SEIU Local 521

Stronger Together

The Advisory Committee met on October 5-7, 2007 and created a new vision statement for Local 521. Read the vision statement  and  poems about "Baby 521" >>
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Five locals (415, 535, 700, 715 and 817) have come together to cover the North Central region by forming one larger, more powerful local. On January 2, 2007, our new local received its charter. On March 1, our new local came to life with resources from the other legacy unions and staff was hired expressly for their expertise in publicly-funded work. 

In the hospitals of Stanford, Lucile Packard and El Camino, Local 715 retained jurisdiction, but worked out an agreement for these members to work more closely with UHW. Stanford University, Santa Clara University and private cemetery workers similarly are receiving services from unions that specialize in their industries.

This marks a new beginning for publicly-funded workers including the over 10,000 homecare workers in Silicon Valley. We will be stronger together. Our new local represents more than 45,600 workers. We specialize in public sector services from Silicon Valley to Santa Cruz, and Monterey to the Central Valley. 

SEIU 521 is part of SEIU, Sevice Employees International Union.  The Service Employees International Union  is 1.9 million working people and 50,000 retirees united to improve services and our communities throughout North America. 
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Our local is also part of SEIU, California State Council.