As a member of SEIU Local 503, there are lots of ways you can get involved to help build and improve our union, the services we provide, our community, and our world.

Contract Bargaining

SEIU 503 members do the essential jobs that keep Oregon working. We risk our lives during wildfires, ensure that schools are clean and safe, provide lifelines to families in need, and so much more. Every Oregonian is affected by our work, and when we bargain our new contracts in 2023, we will demand the respect […]

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Become a Member Leader

Member Leadership Development Program SEIU 503’s Member Leadership Development Program is a volunteer and paid program for new and emerging union leaders. Over the course of six to eight weeks, trainees in this program will attend classroom sessions that will focus on developing and strengthening leadership skills. In addition, they will be able to practice […]

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Join an SEIU Caucus! 

  Who we are: Members who identify as Black, Latinx, Asian, Desi, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, People with Disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+, Womxn of Color, Women, Veterans What we do: Connect through shared identities/experiences. Organize on issues affecting our communities both within and outside of our union. Build an intersectional labor movement; centered in justice, community, and solidarity. […]

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For Stewards

Get More Involved in Your Union: Become a Union Steward  Together, we win great contracts for workers across the state! Now, we need to continue building union power and ensure our contracts are being implemented correctly by state management.  You can help make it happen by becoming a union steward. Stewards have a great responsibility: […]

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CAPE and Political Action

What is CAPE? Citizen Action for Political Education, or “CAPE” is our organization’s Political Action Committee (PAC). When you make a voluntary contribution to CAPE (Citizen Action for Political Education), you help elect lawmakers who support the issues that matter to working people and our families. The people elected to represent Oregonians in Salem and […]

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