Politics/COPE

Local Union Leader Meets Vice President Biden

May 13, 2009

Local 517M Executive Vice President Phil Thompson and other SEIU Board members recently met in Washington DC to discuss our SEIU federal legislation strategies with Vice President Joe Biden.

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2009 SEIU Lobby Day

Sen. Roger Kahn, M.D. talks issues with City of Saginaw Members

May 08, 2009

On May 7, 2009, over 100 members from SEIU Local 517M and SEIU Local 1 participated in the Second Annual SEIU Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Lansing.

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Whitmer: Let’s Cut Ourselves to Save 100 Troopers

Senator Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) moved for a vote Thursday, May 7th on her resolution that would mandate that all Senate caucus and member offices, regardless of party, should have the same overall compensation and expense levels. This proposal stands to save taxpayers $3 million, money that under the substitute would be directed to help stave off the State Police trooper layoffs included in the Governor’s Executive Order on Tuesday.

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Protect Michigan's Wetland Program

March 25, 2009

Take action to stop our state from relinquishing the wetlands program to the federal government, jeopardizing our state’s more precious resource, water.

Click here to send a letter to your legislators and the Governor

Are You A Republican Union Member?

Besides our COPE (our voluntary contribution PAC) donations to Federal candidates, the International also supports a number of GOP organizations and committees. These contributions are made by the Government Affairs Department of SEIU International.