Fast Facts
Reflection of the 2018 labor force, organized by race and fields. From the US Bureau of Labor's Current Population Survey.
From the SEIU website:
SEIU was founded in 1921 by a handful of immigrant janitors. Today it unites 2 million members
SEIU' s over 2 million members represent hundreds of different occupations including janitors, doctors, school workers, social workers, nurses, engineers, taxi drivers, and government workers throughout the continental United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. We' re the most diverse union anywhere.
More than 40 percent of SEIU members are minorities, compared to 25 percent of the workforce in general.
Among the languages spoken in SEIU local unions: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Japanese, Creole, and Greek. That' s just some.