Local 105 members helped push Colorado over to a landslide win for Barack Obama.  Obama's dedication to healthcare reform, workers rights and immigration reform made him the best candidate for working families.

Other big wins for Colorado:

• Local 105 member Sara Gagliardi retains her seat as a respresentative for Arvada, HD 27!
• Mark Udall elected to US Senate!
• Marylin Musgrave finally defeated by Betsy Markey in the 4th Congressional District!
• Defeated union busting amendments 47 and 49!

  Now that we have a progressive in office it's time to get some work done.  SEIU is dedicating major resources to creating an unstoppable movement to pass Heatlhcare Reform and The Employee Free choice act.  You can learn more about these efforts at

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  Denver Janitors Win Historic New Contract!
  (June 23, 2008)--Some 2,500 janitors and SEIU Local 105 members won an historic contract victory that is the first deal in Colorado history to cover the entire Denver Metro area (virtually every major office building in the Denver Metro area is included). SEIU Local 105 members negotiated a new four-year contract more than a week before their previous contract was set to expire.

  The new deal includes an average annual salary increase of four percent; expansion of family health care benefits at NO COST to workers; and more full-time work.

  "There were a lot of us who started crying when we heard about the contract,” said Rita Jaramillo, an SEIU member and janitor for 12 years in Downtown Denver. “Wages are going up, and there will be 500 more people eligible for family health care. This is really going to change people’s lives."

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  2008 SEIU International Convention
  The 24th quadrennial SEIU International Convention was held in early June in Puerto Rico. Click here for video highlights.

  We Moved!
  SEIU Local 105 has a new address:
  
            2525 W. Alameda Avenue
            Denver, CO 80219
  
  (near Alameda and Zuni, just East of Federal)
  CLICK HERE for a map