking place nationwide with essential workers demanding a say in how we all stay safe
Joe Biden Chooses Kamala Harris to Serve as His Vice President
SEIU members: Biden-Harris administration would fight for racial, economic justice for America’s working families
#WalkoutWednesday: Reopening Or Not, Essential Workers Must Weigh In
As public spaces like schools consider reopening, essential workers need a seat at the table.
No one should have to miss their opportunity to vote
The U.S. Senate must take action on the HEROES Act now
I walked with Joe Biden
Now more than ever it’s critical we elect a President who listens to our voices, values all jobs and will make it easier for working people to join unions.
Joe Biden Walks a Day with SEIU Nursing Home Worker
SEIU member, Shanrika Nelson, shares what it’s like to be on the frontlines
SEIU nursing home worker tells Members of Congress about working during the COVID-19 crisis
Shared stories about the struggles she and her co-workers face every day
#WalkoutWednesday: #StrikeForBlackLives
A national day of strikes, walkouts, and worker actions to demand racial and economic justice, including in the workplace
SEIU Endorses Joe Biden for President
In a vital election, VP Biden is the candidate to stand with working people.
Challenges for Essential Workers As States "Reopen"
COVID is resurging without safe plans and a clear path forward.
"So I Quit the Chicken Plant and Got a Job at Circle K."
Watch the 1st Essential Worker Hearing out of NC; workers shared stories, spoke to safety concerns, offered solutions
#WalkoutWednesday: Courage Calls to Courage
Focusing on the power of one, the ripple effects of individual activism, how one person's courage leads to another
Join the #PoorPeople's Campaign: Digital Justice Gathering
Join Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and the massive movement for moral revival
#WalkoutWednesday: #JusticeForJanitors Supports the Movement for Black Lives
Honoring the 30th anniversary of Justice For Janitors
Equity and Justice for All Nursing Home Workers and Residents
We can’t afford to go back to the way things were
SEIU Nursing Home Workers Speak Out for Protections from COVID-19
Caregivers working at ground zero of the pandemic fight to protect workers and residents
Last year I told my story of LGBTQ discrimination on the job to the Supreme Court. Today the Court ruled in our favor!
Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act must provide workplace protections to LGBTQ people
#WalkoutWednesday: 2 Deadly Pandemics
Discussing how workers are rising up to fight both COVID-19 and systemic racism
SEIU Local 284 in Minnesota supports proposal for Minneapolis Public Schools to cut ties with Minneapolis Police Department
Local 284 represents more than 500 school support staff at city’s public school system
#WalkoutWednesday: The Movement for Black Lives
There will be no economic justice without racial justice.
California janitors, security officers, airport workers launch car caravans to demand protections for essential workers
Protest caravans seek to highlight the Black, brown and female essential workers who have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19
"I Was Happy to Have the Kids Home from School. But Now I Worry About Feeding Them."
Frontline janitor Marcos Aranda testified before Congress about he and his spouse now trying to care for their six kids, plus extended family, on his paycheck alone.
#Walkout Wednesday: Virtual Picket Line
Demanding paid leave and zero-tolerance for sexual harassment for all McDonald’s employees
Contracted airport workers caravan around Reagan, Miami airports to demand full COVID-19 protection
Calling on Congress and the Trump administration to include protections for property service workers in the next stimulus in response
No matter what, nurses can’t be — and won’t be — stopped
Nurses Week may be over, but our fight for justice will never cease
Union members, allies march by car around Colorado capitol to show support for essential workers
PPE for frontline workers, paid sick leave among group’s demands
30,000 SEIU and FF$15 workers join “tele-town halls” with Speaker Pelosi, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other elected leaders as they launch COVID-19 relief demands
Healthcare workers, public employees, security officers, delivery drivers and others concluded their testimonials with the same statement: “I am an essential worker.”
Digital First Aid Kit For Nurses — Nurses Week 2021
A list of resources for nurses to help manage stress and anxiety through the COVID-19 pandemic:
