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Posted: 3/23/2013 11:23:36 AM EST
Security worker and Service Employees International Union member Kevin Upshaw poses for a portrait in Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The SEIU recently organized about 3,000 security officers in Philadelphia commercial office buildings, hospitals and universities, winning a three-year contract that provides salary increases, health care for full-time workers and sick days. Upshaw, a 46-year-old Army veteran and security officer at the University of Pennsylvania, says the contract will eventually boost his hourly wage from about $13 to about $15. Just an importantly, he says it'll also reduce medical expenses for his asthmatic wife, which have cost them about $11,000 over the past three years. "The union gives us a lot more stability," he says. "It's making this job a career and it's taking us out of poverty." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Posted: 3/23/2013 11:23:36 AM EST
Gabe Morgan, president of the Service Employees International Union Pennsylvania State Council, right, and security worker Kevin Upshaw pose for a portrait in Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The SEIU recently organized about 3,000 security officers in Philadelphia commercial office buildings, hospitals and universities, winning a three-year contract that provides salary increases, health care for full-time workers and sick days. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Posted: 3/14/2013 1:42:46 PM EST
Blanca Flores, a member of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West, holds a sign before a public viewing of President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in Los Angeles, California in this January 29, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
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Posted: 1/29/2013 4:47:23 PM EST
Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West chant before a public viewing of President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in Los Angeles, California January 29, 2013. Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to make good on plans to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and offer a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 1/29/2013 4:47:23 PM EST
Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West chant before a public viewing of President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in Los Angeles, California January 29, 2013. Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to make good on plans to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and offer a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 1/29/2013 4:47:23 PM EST
Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West chant before a public viewing of President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in Los Angeles, California January 29, 2013. Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to make good on plans to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and offer a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 12/17/2012 2:43:23 PM EST
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, cleaners, porters and matrons of theater union SEIU Local 32BJ demonstrate outside the Broadway League's office, before a vote authorizing a strike in New York. The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants has reached a tentative labor agreement with the Broadway League to avert a strike. The potential deal, announced Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, must be ratified by the 250 theater workers represented by 32BJ, a process expected soon. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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Posted: 12/12/2012 4:43:25 PM EST
Stilt actors perform a skit during a protest of theater workers from union SEIU Local 32BJ, outside the Broadway League's office, before a vote authorizing a strike on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in New York. The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its leaders to call a strike if a new contract isn't approved by the end of the month, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Posted: 12/12/2012 4:43:25 PM EST
Cleaners, porters and matrons of theater union SEIU Local 32BJ demonstrate outside the Broadway League's office on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in New York. The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its leaders to call a strike if a new contract isn't approved by the end of the month, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Posted: 12/8/2012 8:03:27 PM EST
Community activist Lisa Fithian, left, teaches SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Healthcare Michigan member Frank Shaft, 26, of Lansing, and other attendees how to peacefully interact with police officers on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at UAW Local 600 union hall in Dearborn, Mich. Republican lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislation that would allow workers to opt out of union dues at a business where employees are represented by a union. Gov. Rick Snyder says he will sign it into law. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Todd McInturf) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:13:23 PM EST
Trucks line up along Middle Harbor Road not able to enter the port to drop off their loads due to a 24-hour strike by port workers represented by the SEIU Local 1021 at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., in the early morning hours on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 (AP Photo/The Tribune,Laura A. Oda )
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:13:23 PM EST
Port workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 take part in a 24-hour strike at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., in the early morning hours on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 (AP Photo/The Tribune,Laura Oda )
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Posted: 6/12/2012 2:15:47 PM EST
FILE-In this file photo from May 23, 2012, George Ricchezza, center, leader of Service Employees International Union, SEIU Local 32BJ District 1201, is stopped as he tries to enter the Philadelphia School District during a protest of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed cuts to the education budget in Philadelphia. Like many other cash-strapped urban districts, Philadelphia is trying desperately to emerge from a quagmire of red ink and underachievement. A state takeover in 2002 did little to eradicate the financial, academic and violence problems that have plagued the schools for years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 9:05:04 PM EST
Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Workers West labor union and their supporters make their way through a terminal during a demonstration and one-day strike at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:51:10 PM EST
A protester holds up a sign as he and other members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters make their way down Century Boulevard during an one-day general strike at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:31:23 PM EST
Los Angeles police officers help a traveler after she was forced to give way to members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters on a protest march during an one-day general strike, at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:27:39 PM EST
Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl (R) and Representative Janice Hahn (L) address members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters during a protest on an one-day general strike at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:23:53 PM EST
A Los Angeles Airport police officer on a bicycle watches as members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters take part in a protest march on an one-day general strike, through Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:19:37 PM EST
Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters take part in a protest march during an one-day general strike, through Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. Approximately 1,200 protesters took part in the demonstration to protest working conditions and to lend support to other May Day rallies. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 7:59:31 PM EST
Approximately 1,200 members of SEIU United Service Workers West labor union and their supporters make there way down Century Boulevard as they hold a demonstration and one-day general strike to protest working conditions and lend support to May Day demonstrations at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California May 1, 2012. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST)
