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Early Learning teachers and staff at EPIC vote overwhelmingly to join SEIU Local 925

Friday, October 31, 2008

Early learning teachers and staff at EPIC (Enterprise for Progress in the Community) voted 165 to 54 on Friday, October 24, 2008 to join SEIU Local 925 (Service Employees International Union).

“We are so excited about our victory!” says Cindy Ramales, a teacher at EPIC’s  Prosser site.  “We really feel this will help us make gains and keep the best staff at EPIC so we can provide the highest quality Head Start  for the children we serve.”

EPIC provides early childhood services at sites throughout Central Washington, including Yakima, Sunnyside, Prosser, East Wenatchee, and Bridgeport/Brewster.  New union members include EPIC teaching staff, bus drivers, food service workers, custodians, and family support workers.  The newly unionized group consists of over 300 EPIC employees.

SEIU represents 15,000 Head Start teachers and staff nationally, and SEIU Local 925 represents 10,000 family child care providers in Washington.
The 23,000 SEIU Local 925 members work in university, public school and preschool education, child care, state and local government, and non-profit organizations throughout Washington. SEIU Local 925 is proud to be a part of the largest and fastest growing union in the United States, the Service Employees International Union, with over 2 million members nationwide.