Arizona News

Raise PCOA For All, Inc. Workers to $10 per hour! Pima BOH agrees...

Wearing stickers that simply said, "$10," SEIU's Pima County members, PCOA members, friends and allies, attended the Pima County Board of Health meeting on December 8 to fight for a raise for PCOA For All, Inc. home care workers. SEIU Pima Chapter President, Maya Castillo and PCOA Bargaining Team spokesperson, Tina Puckett, asked that the the board provide a letter of support for the workers' request for a raise to $10 per hour. The board unanimously agreed... Read more...

Gov. Brewer's Attack on State Employees Continues...

Gov. Brewer wants to make changes to the current merit system. SEIU Arizona State Director, Don Carr, says "Our union is prepared to uphold existing protections for State workers. We will fight any so-called "reforms" that simply allow for favoritism or give unfair advantages to some employees at the expense of others." Read more...

SEIU Arizona Members stand with members across the US on the National Day of Action!

Across the nation SEIU members joined forces with allies to declare an economic emergency for the 99% and tell Congress to support-job creating policies. In New York City, SEIU President was arrested. See coverage of her arrest -- and photos of the Phoenix National Day of Action... Read more...

Report Work that Needs to be Done Near You!

Foreclosures have remade the Phoenix landscape, devastating the previously growing city with blight. These houses, located near 10th Ave and Woodland, are an example of the graffiti and trash that decorate vacant homes. Send us your photos to show work that needs to be done in your community. Read more...

It's Unanimous! SEIU Pima Chapter Members Vote to Ratify the MOU!

SEIU Pima County members have won many victories this year -- from a wage increase to additional funding for health care coverage, plus more -- and it all starts with the SEIU Memorandum of Understanding! Read more...