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Learn how specific non-profits, government agencies, for-profits, labor unions, or other organizations are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor and includes funding data where appropriate.

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1199SEIU Florida

Labor Union, Abortion Policy, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
1199SEIU Florida is the Florida division of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation's largest health-care union and a division of the Service Employees International…
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National Education Association (NEA)

Labor Union, Education Policy, Labor Policy
The National Education Association (NEA) is America's largest labor union representing nearly three million employees, principally teachers. With affiliates in every state across 14,000 communities…
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Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is one of America’s largest, most controversial, and most politically involved labor unions. The SEIU, which represents building services…
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American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States. Formed in 1955 in a…
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International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Labor Union, Labor Policy
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) is a labor union representing North American workers in the finishing trades such as painters, drywall finishers,…
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United Auto Workers (UAW)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union—also known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW)–is a labor union mainly comprised of…
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American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Labor Union, Education Policy, Labor Policy
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second-largest teachers’ union in the United States. The union represents roughly 1.5 million members, most of whom…
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National Nurses United

Labor Union, Labor Policy
National Nurses United is a Washington, D.C.-based labor union representing nurses that is known for its far-left-of-center stances on various issues. The organization was founded…
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Student Workers of Columbia (SWC-UAW)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
Student Workers of Columbia (SWC-UAW) is a labor union representing roughly 3,000 graduate and undergraduate student workers at Columbia University in New York City. It…
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Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is the teachers’ union for 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, and other public-school employees in the Chicago, Illinois public school system, the…
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United Federation of Teachers (UFT)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is a government worker union representing schoolteachers in New York City. It is an affiliate of the national American Federation…
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), commonly shortened to Teamsters, is one of the nation’s largest private-sector labor unions. Principally representing employees in the trucking,…
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California Teachers Association (CTA)

Labor Union, Education Policy
The California Teachers Association (CTA) is the largest state affiliate of the left-of-center National Education Association (NEA) and the largest teachers’ union in California. Former CTA executive…
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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE)

Labor Union, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE; sometimes styled SEIU Local 1199 or just 1199) is a large local union of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) representing…
View American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest union for non-educational government workers in the United States. As of 2026,…
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Strategic Organizing Center (SOC)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), formerly known as Change to Win (CtW), is a labor organizing center operated by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU),…
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Seafarers International Union

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The Seafarers International Union of North America (SIUNA) is a collection of autonomous labor unions representing various categories of sailors and other employees aboard ships…
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California Federation of Teachers (CFT)

Labor Union, Education Policy
The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) is the second-largest teachers union in California, representing 81,716 government-sector and private-sector educators as of 2023. The organization is…
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New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

Labor Union, Education Policy, Labor Policy
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is a left-of-center labor union affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National Education Association (NEA), and the AFL-CIO. The…
View International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union representing electrical workers across the United States and Canada. The IBEW a member union…

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