SEIU Healthcare
Services Employees International Union Healthcare | |
| Founded | SEIU Local 1 Canada (2004-2013); SEIU Healthcare (since 2013) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
| Location | |
| Members | 65,000 |
Key people | Tyler Downey (President)
Jackie Walker (Executive Vice-President) Sandi Jones (Nursing Division President) |
Parent organization | SEIU |
| Affiliations | Ontario Federation of Labour, Canadian Labour Congress |
| Website | www.seiuhealthcare.ca |
SEIU Healthcare is a Canadian trade union representing more than 65,000 workers in Ontario, Canada. Through collective bargaining, the union represents workers in hospitals, home care, nursing and retirement homes, and community services. The union has been active in Ontario for over 70 years.
SEIU Healthcare is distinct from SEIU Local 2 Canada, albeit both SEIU Healthcare and Local 2 are affiliated with SEIU.
Since 2004, the union's governing structure and membership servicing has been based on a mega-local and business union model. SEIU's organizational structure and leadership has been criticized by several labour activists as undemocratic and bureaucratic.
The majority of SEIU Healthcare's units do not have the right to strike, as they are bound by Ontario's Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA).
In 2013, SEIU Local 1 Ontario rebranded itself and changed its name to SEIU Healthcare to publicly appeal to the patients, residents and clients that are taken care of by SEIU workers in the healthcare sector.