Here We Grow Again!
Why is SEIU the Largest Union?
We Organize Non-Union Agencies.
If you do not have a union at your work, please contact Catherine Balbas today.
In 2007 We Added Nearly 17,000 Workers in California
9,202 workers through agency shop campaigns in Fresno, Sacramento County, Calaveras County, Mendocino County, Tulare Courts, Mariposa County, Los Angeles County, and LAUSD.
4,282 temp workers through our Justice can’t Be Temporary campaign in Kern, Fresno, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, along with a big victory for state seasonal employees.
601 workers added from affiliated employee associations in Del Norte County, Imperial County, and the city of Calexico.
539 nonprofit workers in agencies located in Mendocino, Butte County, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
2,355 workers from residual campaigns in the city of National City, Fresno County, LAUSD, and the city of Pico Rivera.
Read more in the California Organizing Report.
Moving East With the Population of the State
As the population of our state grows, the inland areas of california (Imperial Valley, Sacramento Valley, Inland Area) are becoming more and more important. Soon, the voters of these areas will have more of a say in California politics. And the standards for working people in these areas are going to become the standards that all California workers follow. for our future, it is vital that our union organizes more members and becomes more influential in the inland areas. That is why our locals have made commitments to put more resources into organizing there. Our efforts have already produced victories in Fresno and Kern counties, the city of Calexico, and Tulare County, where court workers recently won their agency shop campaign.
I think the moment is now for us to win more power in the Central Valley. We need to grow stronger here if we’re going to protect retirement and win better healthcare in California. We’re at probably 95 percent (membership) here now; I’m really jazzed.
Fred Sartuche, Tulare County, Superior Court, Collections Unit, Local 521
Read more in the California Organizing Report.
Latest SEIU521 Victories
We recently won the following agency shops listed below.