SEIU Local 1199NE
Encyclopedia
The SEIU Local 1199NE is a local union
of the Service Employees International Union
in the United States
. It represents 20,000 health care workers in the New England
area.
In Connecticut the union is closely identified with liberal Democratic politicians and has clashed frequently with Republicans such as former Governor John G. Rowland
. who were fiscal conservatives . http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14186579&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=31007&rfi=6
Local union
A local union, often shortened to local, in North America, or a union branch in the United Kingdom and other countries is a locally-based trade union organization which forms part of a larger, usually national, union.Local branches are organized to represent the union's members from a particular...
of the Service Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union is a labor union representing about 1.8 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States , and Canada...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It represents 20,000 health care workers in the New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
area.
In Connecticut the union is closely identified with liberal Democratic politicians and has clashed frequently with Republicans such as former Governor John G. Rowland
John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them...
. who were fiscal conservatives . http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14186579&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=31007&rfi=6