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Foreign Governments’ Links to Secretive Buyout Firms Raise Concerns about National Security

August 12, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC – This week, SEIU began running radio and print advertisements in six states as part of an ongoing public awareness campaign highlighting the national security concerns raised by the growing links between foreign governments and private equity buyout firms.    » read more »

Stern Is Only Labor Leader To Testify At Bipartisan Health Care Summit

June 16, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC – SEIU International President Andy Stern told a key Senate committee today that they must make fixing health care a “top priority,” urging Congress to immediately tackle the growing crisis.

Stern, who is President of the largest union of health care workers in North America, testified this morning at the Senate Finance Committee forum, titled “Prepare for Launch: Health Reform Summit 2008: Trends in Employer Sponsored Health Coverage.” Stern was the only labor leader represented on the panel.    » read more »

June 13, 2008 -- SEIU today sent a fourth “Dear John” letter to Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. SEIU members are offering their assistance in the absence of any economic blueprint from McCain that puts working families first. The letters will continue until McCain personally meets with members.

In the letter, Iris English, a Medical Billing Specialist at the University of Illinois Medical Center from Chicago and member of Local 73, asks McCain how he would use the money currently being spent in Iraq here in America.

“Dear John,    » read more »

June 02, 2008 -- This Wednesday at 10:50 am EST, Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama will address more than 4,000 SEIU members, leaders, and guests at the 2008 SEIU Convention in Puerto Rico by live satellite feed.

Barack Obama with SEIU member: Photo by SEIU International (CC)    » read more »

May 14, 2008 -- SEIU today sent a third “Dear John” letter to Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. SEIU members are offering their assistance in the absence of any economic blueprint from McCain and will continue sending letters until he meets with them and presents proposals that put working families first.

In the letter, Roselilly Story, a registered nurse from Gulfport, Florida and member of SEIU Healthcare Florida, suggests how McCain can address one of the major economic concerns working families have - the high cost of health care. When McCain stopped in the Tampa area to release his health care plan, Story participated in a news conference highlighting the plan’s shortcomings.

“Dear John,    » read more »

SEIU files anti-SLAPP motion against the CNA, submits application to vacate TRO publicity stunt

April 21, 2008 -- OAKLAND –The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today filed an anti-Strategic Lawsuit to Prevent Public Participation motion against the California Nurses Association (CNA) to prevent the union from further efforts to silence critics of its divisive tactics. The motion cites a temporary restraining order against SEIU President Andy Stern and SEIU that the CNA obtained as a publicity stunt last week as the latest effort by the CNA to suppress nurses and hospital workers who have criticized its anti-union tactics in Ohio and other states.    » read more »

Thirty Percent Wage & Benefit Hikes and Employer-Paid Health Care For All

April 14, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC--D.C. City Council Members and clergy joined with Local 32BJ today to announce agreements with the four top private security contractors in Washington D.C. on 4-year contracts providing nearly 1,500 private security officers with the higher wages, health care and other benefits they need to support their families.

SEIU security guard strike: Photo by Brian Stokle (CC)    » read more »