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The '''Service Employees International Union''' (SEIU) is a large, politically powerful [[liberal]] [[labor union]] with 1.9 million members in the United States, Canada, and [[Puerto Rico]]. The SEIU says they are "dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society". It is closely affiliated with the [[Democratic Party]].

The '''Service Employees International Union''' (SEIU) is a large, politically powerful [[liberal]] [[labor union]] with 1.9 million members in the United States, Canada, and [[Puerto Rico]]. The SEIU says they are "dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society". It is closely affiliated with the [[Democratic Party]] and is tightly controlled by labor boss [[Andy Stein]], the president since 1996.

The SEIU participates in the [[Americans Against Escalation in Iraq]] coalition.<ref>http://www.noiraqescalation.org/about/</ref>

The SEIU participates in the [[Americans Against Escalation in Iraq]] coalition.<ref>http://www.noiraqescalation.org/about/</ref>

The current president of SEIU is [[Andrew Stern]] since 1996.  At the outset, Stern told members that he expected "every leader at every level of this union -- from the international President to the rank-and-file member -- to devote five working days this year to political action."  In effect, this became the mandate for the union leaders to work in support of the Democratic Party. Stern sits on the Executive Committee of America Coming Together funded by George Soros. SEIU is a major component of the "Shadow Democratic Party," a network of more than five-dozen unions, nonprofit activist groups, and think tanks with the agendas of the left and which campaigns for Democrat candidates and causes. Because they are a "527 organization", SEIU is not registered as a "political organization" with the Federal Election Commission, and collects "soft money" with no limits on how much it may receive. This money, in turn, is given to Democratic candidates, political action committees, and other "527" groups promoting the same agendas. <ref> http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6535 </ref>

At the outset, Stern told members that he expected "every leader at every level of this union -- from the international President to the rank-and-file member -- to devote five working days this year to political action."  In effect, this became the mandate for the union leaders to work in support of the Democratic Party. Stern sits on the Executive Committee of America Coming Together funded by George Soros. SEIU is a major component of the "Shadow Democratic Party," a network of more than five-dozen unions, nonprofit activist groups, and think tanks with the agendas of the left and which campaigns for Democrat candidates and causes. Because they are a "527 organization", SEIU is not registered as a "political organization" with the Federal Election Commission, and collects "soft money" with no limits on how much it may receive. This money, in turn, is given to Democratic candidates, political action committees, and other "527" groups promoting the same agendas. <ref> http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6535 </ref>

 

The [[Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now_(ACORN)|Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]]'s largest union backer is the SEIU. ACORN gave more than $4 million to the SEIU and its shadow party affiliates in 2006-07, according to Dept. of Labor filings. One SEIU union, the Illinois Homecare Workers and Home Childcare Providers, sprouted from ACORN's organizing efforts and pays rent to ACORN. <ref> http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/npr-exposes-acorn-seiu-connection.html </ref>

The [[Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now_(ACORN)|Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]]'s largest union backer is the SEIU. ACORN gave more than $4 million to the SEIU and its shadow party affiliates in 2006-07, according to Dept. of Labor filings. One SEIU union, the Illinois Homecare Workers and Home Childcare Providers, sprouted from ACORN's organizing efforts and pays rent to ACORN. <ref> http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/npr-exposes-acorn-seiu-connection.html </ref>