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Climate Justice Committee

The Climate Justice Committee leads our union’s efforts to take immediate, bold action – internally and outside of our union – to address climate change with an equity lens. Chair: Pradnya Garud. Staff Advisor: Mike Powers. 2022 General Council Resolutions Legislative Action on Climate Change Reducing SEIU 503’s Climate Impact Our Work Oregon’s first labor Learn More

Join an SEIU Caucus! 

  Who we are: Members who identify as Black, Latinx, Asian, Desi, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, People with Disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+, Women 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. Learn More

Contract Bargaining

SEIU 503 represents 70,000 Oregonians that do the work that keeps our state operating. We risk our lives during wildfires, ensure that schools are clean and safe, provide lifelines to families in need, provide care to our most vulnerable residents, and so much more. Everyone who lives here in Oregon is impacted by our work, Learn More

Build your Leadership

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 Learn More

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: Learn More

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, 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 Washington D.C. impact our lives, Learn More

Email & Text Update Signup

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