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Labor Union
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 221 is an affiliate of the controversial SEIU labor union representing employees in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California. SEIU Local 221 claims to represent Head Start employees, school employees, and court reporters, along with other county government employees.
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For-profit
The Ardleigh Group is a Washington D.C.-based political canvassing organization that works with Democratic Party candidates and left-of-center groups. The Ardleigh Group specializes in “get out the vote” tactics and other canvassing strategies. It is a part of a network of organizations tied to political consultant Matt Schneider. Schneider’s firm,
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Labor Union
East Bay Organizing Committee was the principal organization directing activity related to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) “Fight for $15” unionization and minimum wage campaign in Oakland, California. It received its principal financial support from the national SEIU. The organization is currently defunct; it and the other
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Labor Union
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. Local 880 was created by the ACORN-funded United Labor Unions under ACORN-trained organizer Keith Kelleher as a campaign to unionize Illinois home care
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Person
Adam Ruben is a political consultant and the principal consultant for Bigify, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy whose clients include NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Fight for $15, Voter Participation Center, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Massachusetts) presidential campaign. Ruben formerly worked as political and field director for
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Non-profit
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) is a left-of-center organizing and policy organization based in Oakland, California. It is a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network, a coalition of left-wing policy organizations created by the labor-union-aligned Economic Policy Institute. These organizations advocate for economic
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Non-profit
Fast Food Justice is a left-wing organization that works to promote higher wages for fast food workers and left-wing positions other issues such as immigration, housing, and police-community relations. The group is headquartered and primarily active in New York City. It has reportedly received $1.2 million in contributions from
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Labor Union
The California Labor Federation (CLF) is a labor union in California associated with the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The Federation includes more than 1,200 member unions which claim to represent over 2.1 million California workers.
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Labor Union
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1107 is an affiliate of the controversial SEIU labor union, claiming to represent more than 9,000 workers in Nevada. SEIU Local 1107 represents hospital, and public service employees. 1
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Person
Ai-jen Poo is a left-of-center labor organizer and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). Poo is closely aligned with a range of left-of-center foundations and organizing groups, sitting on the advisory boards of MoveOn.org, MomsRising, and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
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Other Group
The Labor Coalition for Community Action (LCCA) was founded in 2000 to be the umbrella organization for AFL-CIO constituency groups.
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Other Group
Good Jobs Nation is a union-backed left-of-center organization that advocates for a $15 minimum wage1 and higher pay for federal contractors.
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Labor Union
Also see Fast Food Workers Committee (Labor Union) The National Fast Food Workers’ Union (NFFWU) was established by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) shortly to supersede the Fast Food Workers Committee as the lead organizing entity for the unionization arm of the national union’s “Fight
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Non-profit
Working Washington is a labor-union-aligned worker center which advocates for strict labor and employment regulations in the state of Washington and across the United States. 1 Working Washington is closely tied to the controversial
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Labor Union
SEIU 775NW (also styled SEIU 775 or SEIU Local 775) is the northwestern local branch of the national Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that represents home healthcare providers, nursing home employees, and adult day health care workers, mainly in Washington State and Montana.
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Non-profit
Wisconsin Jobs Now (WJN) was a “liberal labor group” 1
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Non-profit
The Center for Labor Education and Research is a left-leaning labor advocacy organization based in Massachusetts that mostly acts as a parent organization operating multiple pro-labor union activism projects and local Massachusetts-based chapters or national labor-connected advocacy groups. The organization does not have a public-facing presence itself; most of its
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Non-profit
One Pennsylvania (or OnePA) is a left-of-center activist group associated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Its president, Gabe Morgan, is a vice president of 32BJ, an SEIU local union active throughout the northeastern United States; its executive director, Erin Kramer, is also a career SEIU organizer.
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Person
For more information, see BerlinRosen (For-Profit) Valerie Berlin is a Democratic political strategist and operative based in New York City. She is a principal and co-founder of the for-profit consulting firm BerlinRosen, which she founded with business partner Jonathan Rosen.
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Non-profit
Jobs with Justice (JWJ) is a national coalition of worker centers and left-wing advocacy groups formed in 1987 by Larry Cohen, who would later serve as president of the Communications Workers of America labor union.
