Andy Stern, SEIU President

Andy Stern is the president of the 1.9 million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in North America.

As both a labor leader and an activist, Stern is a leading voice and aggressive advocate for practical solutions to achieve economic opportunity and justice for workers; to ensure affordable, quality health care for all; to promote quality public services; and to guarantee that globalization benefits not just big corporations but also working people. To that end, Stern has spearheaded bold new partnerships with community allies, employers, and other worker organizations, and he has helped elect officials of both major parties. Read More.

Andy Stern Walks a Day in the Shoes of New Hampshire Highway Worker Peg Smith

A Union with Clout Stakes Its Claim on Politics
The New York Times, 10/30/2007

Restoring the Promise of the American Dream
Huffington Post, 9/3/2007

Anna Burger, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer

Hailed by Fortune Magazine as “the most powerful woman in the labor movement” and named as one of Washingtonian’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006, Anna Burger is both a top ranking officer at SEIU, the nation’s largest and fastest growing union, and the first chair of America’s newest labor federation, Change to Win.

A longtime strategist who oversees SEIU’s national political operations, Burger directed the grassroots member action program that helped pro-worker candidates win both majorities in Congress in 2006, and the largest mobilization by any single organization in the history of U.S. politics in 2004. During this cycle, SEIU members built the largest labor PAC in the country by raising more voluntary funds than any other union. Read More.

Anna Burger Walks a Day in the Shoes of New Hampshire Parks Worker Jessica Levasseur

The Journal Report: Women to Watch
Wall Street Journal, 11/19/2007

Labor’s most powerful woman
Fortune, 10/4/2007