Service Employees International Union Stories

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I hope that this small amount is helpful in this difficult time. As a health care worker, I wish that I had a union as bold and strong as SEIU has been for janitors. Be well. Be strong. Take care.

Like so many immigrants to the United States, Nafija Lekic works hard as a maintenance worker who cleans offices. Until the day of the attack on the World Trade Center, she worked at the 225 Liberty building -- just a stone's throw from the towers.…

Jamaica Civil Service Association Dear Brother Stern: It is with a profound sense of grief and sorrow that we learn of that dastard act of human cowardice mainifested through the terrorist act carried out on the people of the United States. As we…

José Santos was raking the leaves in front of his Woodhaven home when his neighbor rushed outside to tell him that a plane hit the World Trade Center. José, who worked as a starter in the building, rushed into his home. He turned on the television,…

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1199NY

2028

Prior to any suggestions from myself (Benefit Funds Manager of the 1115 Benefit Funds) or any other leadership, I am proud to say that our staff took the initiative to raise money and coordinate the gathering and distribution to local firehouses for…

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Local 1984

32BJ

I'm grateful for the opportunity to do something other than watch in horror. United we are stronger.

Arturo Griffith was in a freight elevator when the building was attacked. The elevator dropped to B1 (the basement level), fell below the landing. He was trapped in the elevator beneath debris and unconscious. He remembers seeing a beam of light. He…

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