Description: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a major U.S.-based labor union that represents service-sector workers in health care, public services, property services, and other industries. SEIU's mission is to improve wages, benefits and working conditions for frontline service workers, expand access to quality public services and health care, and advance economic and racial justice for low- and middle-income workers. Type: Labor union (national/international union with affiliated local unions) Policies: Advocates for stronger collective bargaining rights, higher minimum and living wages, expanded access to health care and long-term care, Medicaid and public health funding, paid sick and family leave, immigrant worker protections, workplace safety standards, public-sector worker protections, and pro-worker tax and social policy reforms. Funding: Primarily funded by member dues and member contributions; also funds political activity through union political action committees and receives occasional grants and investment income. Affiliates: Numerous affiliated local unions (e.g., SEIU Local 1199, SEIU 32BJ, SEIU Local 1000) and prominent leaders and former leaders such as Mary Kay Henry and Andrew Stern
