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In political campaigns over the past year and a
half, SEIU in Maryland and in the District of Columbia have had
unrivaled success. Our candidates for Maryland's Governor and
several State Legislature and DC City Councils have been
victorious. That would not have happened without the hard work
and contributions of SEIU members from throughout Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia.
We look forward to another important political year in 2008. We
will work to put a friend of working families in the White House
as well as pro-working family majorities in both houses of
Congress.
From the halls of Congress to the city streets, we will fight to
make our country, our state and our cities better places for all
SEIU members and all working families.
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We need to fix our broken healthcare system and ensure quality,
affordable healthcare for every man, woman, and child in
America. Let’s start with our children.
More than 9 million children in America have no health insurance
They have no access to regular checkups, their parents struggle
to afford doctors' visits when they are sick, and they often go
without care. Congress can provide coverage to millions of
uninsured kids by increasing funding for the State Children's
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $50 billion.
In late June, more than 2,000 healthcare workers met in
Baltimore to launch SEIU Healthcare, our new national union with
more than 1 million healthcare members from 38 SEIU locals,
speaking with one strong voice for good jobs and quality care.
SEIU Healthcare will work to unite more healthcare workers,
raise standards, and fix America's broken healthcare system. Our
first big effort is to collect a million petition signatures
urging Congress to provide health insurance to uninsured
children.
Please visit our international website and join me in sending
congress a strong message. Visit
www.seiu.org and let your voice be heard. Together we really
can make a difference.
>> Read more.
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SEIU Employees to Back
Schwartz, Cite Sick Leave Bill
July 30, 2008
Four locals of the influential Service
Employees International Union will endorse D.C. Council member Carol
Schwartz More info..
SEIU 722 2008 Annual Picnic
SEIU 722 Annual Picnic is on August 30,
2008 at Fort Lincoln Park from noon to 6pm.
More info..
Labor’s New Deal
"As in 1935, America is faced with a choice. Is the role of government to serve the 99 percent of hard-working Americans or only corporations and the super-wealthy?" asks SEIU
National President Andy Stern in The Nation’s "Toward a *New* New Deal" forum (April 7th issue).
Needs of Working Families on the Agenda at Take Back America Conference
SEIU National Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger spoke about SEIU members' political agenda and accountability program at the closing plenary session of the Take Back America Conference Wednesday in Washington, DC. The annual conference is one of the primary places where progressives come together to mobilize and unite around a progressive agenda for 2008 and beyond.
Needs of Working Families on the Agenda at Take Back America Conference
SEIU National Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger spoke about SEIU members' political agenda and accountability program at the closing plenary session of the Take Back America Conference Wednesday in Washington, DC. The annual conference is one of the primary places where progressives come together to mobilize and unite around a progressive agenda for 2008 and beyond.
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