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Media Covers SEIU Members Working the Polls on Election Day!

Nashville's CBS affiliate, WTVF Newschannel 5, did a story on Election Day featuring Timothy Graves, a former lead custodian at McGavock High School who was laid off as a result of the privatization fight in Metro Schools.

Tim was never even called back in for an interview once the private company took over and that's what motivated him to go stand in 105 degree heat on Election Day to campaign.

Click HERE to watch the story (video is available).


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Custodians Lobby Their Council Members

Dozens of custodians and groundskeepers who work in Metro Schools flooded the Metro Council on Tuesday to meet their council member and share their concerns about the possibility of their jobs being outsourced to a private contractor.

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Rep. Steve Cohen Stands In Support of SEIU Organizing @ St. Francis

Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis), home from Washington D.C. during recess, took a quick detour to meet with workers at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis who are fighting to join our union.

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Chattanooga Members Talk Issues with Council Members

Dozens of SEIU members turned out to talk to Chattanooga city council members at the March membership meeting.  This being budget season, employees had tough questions for the elected officials that the Union helped elect less than a year ago.

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SEIU Thanks Bart Gordon for Standing Up to Special Interests on Healthcare Reform

The working women and men of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 205 expressed their appreciation for Rep. Bart Gordon’s leadership and courage in standing up for real health insurance reform for Tennessee.  On March 24, SEIU political coordinator Mark Naccarato delivered a letter of thanks to Rep. Gordon's office and presented Gordon's district Chief Of Staff, Kent Siler, with a Local 205 button.

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SEIU Members Say Thank You to Jim Cooper for Healthcare Reform

At the monthly meeting of the SEIU Retiree Chapter, special guest Don Majors gave an excellent presentation on what healthcare reform means for retirees and seniors.  Majors is a former Metro Councilman and now works for Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) as the congressman's point man on healthcare in the district.  SEIU members also used the occasion to present a letter of thanks to Rep. Cooper on behalf of the thousands of SEIU members who live and work in TN-05.

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SEIU on the Supreme Court Ruling Which Opens Floodgates for Corporate Spending in Elections

Today, the US Supreme Court lifted the floodgates and started dismantling century-old restrictions on corporate electoral activity in the name of the ‘free speech rights’ of corporations—meaning if you are a ‘corporate person’ (aka a CEO or corporate official), you are now free to hit the corporate ATM and spend whatever of your shareholders’ money it takes to elect the candidates of your choice.

Unlimited corporate spending in federal elections threatens to drown out the voices of the people who should really be at the center of the political process, i.e., voters and candidates. Unleashing corporate spending will only serve to distort and ultimately delegitimize the electoral process.

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