About Us

We're Building Political Power for Minnesota's Working Families!

The mission of the SEIU Minnesota State Council is to improve the lives of working people and their families. The State Council coordinates the electoral and legislative work of the SEIU Locals in Minnesota to increase the effectiveness of our collective bargaining and new member organizing campaigns. By building the political involvement of SEIU members throughout the state, the State Council is working to improve the lives of all Minnesotans. The State Council’s board is comprised of elected leaders, SEIU members and staff of the four SEIU Local Unions.

Julie Schnell, President
Javier Morillo-Alicea, Vice President
Shane Allers, Secretary Treasurer
Keith Niemi, Trustee
Shane Davis, Trustee
Frank Miskowiec, Seargant at Arms
Rick Varco, Delegate
Jigme Ugen, Delegate
Carol Nieters, Delegate
Al Saless, Delegate
Harry Grigsby, Senior Delegate
Paul Wuethrich, Member Delegate
John Graham, Member Delegate

SEIU is the fastest-growing union in North America, with 1.8 million members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. SEIU members are winning better wages, health care, and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting our strength with our counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers, not just corporations and CEOs, benefit from today's global economy.

Focused on uniting workers in four sectors -  hospital systems,   long term care,  property services, and  public services–-SEIU is the largest health care union, the largest property services union, and the second-largest public employees union. 

SEIU in Minnesota unites over 28,000 members of four Local Unions and the State Council to build power and win real improvements in the lives of working people and their families. All of the Local Unions are governed by either a Board of Directors or Leadership Council comprised of member leaders of the union.  

The membership and leadership of SEIU in Minnesota is organized as follows:

Local 26 - Unites almost 6,000 members who are office building and window cleaners, private security officers, and workers in a variety of other industries. Javier Morillo-Alicea is the elected President.

Local 63 - Includes 400 members who are building maintenance workers in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Frank Miskowiec is the elected President.

Healthcare Minnesota - Unifies 14,000 hospital, clinic, nursing home and home care workers in Minnesotaand Western WI. Julie Schnell is the elected President.

Local 284 - Joins together over 8.000 public school service employees who work as paraprofessionals, office clerical staff, bus drivers, custodians, and school food service workers. Shane Allers is the elected Executive Director.