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. 2016 Jun;106(6):989–995. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303138

TABLE 3—

Interviews Conducted With Union Members and Organizers: Pacific Northwest, United States, 2015

Union Organizer Job Title Employee Job Title
Teamsters 117 Director of organizing and strategic campaigns Warehouse employee
SEIU 775 Organizer Home-care worker
SEIU 925 Two organizers Home child-care worker
UFCW 21 Organizer Grocery store worker
UNITE HERE 8 Director of strategic affairs Housekeeper
Laborers 242 Business manager Construction worker

Note. SEIU = Service Employees International Union; UFCW = United Food and Commercial Workers; UNITE HERE = Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union. Interviews conducted between January and April 2015 with Puget Sound–area labor union staff and industry employees to supplement our understanding of the role of labor union contracts in protecting employee health.