Members of the Service Employees International Union elected April Verrett as their first Black president Monday during the SEIU s international meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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The Service Employees International Union’s International Executive Board voted unanimously June 24, to elect April Verrett as secretary-treasurer and Joseph Bryant as executive vice president, adding two dynamic young leaders to President Mary Kay Henry’s leadership team as SEIU intensifies its growing “Unions for All” effort.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler put out a statement Friday describing the decision as “a devastating blow to working women and families across this country.”