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SEIU condemns Senate Plan that threatens working families healthcare to fund billionaire tax breaks (SEIU - Service Employees International Union)

Public Technologies 05 Apr 2025
[email protected] ... SEIU members across the country join Hands Off! mass mobilization to fight back against Administration's attacks on Medicaid and vital services ... SEIU President April Verrett blasted the ...
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SEIU joins AFGE, AFSME and other Public Unions in suing Trump Administration over move to bust Federal Employee Unions (SEIU - Service Employees International Union)

Public Technologies 04 Apr 2025
[email protected] ... The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE-SEIU) represents over 125,000 public and private sector workers across the country, including 75,000 Federal employees ... Learn more at www.seiu.org.
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CTU President Stacy Davis Gates denies union power play caused rift with SEIU

Chicago Sun-Times 03 Apr 2025
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said Thursday her failed attempt to have the CTU take over classroom assistant jobs held by SEIU Local 73 members was about improving outcomes for special education children — not a union power play.
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Trump immigration crackdowns threaten health caregiving. U.S. families are paying the price.

NBC News 03 Apr 2025
Anti-immigration policies threaten a key source of health care labor for nursing facilities and home health agencies that rely on foreign-born workers to fill jobs that don’t attract enough American citizens ... .
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SEIU rallies nationwide protest ICE raids on workers exercising free speech

People's World 02 Apr 2025
At night, colored windows lit up the SEIU headquarters in downtown D.C., declaring “Free Speech ...Tonight, we’re lighting up SEIU HQ to send a clear message ... Dixon, the SEIU green card holder, is a home healthcare worker and mother of three.
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Think the Gilded Age in America was great? Not if you were among low-wage workers ...

The Miami Herald 01 Apr 2025
Those who did the backbreaking work of mining and harvesting raw materials and who produced the goods from those materials were left behind. Opinion ... .
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SEIU’s Verrett: Executive Order Attacking Federal Unions is an Attack on All Workers (SEIU - Service Employees International Union)

Public Technologies 28 Mar 2025
Media@seiu.org ... Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President April Verrett issued the following statement in response to President Trump's order to end collective bargaining rights for hundre.
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Feud between CTU, SEIU threatens Mayor Johnson's political future

Chicago Sun-Times 28 Mar 2025
They don’t support him any longer,” said Jerry Morrison, the now-retired assistant to the president of SEIU Local 1, referring to SEIU ... Another SEIU source said there is “zero chance” that the union will be on board to help Johnson win a second term.
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SEIU’s Verrett: White House order to fire thousands of HHS workers will undermine agency’s ability to ensure the health of the nation (SEIU - Service Employees International Union)

Public Technologies 27 Mar 2025
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) president April ... SEIU members working in hospitals, nursing homes, and in-home care are concerned this will jeopardize their ability to deliver quality care.
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Statement by SEIU President April Verrett on Tufts Graduate Student Detained by ICE (SEIU - Service Employees International Union)

Public Technologies 26 Mar 2025
April Verrett, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after a graduate student at Tufts University was detained by federal immigration authorities Tuesday evening..
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Conflict between SEIU and CTU escalates with allegations of ‘bullying’

Chicago Tribune 24 Mar 2025
SEIU 73 President Dian Palmer disputed assertions CTU president Stacy Davis Gates made in social media posts over the weekend, delivering her strongest comments yet on the monthslong dispute between the two unions over jobs at Chicago Public Schools.
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Childcare Volunteers Can Be A Lifeline After Disasters. But It’s Not Enough.

Forbes 22 Mar 2025
Given the weak safety net for childcare providers, recovery has to be considered beyond 30 days. Financial precarity has made providers able to bounce back ... .
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Security guards unionize at Multnomah County

NW Labor Press 21 Mar 2025
The security officers work for Inter-Con Security Systems, which started a five-year, $40 million contract with Multnomah County last year. ....
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