The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Illinois State Council is the state-level governing body for Illinois-based SEIU locals. SEIU Illinois State Council consists of 11 local unions, the largest being SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana-Missouri-Kansas, a local spanning Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas, claiming 92,000 members. 1
Activities
The SEIU Illinois State Council makes political endorsements on behalf of the state’s locals and it has historically supported solely Democratic and left-progressive candidates. In 2018, the State Council supported Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and Democratic congressional candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. 2
The State Council’s activities appear to have declined: Its website does not have an active list of locals and leadership, nor does it have any press releases past March 23, 2018. 2
Leadership
The SEIU Illinois State Council is headed by the leadership of the Chicago-are SEIU Local 1. SEIU Local 1 president Tom Balanoff heads the State Council; SEIU Local 1 officer Laura Garza is the state council’s recording secretary. 3 SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana-Missouri-Kansas president Gregory Kelley is the Council’s vice president. 45
Finances
The SEIU Illinois State Council’s 2017 tax returns reported total revenues of $2,872,134 and total expenses of $1,417,876. 6
In 2017, it reported directing $350,000 in elective “checkoff” contributions to its political action committee, the SEIU Illinois Council PAC Fund. 7 It also gave $31,600 to left-of-center Illinois-based lobbying groups, like Citizen Action/Illinois and the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans. 8
References
- SEIU HCIIMK. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://twitter.com/SEIUhciimk?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
- Press Releases. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2020, from http://seiuil.org/category/press-releases/
- SEIU Local 1 (Department of Labor File Number 023-715), Annual Report of a Labor Organization (Form LM-2), 2019, Schedule 11 https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=723625&rptForm=LM2Form
- SEIU Healthcare IL IN (Department of Labor File Number 543-894), Annual Report of a Labor Organization (Form LM-2), 2019, Schedule 11 https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=725607&rptForm=LM2Form
- SEIU Illinois State Leadership Council (Department of Labor File Number 507-151, Annual Report of a Labor Organization (Form LM-2), 2019, Schedule 11 https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=720344&rptForm=LM2Form
- SEIU Illinois State Council. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2017, Part I
- SEIU Illinois State Council. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2017, Schedule C Part I-C
- SEIU Illinois State Council. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2017, Schedule I