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SEIU is ALL IN for Kamala Harris, a leader who will fight for workers and beat Donald Trump

July 23, 2024

Statement from SEIU International President April Verrett on SEIU’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President:

SEIU is ALL IN for Kamala Harris, a leader who will fight for workers and beat Donald Trump

PAJBWU Members Hold PASSHE Accountable in Food Service Bidding War

November 21, 2023

The Pennsylvania Joint Board and workers across the state are calling on Chancellor Greenstein to make it clear to the food service giants bidding on open contracts that they need to honor workers' existing union contracts.

PAJBWU Members Hold PASSHE Accountable in Food Service Bidding War

Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union

October 24, 2023

An op-ed from Lynn Fox, President of Workers United and President of the Philadelphia Jewish Labor Committee, featured in 'In These Times'

Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union

SEIU Statement on Terrorist Attack on Israel and Crisis in Gaza

October 17, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza.

SEIU Statement on Terrorist Attack on Israel and Crisis in Gaza

Starbucks Workers United 13-City Bus Tour Hits Pennsylvania!

July 25, 2023

The Starbucks Workers United 2023 Summer “The Union Is Calling” Bus Tour made its way to the Keystone State this past week with stops in Pittsburgh and Lancaster.

Starbucks Workers United 13-City Bus Tour Hits Pennsylvania!

SEIU PA State Council Announces Endorsements for PA Court Primaries

May 3, 2023

SEIU has endorsed the following champions: For Supreme Court: Daniel McCaffrey, For Superior Court: Timika Lane and Jill Beck, For Commonwealth Court: Brian Neff

SEIU PA State Council Announces Endorsements for PA Court Primaries

SEIU PA State Council Statement on House Passage of Public Sector OSHA

May 3, 2023

Pennsylvania has a two-tiered system of workplace safety standards. When private sector employees go to work, they are entitled to basic OSHA protections.

SEIU PA State Council Statement on House Passage of Public Sector OSHA

Get Involved! Solidarity Needed in Pittsburgh

March 10, 2023

Our union brothers and sisters employed at the LeMont Restaurant in Pittsburgh are reaching out to labor allies and labor-friendly businesses to help increase business and lift up their coworkers in a time of uncertainty.

Get Involved! Solidarity Needed in Pittsburgh

Statement on the Governor’s Budget Address

March 8, 2023

“SEIU applauds Governor Shapiro for sharpening the call for Pennsylvania to raise the minimum wage to $15 NOW. After 17 years of inaction, it is long past time to move $15 to the forefront of the legislature’s to-do list.

Statement on the Governor’s Budget Address

Op-ed | I Deserve a Fair Wage and the Right to Unionize, so I’m Voting for Josh Shapiro

October 12, 2022

Latrelle Jackson is one of many Pennsylvanians working two jobs to make ends meet. In this op-ed, he explains why Pennsylvania workers need Josh Shapiro fighting for them in Harrisburg.

Op-ed | I Deserve a Fair Wage and the Right to Unionize, so I’m Voting for Josh Shapiro

Opinion | I Was Fired After Unionizing My Workplace. Workers Need to Vote Against Corporate Greed on Election Day.

October 7, 2022

Tori Tambellini was fired after working to unionize her Starbucks store in Pittsburgh. In an op-ed, she talks about the importance of supporting candidates who support workers.

Opinion | I Was Fired After Unionizing My Workplace. Workers Need to Vote Against Corporate Greed on Election Day.

Josh Shapiro rallies with union workers ahead of 'pivotal' election

September 22, 2022

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro met with SEIU members and workers in Pittsburgh who are trying to unionize to discuss some of their challenges and triumphs in the unionization process and the “pivotal” election coming in November.

Josh Shapiro rallies with union workers ahead of 'pivotal' election

TODAY, July 15 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare Strike, Picketing at 3 Pittsburgh Stores Following Illegal Firings

July 15, 2022

Union worker organizers launch a strike, calling on Starbucks’ leadership to halt union busting efforts and reinstate two unjustly fired employees.

TODAY, July 15 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare Strike, Picketing at 3 Pittsburgh Stores Following Illegal Firings

TODAY, June 24 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare ULP Strike, Picketing at Bloomfield Store Following Illegal Union Busting

June 24, 2022

Union organizers launch an Unfair Labor Practice strike, calling on Starbucks’ leadership to rollback union busting efforts and negotiate a contract in good faith

TODAY, June 24 starting at 5:30AM: Starbucks Workers Declare ULP Strike, Picketing at Bloomfield Store Following Illegal Union Busting

Workers United commits initial $1 million to establish Strike and Defense Fund for Starbucks Partners

June 2, 2022

Workers United, the union supporting Starbucks workers across the country as they organize, is announcing our intention to establish a Strike and Defense Fund with initial dedicated funding of $1 million for the Starbucks Workers United campaign.

