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 Our Local Union
SEIU is made up of more than 300 Local Unions. You belong to SEIU Local 226. Our local represents the six school districts in the Omaha - Metropolitan Area. We currently have 15 contracts representing different areas of those school districts. We represent Food Service, Paraprofessionals, Transportation, Custodial, and Secretarial workers in Bellevue, District 66, Millard, Omaha Public Schools, Papillion/LaVista, and Ralston.

Our Union Family
Local 226 is an important part of the broader national labor movement. Here's how we fit in:

Service Employees International Union
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the 1.8 million-member Service Employees International Union represents workers throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The SEIU is the nation's largest and fastest growing union, and its membership is among the most diverse in the labor movement. The International office provides resources to Local Unions, as well as help and direction on major national campaigns.

International Officers

Our Leadership

Mark Kay Henry

In-Depth: Mary Kay Henry

Mary Kay Henry has devoted her life to helping America's healthcare workers form unions, improve their jobs and the quality of care, and advocate for a more rational and humane health care system.

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Anna Burger

In-Depth: Anna Burger

Named as one of Washingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006 and 2009 and hailed by Fortune Magazine as "the most powerful woman in the labor movement," Anna Burger is both a top-ranking officer at SEIU, the nation's largest and fastest growing union, and the first chair of Change to Win. Read more about how Burger is helping to revolutionize the American labor movement by giving a stronger voice to minorities, and spearheading SEIU's political and field operations.

SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Burger To Retire


» View Anna Burger's bio

» View Anna Burger's online media kit

Mitch Ackerman

In-Depth: Mitch Ackerman

For the past 20 years, Mitch Ackerman has worked to improve the lives of low-wage, private sector workers in the service industries represented by SEIU, beginning with organizing workers in the historic Justice for Janitors campaign.

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Gerry Hudson

In-Depth: Gerry Hudson

Honored by Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations for his extraordinary leadership, Gerald "Gerry" Hudson has had a wide-ranging impact on the fight to improve the lives of working families and their communities.

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» View Gerry Hudson's online media kit


Eliseo Medina

In-Depth: Eliseo Medina

Described by the Los Angeles Times as "one of the most successful labor organizers in the country," Eliseo Medina is spearheading SEIU's efforts to help thousands of workers in the South and Southwest unite their strength. Read more about how Medina is leading the charge for comprehensive immigration reform to benefit all workers in America.

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» View Eliseo Medina's online media kit

Bruce Raynor

In-Depth: Bruce Raynor

Bruce Raynor is the President of Workers United, an SEIU affiliated union representing 150,000 workers in the garment, textile, laundry, distribution, property services and hospitality industries. Described as a "rising star in the labor movement," Raynor has distinguished himself as a creative and strategic organizer with a broad understanding of labor's role in North America.

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» View Bruce Raynor's online media kit

Dave Regan

In-Depth: Dave Regan

Elected by his peers to serve as a top ranking official of the union at the 2008 National Convention, Dave Regan is a committed political and healthcare reform activist with nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the labor movement.

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Tom Woodruff

In-Depth: Tom Woodruff

Tom Woodruff has overseen organizing for the nation's fastest-growing union in the Americas since 1996 and has served as a top-ranking officer since 2000. His efforts over the past decade alone have helped more than 1 million workers unite their strength in SEIU.

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» View Tom Woodruff's online media kit


Andy Stern

In-Depth: Andy Stern, President Emeritus

Dubbing him "a different kind of labor chief," The New York Times Magazine described Andy Stern as a man who "intends to create a new, more dynamic" labor movement. Stern's mission? Reform the nation's failed healthcare system, restore accountability for big banks and our elected officials to women and men who go to work everyday and give workers a voice on the job and the chance to build a better life for their families. Read more about how Stern is helping to shake up the labor movement.

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SEIU Local 226
5418 S. 27th Street, Ste. 5
Omaha, NE 68107
Phone: (402) 733-8775
Fax: (402) 731-3432
E-Mail: local226@qwest.net
Allow at least 2 business days
for a response.
Hours:
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday through Friday

10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Union Sunday


 Here are some links to SEIU 226 Resources:

OLC
SEIU On-Line Learning Center

Stewards Manual
The Stewards Manual

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