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SEIU Healthcare Minnesota unites health care workers across Minnesota to build strong communities, a health care system that works for everyone, and to restore the American Dream.

THE FACTS:

17,000: the number of health care workers united with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.

1 Million: the number of health care workers united with SEIU nationwide.

SEIU is the largest and fastest growing union in the United States with 2 million members across the country.

For more information, visit www.seiu.org.

For media inquiries, contact Ashley Christenson at 651-294-8151 or ashley.christenson@seiuhealthcaremn.org

Shane Davis, Secretary-Treasurer Shave Davis currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, which represents over 17,000 healthcare workers across the state. SEIU is the largest and fastest growing union in North America with over 2 million members. In 2003, after working as a Housekeeper and Operating Room Aide for 10 years in a local hospital, with several years of activism as a steward and leading the way in contract campaigns, Davis came to work as a business representative for SEIU HC MN. Davis brings the perspective of working as a member and his experiences as one into his work as an Officer every day.

Jigme Ugen, Executive Vice President Jigme Ugen is the first Tibetan refugee to be elected as a labor leader in North America. He is the Executive Vice President of SEIU HC MN (Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Minnesota), which has over 17,000 members. SEIU is the largest and fastest growing union in North America with over 2 million members. In 2001 Ugen emigrated to the United States. There he worked on the late Senator Paul Wellstone’s re-election campaign in Minnesota and in 2002, Ugen went to work for SEIU as an organizer. He became a lead organizer, a coordinator, and a business representative for the union. Then in 2007, Ugen won election to the office of Executive Vice President.