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SEIU's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Service Employees National Headquarters
Washington, DC		1,916,621
Service Employees Conference Western
Los Angeles, CA		601,379
Service Employees Council California State
Sacramento, CA		517,796
Service Employees Local 1199Seiu United Health Care Workers East
New York, NY		358,429
Service Employees Council Illinois State Council
Chicago, IL		170,000
Service Employees Local 2005United Healthcare Workers-West
Oakland, CA		143,913
Service Employees Local 32
New York, NY		113,673
Service Employees Local 6434United Long Term Care Workers Union
Los Angeles, CA		72,397
Service Employees Local 721
Los Angeles, CA		71,159
Service Employees Council Massachusetts State Council
Boston, MA		55,947
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Financial Information

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

Total Assets Trend

Basic Financials

  • Total Assets?: $246,060,289.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $118,873,034.00
  • Total Income?: $348,350,910.00
  • Total Spent?: $353,631,694.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $56,040,954.00 (-8.6%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $42,025,358.00 (+6.2%)
  • Investments?: $10,901,317.00 (+26.8%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $82,118,521.00 (+26.8%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $23,906,419.00 (+5,979.0%)
  • Other Assets?: $5,739,706.00 (+188.8%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $25,328,014.00 (+42.1%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $0.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $292,675,038.00
  • Investments?: $22,269,070.00
  • Supplies?: $0.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $309,676.00
  • Dividends?: $265,678.00
  • Rents?: $2,753,379.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $21,684,512.00
  • Affiliates?: $281,476.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $8,112,081.00
  • All Others?: $1,934,884.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Spending

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2011: $353,631,694.00

Search All Spending

Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $82,052,275.00 (23.20%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $54,478,912.00 (15.41%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $14,812,062.00 (4.19%)
  • General Overhead?: $37,015,622.00 (10.47%)
  • Union Administration?: $70,627,077.00 (19.97%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $847,171.00 (0.24%)
  • To Union Officers?: $2,742,636.00 (0.78%)
  • To Union Employees?: $44,049,871.00 (12.46%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Membership

Total Members: 1,921,768

Membership Trend



YearMembers
20021,464,077
20031,602,882
20041,702,639
20051,505,100
20061,575,485
20071,691,973
20081,807,635
20091,857,136
20101,916,621
20111,921,768

Income per Member: $181.26

Dues

n/a per n/a

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $71,201.12
  • Total Employees: 873
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 363

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
$483,202.00
ELISEO MEDINAINTERNATIONAL SEC-TREAS$330,503.00
MARY KAY HENRYINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT$290,334.00
DAVID REGANEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$242,138.00
GERALD HUDSONEXEC VICE PRESIDENT$228,070.00
TOM WOODRUFFEXEC VICE PRESIDENT$224,692.00
MITCHELL ACKERMANEXEC VICE PRESIDENT$223,868.00
KIRK ADAMSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$202,319.00
SCOTT COURTNEYDEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF$200,854.00
DIETER WAIZENEGGERCOORDINATOR-CAPTAL STEWAR$198,965.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $142,750,904.00 (0.8939)
Republicans: $16,790,785.00 (0.1051)

SEIU's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
Service Employees International Union$136,397,439.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 1999$14,331,255.00
Service Employees International Union$7,140,507.00
Service Employees International Union$907,751.00
SEIU Illinois State Council$407,446.00
Service Employees International Union$164,370.00
SEIU District 1$90,188.00
Maine State Employees Assn - PASE$80,426.00
SEIU Local 503 OPEU$62,574.00
SEIU Local 721$31,085.00
SEIU Local 1000$28,631.00
SEIU Local 880$15,000.00
SEIU Healthcare 775 NW Quality Care Cmte$12,442.00
SEIU Oregon State Council$9,393.00
SEIU Local 1877$8,090.00
SEIU Healthcare 1199$5,505.00
Service Employees Intl Union 32B-32J$4,895.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 434B$4,500.00
SEIU Local 1021$4,038.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 99$1,000.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 617$800.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 1199-$20,000.00

Source: Federal Elections Commission by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $62,509,523.35
Republicans: $4,101,767.50

Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics by way of Transparency Data.

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

527 Spending

A union's 527 committee makes contributions to political candidates and other organizations for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. Unlike Political Action Committees, which are strictly regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 527s are regulated by the IRS. These committees are often considered a form of "soft money."

Total 527 Expenditures: $123,086,104.00

SEIU's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
Service Employees International Union$108,429,141.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 1199$10,852,264.00
Oregon Public Employees Union Local 503$2,031,005.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 880$1,429,265.00
Pennsylvania Social Services Union$122,384.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 503$89,251.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 82$51,445.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 113$51,079.00
Service Employees Intl Union Local 26$17,460.00
Service Employees Intl Union 32B-32J$7,500.00
SEIU Florida Healthcare Union$5,310.00

Source: Internal Revenue Service by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $14,709,734.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

SEIU's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying
Urban Development$120,000.00

SEIU Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
Service Employees International Union$13,743,304.00
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East$633,930.00
Local 32B-32J SEIU$212,500.00
Service Employees Intl Union 32B-32J$90,000.00
SEIU$30,000.00

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts investigations to determine if violations of the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) provisions have occurred.