Workers United commits initial $1 million to establish Strike and Defense Fund for Starbucks Partners

In the Wake of Resounding Pittsburgh Victory, Penn Center East Starbucks Store Files for Union Election

April 14, 2022

Today, on the heels of Bloomfield’s unanimous vote to become the first unionized Starbucks in Pennsylvania, the partners at store #7284, Penn Center East, have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

In the Wake of Resounding Pittsburgh Victory, Penn Center East Starbucks Store Files for Union Election

Bloomfield Starbucks Partners Win First Unionized Starbucks In Pennsylvania

April 13, 2022

April 13th the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) counted the mail-in ballots for the Bloomfield Starbucks store on Liberty Avenue, resulting in a unanimous victory.

Bloomfield Starbucks Partners Win First Unionized Starbucks In Pennsylvania

Southside East Carson St. and Northbound McKnight Rd. Starbucks Stores File for Union Election

April 4, 2022

Today, the Starbucks partners at Pittsburgh stores #65815 (McKnight Rd.) and #793 (East Carson St.) added their names to the list of Starbucks locations in Pittsburgh who have gone public to demand a safer, more democratic workplace and file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

Southside East Carson St. and Northbound McKnight Rd. Starbucks Stores File for Union Election

Market Square and Craig Street Starbucks Stores File for Union Election

March 23, 2022

Today, two more Starbucks locations in Pittsburgh went public to demand a safer, more democratic workplace and file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

Market Square and Craig Street Starbucks Stores File for Union Election

Second Pittsburgh Starbucks Files for Union Election, Calling on Company to Prioritize Partner-Corporate Collaboration

March 4, 2022

Today, the partners at the Amos Hall Starbucks became the second Starbucks store in Pittsburgh to go public with their demands for a safer, more democratic workplace.

Second Pittsburgh Starbucks Files for Union Election, Calling on Company to Prioritize Partner-Corporate Collaboration

Some Kutztown University food-services workers are trying to set the table for unionization. They claim their employer won’t let them

February 23, 2022

Dining services workers at Kutztown University who have been trying to unionize for months will hold a rally Thursday to publicly state their case.

Some Kutztown University food-services workers are trying to set the table for unionization. They claim their employer won’t let them

Pittsburgh Starbucks Launches Union Campaign, Denouncing Company’s Union-Busting

February 11, 2022

Today, driven by outrage over Starbucks’ blatant union busting display in Memphis and their hope for a safer, more democratic workplace, workers at a Starbucks in the Bloomfield neighborhood filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

Pittsburgh Starbucks Launches Union Campaign, Denouncing Company’s Union-Busting

Kutztown Update | Working at a College During COVID Has Sucked

February 2, 2022

At Kutztown University in eastern Pennsylvania, dining workers employed by foodservice contracting giant Aramark launched a public effort last fall to form a union affiliated with the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers, an SEIU affiliate. Pro-union dining services workers told Discourse Blog they’re short-staffed, paid too little, and not given enough opportunities to use the paid time off they’ve accrued.

Kutztown Update | Working at a College During COVID Has Sucked

SEIU PA State Council Endorses Summer Lee For Congress!

February 2, 2022

SEIU Pennsylvania State Council endorses Summer Lee for Congress.

SEIU PA State Council Endorses Summer Lee For Congress!

SEIU PA State Council Endorses Austin Davis For Lt. Gov

January 25, 2022

The Pennsylvania SEIU State Council – made up of four local SEIU unions – announced their endorsement of State Representative Austin Davis for Lieutenant Governor

SEIU PA State Council Endorses Austin Davis For Lt. Gov

SEIU Unanimously Endorses Malcolm Kenyatta for U.S. Senate

January 19, 2022

Today, SEIU hosted a press conference to announce the unanimous endorsement of Malcolm Kenyatta for the US Senate.

SEIU Unanimously Endorses Malcolm Kenyatta for U.S. Senate

Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor.

December 10, 2021

Employees at a Buffalo-area Starbucks store voted to form a union, making it only one of the nearly 9,000 company-owned stores in the United States to be organized

Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor.

Canada Goose workers vote to unionize in Winnipeg

December 3, 2021

Workers at three plants owned by Canada Goose in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have voted overwhelmingly to unionize

Canada Goose workers vote to unionize in Winnipeg

Kutztown U. food service workers rally to join union

December 3, 2021

Kutztown University dining workers are demanding that Aramark institute a fair process for recognizing their union

Kutztown U. food service workers rally to join union