Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a healthcare justice union of more than 120,000 healthcare workers, patients, and healthcare consumers united to ensure affordable, accessible, high-quality care for all Californians, provided by valued and respected healthcare workers.

We live and work throughout California from the North State to the Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, and beyond. We are:

• Frontline healthcare workers, such as respiratory care practitioners, dietary and environmental services, and nursing staff, go above and beyond every day to help Californians get and stay healthy. The majority work in our state’s largest private-sector hospitals and clinics, including Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, Sutter Health, Tenet, Prime Healthcare, Sharp Healthcare, and more.
• Patients, advocates, and healthcare consumers who are fed up with how healthcare corporations are putting profits before patients and failing to deliver the care our families and communities deserve.

Across the Country

Our local union is an affiliate of the two million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in North America. SEIU’s member unions are united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide, and dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society.

Across California

The SEIU California State Council coordinates the positions of SEIU locals unions on issues that affect over 700,000 workers in California. Its mission is to increase economic fairness for working people, ensure high-quality services, and create a well-funded, equitable, just, and prosperous California.