Dec 15th, 2008 · The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) backed Barack Obama in this year's election; they were the single largest donor to either party. Andy Stern, SEIU president, hopes this effort will translate into influence in the new administration.
Sep 5th, 2005 · Noting that many security guards are black men from poor neighborhoods, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) says building owners and security companies are preventing union organizing efforts. One man preparing to picket a California building management company illustrates the issue. Farai Chideya reports.
Jul 26th, 2005 · Ed Gordon analyzes the impact of the decision by the Teamsters and SEIU to leave the AFL-CIO umbrella union group with Steve Lerner of the Service Employees International Union, and with Martin Ludlow of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.
Jul 26th, 2005 · Ed Gordon examines the big break in America's largest organized labor group with economist Julianne Malveaux. Two of the largest AFL-CIO unions -- the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters -- have announced they're leaving the federation. What does this mean for the American labor movement?
Jul 26th, 2005 · The Service Employees International Union, which is leaving the AFL-CIO, says the umbrella labor organization has not spent enough money or effort lately on organizing. The SEIU says more money must be spent on recruiting new members.
Jul 26th, 2005 · Two big unions leave the AFL-CIO. The Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) say they want to focus on organizing new workers at a time when union membership is in steep decline. Leaders of the AFL-CIO say the split will only further weaken the union movement.
Jul 25th, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, about the union's split from the AFL-CIO. Stern formally announced the division at a news conference in Chicago Monday afternoon.
Jul 21st, 2005 · AFL-CIO chief John Sweeney and the SEIU's Andy Stern first met in the 1970s, when Stern was president of a social workers' local in Pennsylvania. But what began as a mentoring relationship has taken a turn, with Stern calling for Sweeney's resignation.