Union Membership

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The Privileges, Benefits and Perks of Being a Union Member

Member Privileges 

As an Active Member of SEIU Local 200United in good standing, you’re united with thousands of education workers and you ensure that we have the strength to continue to improve our jobs and the student and family services we provide. Plus, you’re eligible for the full privileges, benefits and perks of membership described below. 

Vote in contract ratifications and other special agreements

Have your say in contracts and agreements that impact your job. When your unit’s bargaining team presents a tentative agreement and you like it, as a member, you can make sure it gets ratified when it’s put up for a vote. If you don’t like it, you can just as easily say ‘No’. Non-members don’t have voting privileges.

Vote in union elections

Choose the member leaders who will represent our union in public and at the bargaining table.

Hold union office

Ready to lead? As a member, you can run for union office and represent your fellow workers.

Participate in member-only events

Including our popular Annual Family Picnic, General Membership Meetings, Executive Board Meetings and special events.

Benefits through collective bargaining agreements

The contract between SEIU Local 99 and your employer was negotiated by union members on your behalf and guarantees your benefits, including:

    • Health care benefits

    • Pension benefits

    • Other negotiated benefits

    Being a Union Member Makes a Big Difference

    Together we are winning higher pay, better benefits, job security, and a retirement we can count on.

    As union members, we have a say in the important decisions that affect our jobs and because we have a voice, we do significantly better than people who aren’t part of a union.

    Because we are united in a union, we can negotiate with our employers for better pay, health benefits, paid time off, retirement security, job security, and many other critical issues. The result is that we make significant improvements in our overall compensation and working conditions and these gains are protected by the union contract we have with our employer.

    Without a union, the employer makes all these decisions without any input from the people getting the work done on the frontlines. So it’s no wonder that workers without a union earn less and have fewer benefits than those of us who are union members.

    Here are just a few recent examples of how SEIU members have changed their families’ lives by sticking together:

    SEIU members who work in New York and New Jersey airports as cleaners, baggage handlers, and security officers won $19 an hour–the highest minimum wage in the country.
    People who provide home care in Washington state to seniors and adults and children with disabilities won 8% wage increases in their latest union contract, so now their minimum hourly wage will be at least $16.75. Caregivers also won an increase to their retirement fund, the first of its kind in the nation for people who provide in-home care. In San Francisco, home care providers won wages of $18.75 per hour, which set a new standard for people in the profession.
    Adjunct faculty at Fordham University won incredible raises – between 67-90% – in their first union contract and adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago won 51% raises in their first contract.
    SEIU member nurses who work at county facilities in Los Angeles won raises plus better patient-to-staff ratios so they can do their best for the people in their care.
    Chicago window washers won $26 in their recent union contract and doubled their life insurance, an important win for the very dangerous work they do.
    Healthcare providers in hospitals, clinics, and doctor’s offices at Dignity Health in California won 13% raises, fully-paid healthcare, bonuses, fully-paid retirement, and a training fund for frontline workers.