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| SEIU Local 87 | |
|---|---|
| Name | SEIU Local 87 |
| Location country | United States |
| Affiliation | Service Employees International Union |
| Members | (varies) |
| Founded | (dates vary) |
SEIU Local 87 is a municipal and public-sector trade union local affiliated with the Service Employees International Union and active in urban labor representation. The local has engaged with municipal administrations, state legislatures, city councils, and federal agencies in collective bargaining, public policy campaigns, and labor actions. Its activities intersect with unions, political organizations, courts, and labor-focused coalitions across metropolitan regions.
SEIU Local 87 emerged amid twentieth- and twenty-first-century labor realignments involving the AFL–CIO, the Change to Win Coalition, the National Labor Relations Board, and municipal public-employee bargaining regimes. Early episodes in its development reflected interactions with city mayors, county executives, state legislatures, and federal courts, and it has been shaped by landmark events such as municipal contract disputes, arbitration rulings, and court decisions on collective bargaining rights. The local’s trajectory includes organizing drives influenced by campaigns linked to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the American Federation of Labor, the Knights of Labor, and later Service Employees International Union initiatives statewide. Over time its history intersected with political figures like governors, mayors, and members of Congress, and with labor law developments including statutes and ballot initiatives affecting public-sector bargaining and pension reform.
The local’s internal structure mirrors models used by large unions such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Auto Workers, and Communications Workers of America, with elected officers, bargaining committees, stewards, and membership councils. Its membership roster spans classifications represented historically by municipal worker unions, transit employee associations, sanitation, clerical, and public-health workers, connecting to institutions like municipal transit authorities, county courts, public hospitals, and school districts. Affiliations and coordination often involve entities like labor councils, the National Labor Relations Board, state labor boards, and multi-union coalitions alongside organizations such as the AFL–CIO and Change to Win partners.
Collective bargaining efforts undertaken by the local have engaged with municipal executives, city councils, police pension boards, and school boards, often culminating in mediated settlements, arbitration awards, or strikes and work stoppages. Labor actions have paralleled high-profile disputes involving unions such as the United Federation of Teachers, Transport Workers Union, Amalgamated Transit Union, and American Postal Workers Union, with tactics ranging from picketing and informational pickets to coordinated bargaining campaigns and grievances litigated before state labor relations boards and federal courts. Key bargaining topics have included wages, healthcare provisions, pension contributions, staffing ratios, and workload protections, frequently negotiated amid fiscal crises, budget impasses, and contract impasses overseen by mayors, governors, and municipal finance officers.
The local has participated in political advocacy campaigns alongside party committees, progressive caucuses, labor-friendly advocacy groups, and electoral coalitions, endorsing candidates for mayoral, gubernatorial, and congressional offices and mobilizing voters in citywide and statewide elections. Its advocacy work interacts with entities such as campaign committees, political action committees, ballot initiative campaigns, and legislative lobbying efforts before state legislatures and city councils. The local’s political strategies often intersect with broader labor-backed campaigns involving national organizations like the Service Employees International Union, AFL–CIO, National Education Association, and advocacy groups engaging on issues like minimum wage legislation, healthcare policy, and public-employee bargaining rights.
Notable contracts negotiated by the local include settlements affecting municipal workforces, healthcare workers, and transit employees, with campaign parallels to high-profile negotiations led by unions such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, United Food and Commercial Workers, and SEIU International. Campaigns have at times included coordinated actions with community organizations, faith-based coalitions, and civil rights groups, reflecting alliances seen in campaigns involving organizations like the NAACP, ACLU, UnidosUS, and community labor centers. These campaigns have produced collective bargaining agreements that address wage increases, pension terms, healthcare coverage, and workplace safety protocols.
Leadership and governance structures consist of elected presidents, executive boards, trustees, and shop stewards, comparable to governance models used by large unions such as the Teamsters, UAW, and Communication Workers. Internal governance practices involve bylaws, election procedures, financial reporting, and oversight mechanisms that interact with state labor authorities, the Department of Labor, and union accountability organizations. Leaders often engage publicly with elected officials, civic leaders, legal counsel, and coalition partners during contract negotiations, arbitration, and public campaigns.
The local maintains a formal affiliation with SEIU International and coordinates on organizing, bargaining strategies, and political campaigns with other SEIU locals, national staff, and allied unions. Its inter-union relations include collaboration and at times jurisdictional negotiations with unions such as AFSCME, UFT, TWU, ATU, UFCW, and other municipal and public-sector unions. These relationships are shaped by national conventions, inter-local accords, coordination through labor federations like the AFL–CIO, and policy alignment on national labor priorities, including federal labor legislation, collective bargaining rights, and union organizing initiatives.