Why SEIU is at the convention

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)—the fastest-growing union in the country—is at the Democratic National Convention, representing the interests and concerns of men and women who get up and go to work every day. As both a host committee member and an official Convention sponsor, SEIU is making sure that delegates and candidates understand that justice for all means quality, affordable health care for every man, woman and child in America; economic fairness; and freedom at work for all working families.

SEIU’s Tom Balanoff Gives Primetime Address to Democratic National Convention

"On the south side of Chicago, in the aftermath of steel plant closings, this enormously accomplished man—who undoubtedly had many other options—chose to begin his political career at the grassroots level…It was this experience as a community organizer that has greatly influenced Barack Obama’s political perspective and which is at the core of his identity," said SEIU's Tom Balanoff last night in his DNCC address, speaking of presumptive nominee and longtime friend Barack Obama.