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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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View Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

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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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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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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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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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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United Steelworkers (USW)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The United Steelworkers (USW; formally the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union) is a major industrial labor…
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32BJ SEIU

Labor Union
32BJ SEIU (“32BJ”), founded in 1977, is the nation’s largest union of property service workers, with over 150,000 members in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,…
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Working America

Labor Union, Labor Policy
Also see Working America Education Fund (nonprofit)
View United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) is the sixth-largest national labor union in the United States, representing employees in the food production, retail, and…
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Workers United

Labor Union, Labor Policy
Workers United, SEIU is a labor union and division of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that was founded in 2009 as a result of…
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Unite Here

Labor Union, Labor Policy
Unite Here (sometimes styled UNITE HERE or Unite HERE) is a major labor union principally organizing employees in the hotel, restaurant, and gaming industries. Unite…
View SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW)

SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW)

Labor Union, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a California labor union representing more than 120,000 workers in the state’s private-sector health systems. It is organized…
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Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is a major national labor union which represents employees in the telecommunications, airline, journalism, and a handful of other…
View International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a left-of-center labor union that represents dockworkers concentrated on the west coast of the United States, Canada,…
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SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana (SEIU HCII)

Labor Union, Labor Policy
SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana (SEIU HCII) was formed in 2008 as a merger of three SEIU-affiliated local unions, one of them being Local 880….

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