On our most recent episode of Stronger Together: A Podcast from SEIU Local 503, we raised the voices of some of the “essential employees” who are supporting Oregonians through the Covid-19 crisis. As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, we spoke with…

When the 2019 legislative session began in January, SEIU 503 laid out an ambitious agenda at the Oregon State Capitol. Our work supporting candidates who support workers resulted in a pro-union governor and a pro-worker supermajority in the House and…

In the fifteen years that Oregon’s homecare and personal support workers have been organizing with our union, they have changed the entire shape of the long-term care system in the state. What used to be a government stipend program has…

Sarah Bennett is a homecare worker, one of the tens of thousands of people in Oregon who provide in-home support services for seniors and people with disabilities. “I became a caregiver because I pretty much had to become a caregiver,…