Service Employees International Union

UIC Workers Will Strike Starting May 30

Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Uic Worker Protest, Uic Workers, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago Workers Strike, Uic Worker Contracts, Uic Worker Contract Negotiations, Local 73, University of Illinois at Chicago Worker Protest, Uic Worker Strike, Service Employees International Union, Chicago News

More than 80 percent of University of Illinois Chicago medical support staff will engage in a three-day strike starting May 30 unless they reach a new...

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UIC Workers Agree To Strike: Hundreds Of Support Staff Will Walk Out

Posted 05.11.2012

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More than 80 percent of University of Illinois Chicago medical support staff voted to strike if management refuses to offer them wage increases. A ...

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UIC Workers Union To Vote On Strike After Contract Negotiations Stall

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Uic Workers, Uic Worker Protest, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago Workers Strike, Uic Worker Contracts, Uic Worker Contract Negotiations, Local 73, Uic Worker Strike, University of Illinois at Chicago Worker Protest, Service Employees International Union, Chicago News

Roughly 500 workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago will decide whether to strike this week after months of unproductive contract negotiation...

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Civil Rights Groups Urge Automakers to Take a Stand Against HB 56

Janet Murguía | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Latinos, Uaw, Alabama, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Nclr, HB 56, National Council of La Raza, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Alabama Immigration Law, Daimlerchrysler, Service Employees International Union, Mercedes Benz, Naacp, Latino Voices News
Janet Murguía

Alabama legislators chose to trample on the civil rights of state citizens, enacting a law that encourages racial profiling, punishes innocent children, and jeopardizes the entire economic well-being of the state.

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Marine Fights Freddie Mac to Save His Home

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Charles Haldeman, National Public Radio, Freddie Mac, Propublica, Riverside, Service Employees International Union, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Military Families Speakout, Arturo De Los Santos, Jamie Dimon, Occupy Wall Street, Acce, Inland Congregations United for Change, Politics News
Peter Dreier

"I didn't do anything wrong. I'm doing this for my family and for the millions of other families in similar situations. We can't let the Wall Street banks and Freddie Mac get away with these kinds of practices."

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PHOTOS: Financial District Workers, Activists March Against Inequality

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: March Against Inequality, 1miami, Video, Wells Fargo, Protest, Miami News, Miami Politics, Service Employees International Union, SEIU Miami, Miami News

While Republican frontrunners Mitt Romney and New Gingrich made campaign stops in Miami Wednesday, hundreds of people marched in solidarity with predo...

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WATCH: Protesters Collect 'Donations For The Rich'

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Seiu Local 1, 99 Percent, Occupy Chicago, Video, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Seiu Demonstration, Occupy Wall Street, Donations for the Rich, Chicago Board of Trade Protest, Service Employees International Union, Seiu Protest, Give to the Rich, Chicago News

Representatives of the SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indianareleased a video last week of a recent Occupy Chicago solidarity demonstration where partic...

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20,000 NYC Office Cleaners May Go On Strike

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Service Employees, New York Cleaners, Cleaners Strike, Cleaners Union, Service Employees International Union, Ny News, New-York-Wages, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) - The union that represents cleaning staff at more than 1,500 New York City office buildings will vote Thursday on whether to authorize ...

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Dave Jamieson

Newt Gingrich's Cavalier View Of Janitorial Work Challenged By Facts

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Blue Collar Workers, Janitors, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Election, Seiu, Elections 2012, Newt-Gingrich-Janitors, Newt Gingrich, Service Employees International Union, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich argued at an address at Harvard University last week that American school systems should...

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Elise Foley

Democrats Visit Alabama To Push For End Of Immigration Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Alabama Immigration, Video, Raul Grijalva, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Seiu, HB 56, Immigration, Alabama Immigration Law, Service Employees International Union, Politics News

A group of congressional Democrats gathered in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday to show support for a growing movement against the state's immigration law,...

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Kate Abbey-Lambertz

Occupy Detroit, Unions March Across Detroit

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Occupy Detroit March, Seiu, Day of Austerity, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Detroit, Day of Action, Service Employees International Union, Unions, Occupy Detroit Rally, Detroit News

On a day where protesters came together across the globe to rally in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street on its two-month anniversary, Detroit saw not ...

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Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Occupy La, Service Employees International Union, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Occupy Wall Street, Moveon, Eric Cantor, Rose Gudiel, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Many observers view this new phenomenon as the progressive counterpart to the Tea Party. There are some important similarities and some significant differences. Here are some key points of comparison.

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Victory! Transforming Occupy Wall Street From a Moment to a Movement

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Alliance of Californians for Communty Empowerment, Frances Perkins, Steve Mnuchin, Occupy La, Service Employees International Union, Fannie Mae, Ben Bernanke, Bernie Sanders, Occupy Wall Street, Acce, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, OneWest Bank, Rose Gudiel, Seiu, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Is the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon a moment of protest or a movement for sustained change? Will Rose Gudiel become the Rosa Parks of a new economic justice movement?

