SERVICE WORKERS

About SEIU

SEIU Local 1 is committed to improving the lives of its members and all working people by winning real economic justice and standing at the forefront of the fight for immigrant, racial, and environmental justice. We do that by engaging, educating, and empowering members like you to lead on Local 1’s strategic priorities by providing the appropriate tools to succeed as leaders and help create a transformative union where members are invested in building a broader social movement.

Who is Local 1? Service Employees International Union Local 1 unites 50,000 working people in six states and 11 cities across the Midwest including Janitors, Security Officers, School Service Workers, Airport Workers, Factory Workers, Window Washers, Door Staff, Maintenance Workers, and more.

Local 1 is the founding Local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and was started in Chicago in 1904 by Residential Maintenance Workers. Throughout our long history, Local 1 members have fought together to raise and maintain high labor standards for Property Service Workers everywhere.