SEIU Local 1996SPT
(Sindicato Puertorriqueño de Trabajadores) represents more than 16,000 secretaries, office clerks, technicians, maintenance and conservation workers, drivers, mechanics, captains, and professionals from the public and private sector across Puerto Rico. SPT was founded in 1958 and affiliated with SEIU in 1996.
SEIU Local 1199UGT
(Unión General de Trabajadores) represents more than 21,000 healthcare workers from the public and private sectors throughout the island’s 78 municipalities. UGT was founded in 1965 and affiliated with SEIU in 2001.
The SEIU Alliance in Puerto Rico was created in 2003 with the mission of strengthening and amplifying the work of our Puerto Rico locals. We are responsible for coordinating political action and legislative lobbying activities on issues that specifically affect our members, their families, and the community in general.
Community Projects
Photojournalism Workshop (
Taller Fotoperiodismo
)
SEIU is sponsoring 100 children to participate in a photo and video journalism program. Kids will learn skills in photography and video, documenting SEIU members in their workplaces. At the end of the program, each child will receive a digital camera. Their work will be displayed at the Convention.
Living in Peace Project (
Convivir en Paz
)
Local 1996SPT
has launched a successful mediation training project in public schools to deal with the problem of youth violence. The SEIU team works closely with the current five schools in the program, engaging the school community as a whole (students, teachers, parents, social workers) to examine ways to reduce violence.