Investigations are initiated based on various sources such as complaints from union members; information developed by OLMS as a result of reviewing reports filed; information developed during an OLMS audit of a union’s books and records; and information obtained from other government agencies. Investigations may involve civil matters (such as an election of union officers) or criminal matters (such as embezzlement of union funds).

Type of Criminal ActivityNumber of Incidents
Criminal Charges20
Criminal Convictions1
Embezzlement Charges22
Guilty Pleas24
Indictments6
Officials Sentenced12

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Financial Audits

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.

OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.

LocalViolationsView Audit
SEIU Local 963Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 1525Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 24/77Full Audit Text
SEIU Local System Council 153Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 753Full Audit Text
SEIU Local MA State Council3Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 5601Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 54Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 1164Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 227Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 26613Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 8Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 119912Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 5607Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 85Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 875Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 1199Full Audit Text
SEIU Local 8Full Audit Text

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: January 1st, 2010

Union Decertifications

Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Total Decertification Petitions: 785

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
09-RD-0218751 The Plains, Inc., d/b/a Hickory Creek of Athens
Service Employees International Union, District 1199		February 23rd, 2009
27-RD-01224Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel
Services Workers United		February 11th, 2009
08-RD-02132Community Support Services, Inc.
Service Employees International Union, District 1199		January 13th, 2009
05-RD-01455Bio-Medical Applications of Columbia Heights, Inc. d/b/a Washington Kidney Center
1199-SEIU United Healthcare Workers East		January 6th, 2009
34-RD-00346Naugatuck Day Care
CSEA/SEIU, Local 2001		January 2nd, 2009
14-RD-01919Touchette & Kenneth Hall Regional Hospitals
Service Employees International Union		December 31st, 2008
14-RD-01918Touchette & Kenneth Hall Regional Hospitals
Service Employees International Union		December 31st, 2008
09-RD-02184Earley & Ross of Ross Co. LLC d/b/a Mapleview Manor
District 1199, The Health Care and Social Service Union		December 30th, 2008
20-RD-02471Sunny Hills Services
SEIU 1021		December 10th, 2008
25-RD-01520ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES
SERVIVCE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION		November 28th, 2008

» See All Decertifications

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Allegations

Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.

AllegationCases Filed
Duty of Fair Representation4452
Other Allegations1208
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)213
Union Security Related (including Beck)190
Coercive Statements183
All Allegations137
Threatening Statements128
Actions of Picketers100
Union Security Related91
Refusal to Furnish Information87
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)83
Failure to Sign Agreement69
Harassment63
Hiring Halls61
Statements57
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Initial Contract)53
Picketing/Strike Actions52
Repudiation/Modification of Contract52
Handbilling48
Time/Place of Picketing48

Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Recent Strikes

Employer/LocationUnionDays on StrikeEmployees on Strike
Birmingham Care Center
, 		SEIU Local 1199148100
Piedmont Gardens
Oakland, CA		SEIU Local UHWWest24140
American Red Cross Blood Services
Pomona, CA		SEIU Local 7212320
Sodexo Campus Services
ces Pittsburgh, PA		SEIU Local 32BJ2224
MARSDEN BUILDING MAINTENANCE
, nt		SEIU Local 26660
Providence St Peter
Olympia, WA		SEIU Local 1199NW0300
HARC Inc
Hartford, CT		SEIU Local 1199 NEHCEU2214
Mosaic Inc.
Cromwell, CT		SEIU Local 1199 NEHCEU1250
Bristol Manor Health Care Center
Rochelle Park, NJ		SEIU Local 1199NJ2140
Castle Hill Health Care Center
Union City, NJ		SEIU Local 1199 NJ DIV2105

» See all strikes

Source: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Pensions

Pensions Linked to the Union

Pension Name/SponsorMembersFunding Percentage
S.e.i.u. National Industry Pension Fund
Board of Trustees of the S.e.i.u. National Industry Pension Fund		103,81179.90
Pension Plan for Employees of the Service Employee Intl Union
Service Employees Intl Union		1,374101.10

Associated Pension Funds

These pension funds are tied to the union according to their name only. There is no formal system for identifying all pension funds associated with a union. As a result, some of these pension fund may not be associated with the union.

Pension Name/SponsorMembersFunding Percentage
Nice-Pak Products Inc Pension Plan for Employees in Local 74 Seiu
Nice-Pak Products, Inc.		565
Seiu Local No. 4 Pension Fund
Trustees of Seiu Local No. 4 Pension Fund		12,044
Seiu 1199upstate Pension Fund
Seiu 1199upstate Pen Fd Bd of Trus		10,40074.3

Source: Internal Revenue Service.