Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Labor Watch
A History of Everything Leftist Unionism: The Rise of the SEIU
Among the many problems afflicting Big Labor as the Long Decline began was organizing; namely turning workers into dues-paying union members, especially in the growing service industries and the historically…
by Michael Watson on March 6, 2025

Labor Watch
A History of Everything Leftist Unionism: Labor’s New Coalition
American labor radicalism has come a long way from Soviet agents in the Congress of Industrial Organizations through the UAW-funded Students for a Democratic Society to today’s SEIU purple-shirted demonstrators…
by Michael Watson on March 6, 2025

Labor Watch
Who Is Big Labor, Anyway?
There are three persistent, widespread myths about union members. First, many believe that organized labor speaks for wage- and salary-earners as a class based on overwhelming membership. Second, many believe…
by Michael Watson on February 3, 2025

Labor Watch
The SEIU and the Teamsters Changed to Lose
In 2005, Andy Stern and James P. Hoffa, the leaders of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), led their massive unions and five…
by Michael Watson on January 14, 2025

Labor Watch
History Lessons from the Port Strike
Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) that struck ports from the Gulf Coast to Maine, said that he would teach Americans “what a strike is,” employing extortionate…
by Michael Watson on November 7, 2024

Labor Watch
A Union-Only Key Bridge Rebuild Discriminates Against Local Workers
President Joe Biden's promise, supported by Gov. Wes Moore, to rebuild the Key Bridge with union labor will sideline nearly 90 percent of the local workforce, raising costs and delaying…
by Scott Walter on October 24, 2024

Labor Watch
From the Ordinary to the Opulent: A Look at Union Buildings in the District
Unions claim to represent the common worker, advocating for fair wages, safe working conditions, and just treatment. However, reality often tells a different story. The massive, expensive headquarters of these…
by Elise Johnson on August 12, 2024

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on June 28, 2024

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on June 21, 2024

Labor Watch
PRO Act Just Gives Unions More Power
The PRO Act is back from the dead and is little more than a labor union–backed mandate to force Americans to pay unions their own hard-earned money for the privilege…
by Michael Watson on April 22, 2024