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*'''Public services''', with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers | *'''Public services''', with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers | ||
Its president, [[Andy Stern]], was the most frequent White House visitor to President [[Barack Obama]]. | Its president, [[Andy Stern]], was the most frequent [[Obama Administration#White House operations |White House visitor]] to President [[Barack Obama]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 30 January 2010
Said to be the fsstest-growing union in North America, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) focuses on three sectors of a service economy; it is the largest union in the first two:
- Health care: with more than 1.1 million members in the field, including nurses, LPNs, doctors, lab technicians, nursing home workers, and home care workers
- Property services: with 225,000 members in the building cleaning and security industries
- Public services, with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers
Its president, Andy Stern, was the most frequent White House visitor to President Barack Obama.