Purple Power: The History and Global Impact of . Aguiar, McCartin, Eaton PB**

Purple PowerThe History and Global Impact of SEIU\nAuthor(s): Lus LM Aguiar, Joseph A. McCartin, Lus LM Aguiar, Adrienne E Eaton, Janice Fine, Euan Gibb, Laurence Hamel-Roy, Tashlin Lakhani, Joseph A. McCartin, Yanick Noiseux\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252086809, 978-0252086809\nSynopsis\nChartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half the membership while people in minority groups make up approximately forty percent. Lus LM Aguiar and Joseph A. McCartin edit essays on one of contemporary labors bedrock organizations. The contributors explore key episodes, themes, and features in the unions recent history and evaluate SEIU as a union with global aspirations and impact. The first secu