The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 60 national and international unions,together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers. The AFL-CIO engages in substantial political spending and activism,typically in support of progressive and pro-labor policies.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors:healthcare,including hospital,home care and nursing home workers;public services;and property services.
John Joseph Sweeney was an American labor leader who served as president of the AFL–CIO from 1995 to 2009.
UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with roughly 300,000 active members. The union's members work predominantly in the hotel,food service,laundry,warehouse,and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of Union of Needletrades,Industrial,and Textile Employees (UNITE) and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE).
The Strategic Organizing Center (SOC),formerly known as the Change to Win Federation (CtW),is a coalition of North American labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL–CIO. The coalition is associated with strong advocacy of the organizing model. The coalition currently consists of Service Employees International Union (SEIU),the United Farm Workers (UFW),and the Communications Workers of America (CWA),the latter of which is affiliated with both the SOC and the AFL–CIO.
Anna Burger was the Secretary-Treasurer of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Chair of the Change to Win Federation.
The AFL–CIO Organizing Institute is a unit within the Organizing and Field Services Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Founded in 1989,the OI serves as the primary training body for most organizers in the AFL–CIO and its member unions.
SEIU Healthcare is a Canadian trade union representing more than 60,000 workers in Ontario,Canada. Through collective bargaining,the union represents workers in hospitals,home care,nursing and retirement homes,and community services. The union has been active in Ontario for over 70 years.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC),an affiliate of National Nurses United,is a labor union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. Since 2018,CNA/NNOC has been led by Executive Director Bonnie Castillo,RN.
Richard Webster Cordtz was an American labor leader. From 1980 to 1995,he was the International Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union under John Sweeney,and was president of the union himself from October 1995 to May 1996.
The American Federation of State,County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. It represents 1.3 million public sector employees and retirees,including health care workers,corrections officers,sanitation workers,police officers,firefighters,and childcare providers. Founded in Madison,Wisconsin,in 1932,AFSCME is part of the AFL–CIO,one of the two main labor federations in the United States. AFSCME has had four presidents since its founding.
SEIU Member Activists for Reform Today (SMART) is a national organization of rank-and-file union members working for the democratic reform of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). SEIU primarily represents workers in the public sector,healthcare industry,and property services. Today it is America's largest and fastest growing union with 2 million members,many of whom are minorities,immigrants,and women.
George Hardy was a Canadian-American labor leader who was president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1971 to 1980. At the time of his death,SEIU had grown to become the fifth-largest affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Hardy was a vice president of the AFL-CIO from 1972 to 1980,and a member of its executive council. He was a former member of the Democratic National Committee and the California Democratic State Central Committee.
Sal Rosselli is president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers. He was the president of SEIU United Healthcare Workers West until 2009,when the local union was placed into trusteeship by its parent union,SEIU.
Labor unions in the United States,since their early beginnings,have held various viewpoints on immigration. There were differences among the labor unions and occasionally opposition to contemporary majority opinions and public policies.
Harold Craig Becker,known professionally as Craig Becker,is an American labor attorney,a former member of the National Labor Relations Board,and currently the Senior Counsel to the AFL–CIO.
Mary Kay Henry is an American labor union activist who was elected International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on May 8,2010. She is the first woman to lead the union. While serving with the union in California,she helped pioneer SEIU's use of card check agreements,non-traditional collective bargaining agreements,comprehensive campaigns,and system-wide health care organizing strategies. Henry was included on Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
Richard Bensinger is an author,American labor activist,and labor consultant known for his advocacy of expanded organizing efforts. He is the founder of the Organizing Institute and was the first organizing director of the AFL-CIO. He is currently the acting organizing director for the United Auto Workers union.
David Rolf is an American labor leader,writer,and speaker. He was the Founding President of Seattle-based Local 775 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU),which represents health care workers,and formerly served as international vice president of SEIU. He is the author of The Fight for Fifteen:The Right Wage for a Working America about the movement by low-wage workers to earn a higher minimum wage,and A Roadmap to Rebuilding Worker Power. Rolf was a founder of the Fair Work Center in Seattle,Working Washington,The Workers Lab in Oakland,and the SEIU 775 Benefits Group.