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Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: SFM Capital Management, City Harvest, Annual Practical Magic Ball, Jennifer Love Hewitt, OneWest Bank, Rose Gudiel, Fdic, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board, Goldman Sachs, Maria Bello, Mariska Hargitay, Robert E. Mnuchin, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Riverdale Country School, Indymac, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Whitney Museum, TriBeCa Ball, Heather Mnuchin, Service Employees International Union, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Museum of the City of New York, Dune Capital, New York Academy of the Arts, Southhampton Hospital, Steve Mnuchin, Hilary Swank, Kathy and Rick Hilton, Debra Messing, Acce, Los Angeles? Museum of Contemporary Art., Joyful Heart Foundation, Blair Underwood, Seiu, Business News
Peter Dreier

Gudiel would like Mnuchin to visit her at her home, because his OneWest Bank is trying to evict her and her family. If Mnuchin won't come to visit Gudiel, she will visit him, and bring some of her neighbors and friends with her.

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Elise Foley

Spanish-Language Ads To Target Mandatory E-Verify

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: E-Verify, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, United Farmworkers of America, California Republicans, Immigration, America's Voice, Guest Workers, Farmworkers, Dan Lungren, Service Employees International Union, Elton Gallegly, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Spanish-language ads will target Republican congressmen from California for their support of a federal employment eligibility program ca...

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Labor Unions, Benefits Understood, Have Almost Never Been Less Popular

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Collective Bargaining, Video, Strike, Verizon, Wisconsin, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Harris Interactive, Service Employees International Union, Gallup, Labor Unions, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersGovernor Scott Walker, Business News

The vast majority of Americans say labor unions raise wages and better working conditions, a new survey finds. Yet despite those benefits, Americans h...

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Dave Jamieson

Health Care Workers Given Easier Road To Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Nlrb, Labor, Seiu, Chamber of Commerce, Wilma Liebman, Service Employees International Union, Unions, Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Business News

WASHINGTON -- With the departure of the chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board this past weekend, the board has been issuing a slew of last-...

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City Lays Off Half Its Traffic Aide Force

Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Labor, Unemployment, Chicago City Spending, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Chicago Traffic Aides, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Budget, City Employee Unions, Service Employees International Union, Public Employee Unions, Chicago-Office-of-Emergency-Management-and-Communications, Beyond Broke, Chicago News

Pink slips were reportedly delivered Friday to 97 full-time city-employed traffic control aides who keep an eye on busy intersections in the Loop and ...

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Sam Stein

Progressive Groups Launch 11th Hour Debt Ceiling Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Debt, Republicans Debt Ceiling, Dave Camp Ad Campaign, Debt Ceiling Talks, Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Ad Campaign, Richard Hanna, Obama Administration, Service Employees International Union, Tax Breaks Debt Ceiling, Obama Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Ads, Dave Camp, Sean Duffy, Americans United for Change Debt Ceiling, Progressives Debt Ceiling, Video, National Debt, Chip Cravaack, Debt Limit, Debt Ceiling Taxes Obama, Seiu Debt Ceiling, 112th Congress, Sean Duffy Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Debate, Americans United for Change, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a sign of where politics currently stand on a vote to raise the debt ceiling, two progressive-leaning groups are launching a new ad c...

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Banks Should Pay for the Foreclosure Crisis

Peter Dreier | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: PICO California, JP Morgan Chase, Foreclosures, Association of Californians for Community Empowerment, Citigroup, California Mortgage Bankers Association, Godlman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Service Employees International Union, Standard & Poor's, John Stumpf, California Reinvestment Coalition, AB 935, California, Bob Blumenthal, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Center for Responsible Lending, California Bankers Association, California Independent Bankers Association, Moody's, Business News
Peter Dreier

We can't solve California's fiscal disaster without addressing the foreclosure crisis. It doesn't make sense to make severe cuts to state and local budgets only to allow Wall Street banks and their overpaid CEOs to drain billions more from our states.

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The Spiritually Viral Hunger Fast

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Evangelicals, Tax Cuts, National Press Club, Budget Debate, National Council of Churches, Christian Groups, National Association of Evangelicals, Catholic Bishops, Sojourners, Service Employees International Union, World Vision, Biblical Story of Esther, Salvation Army, Prayer Fasting, Passing the Baton, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Church, Religion News
Jim Wallis

The hunger fast for a moral budget has gone spiritually viral. Ten days ago, we announced that the budget debate had become a moral crisis. We now have more than 30,000 participants and are still growing.

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John Delloro's Legacy of Labor Leadership

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organizing, Labor, Ucla, Activism, Afl-Cio, Asian Americans, Community Organizing, John Delloro, Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, Filipino, Unite Here, Service Employees International Union, Unions, Seiu, Apala, Impact News
Jonah Lalas

Workers are not perfect, John would remind us, but even if they are racist, sexist, homophobic, or anti-immigrant, they need to be organized.

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Mary Kay Henry Elected SEIU President

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Kay Henry, Mary Kay Henry SEIU, Seiu, Andy Stern, SEIU President, Unions, Labor Union, Service Employees International Union, Afl-Cio, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The nation's fastest growing labor union elected its first woman president Saturday. The Service Employees International Union sel...

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How to Derail Our Economic and Political System in 4 Easy Steps

Anna Burger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anna Burger, Immigration, Wall Street Crisis, Service Employees International Union, Wall Street, Lobbyists, Seiu, Politics News
Anna Burger

Corporate, anti-worker, and anti-immigrant interests have developed the perfect system to cripple our democracy and hold our economy hostage. 1. Pic...

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Term Limits for Labor Leaders?

Amy B. Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amy Dean, Labor Movement, Service Employees International Union, Labor Unions, Mary Kay Henry, Seiu, Andy Stern, Politics News
Amy B. Dean

In the two weeks since Andy Stern announced his retirement after 14 years as the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), most o...

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