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SEIU re-joins the US union federation AFL-CIO
THE Service Employees International Union is set to return to US union federation the AFL-CIO after 20 years.
The union groups’ executive boards unanimously approved the combination on Wednesday with the formal announcement due last night at a roundtable in Austin, Texas, with workers who are attempting to unionise.
There are roughly two million SEIU workers in the healthcare, janitorial and food services sectors, among others.
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