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SEIU’s Stern and Rivera Named Two of Top Six Most Powerful People in Healthcare

Today Modern Healthcare magazine released its “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” list, ranking SEIU President Andy Stern and SEIU Healthcare Chair Dennis Rivera numbers 5 and 6, respectively. This recognition comes during a year of landmark healthcare leadership, partnerships, and policy work for SEIU, including the formation in June of SEIU Healthcare.

Since launching its “Vision for Reform” principles in January, SEIU has been a catalyst for change inside the beltway and across the country. The union and its one million healthcare workers have coordinated with business leaders, healthcare executives, policy makers, and community groups to find a solution to the nation’s dire healthcare crisis.

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SEIU Files Lawsuit Against USCIS/DHS for Illegally Inflating Immigrant Service Fees

Following the agency's dramatic July 30 citizenship fee hikes, the USCIS stands accused of unlawfully charging citizenship and visa applicants for infrastructure upgrades, expensive subcontractors, and other agency blunders.  "This lawsuit is about accountability." said SEIU EVP Eliseo Medina.

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Unions on the Rise

The Las Vegas Sun on Aug. 19th offered this analysis of the recent resurgence of the American labor movement’s energy and political clout.

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Just Work, a Huffington Post Blog Featuring Real Stories by Real Workers

SEIU launched Just Work, a bi-weekly Huffington Post blog where real workers can discuss their daily struggles to balance work, afford life and participate in a more just society.

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