Why Should Working Families Care About Voting this Year?
CHECK OUT OUR SEIU LOCAL 105 ENDORSED CANDIDATES: New SEIU 105 – 2014 Endorsement List New SEIU 105 – 2014 Endorsement List Spanish There’s a lot at stake in the upcoming election. It is critical that as working families we raise our voices through our vote to support candidates that won’t take our hard […]
Introducing the MHCD Bargaining Team!
Our Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) bargaining team for our 2014 contract negotiations is working hard to ensure you are informed about the process and up to date on the negotiations. Your bargaining team has been meeting regularly after work to plan our strategy for this year. The team has created a vision […]
Whayne Members win over $24,000 in Back Pay!
Whayne janitors working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory or NREL in Golden have been fighting to join SEIU Local 105 since earlier this year. Despite the majority voting for our union, their employer Whayne Enterprises continued to dispute their rights and several members were fired for their union activities. “It has […]
Member Spotlight: Randy Quintana, MHCD
Randy has been a 105 member leader at Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) for over four years. As a Vocational Project Coordinator, Randy works with the diverse members of our community that access MHCD’s employment services. MHCD’s 2 Succeed employment program is the best in the country: and its members like […]
SEIU Local 105 Responds to Presidential Delay on Immigration Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2014 Contact: Grace Lopez Ramirez, 303-877-8173 SEIU Local 105 Responds To Presidential Delay on Immigration Reform Delay & House Republicans Fail Immigrant Community DENVER – Outraged with the lack of leadership and delay on action for immigration reform, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 President Ron Ruggiero released […]
New Pictures from our Leadership Summit 2014
We wanted to share some of the amazing images from our 2014 SEIU Local 105 Leadership Summit. The Summit was a member leadership conference held over two days June 20-21 this year. We had over 100 member leaders attend and learn from each other through a series of workshops and small group sessions. Missed the […]
NLRB Determines McDonald’s IS the Boss
At the end of July, fast-food workers got a major win in the fight for $15 an hour and a union. For years, McDonald’s has alleged that it doesn’t have any control over the labor practices at its franchise restaurants. Wrong! On Tuesday, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board determined that McDonald’s […]
Welcome our new Political Director Eyon Biddle
Eyon Biddle Sr. cares about people. Prior to beginning his career in organized labor at SEIU in Milwaukee, Biddle served his community by working with a series of non-profits focused on mentoring young people realize their full potential and become responsible young adults. It was through this work that he found his passion for advocacy […]
80% VOTE YES: ABM Janitors VOTE UNION for SEIU Local 105
ABM Janitors on Concourse B at Denver International Airport (DIA) are the newest members of our Union! Janitors voted overwhelmingly (over 80%) for an all-Union shop or workplace in mid-March during a two day election period. Over 90% of the entire workforce voted in the election which guarantees a strong united voice when the members […]
CELEBRATE: Local 105 Welcomes New Officers and Executive Board!
New officers and Executive Board members for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 were sworn in Saturday, March 29, 2014. The ceremony included speeches by former Trustee of the organization, Louis Jamerson; State Representative Jovan Melton; and SEIU International Executive Vice President Eileen Kirlin. “Its an honor to stand united with such a committed […]
