SEIU DISTRICT 1199

Name

SEIU DISTRICT 1199

Legal name

SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH

Website

https://seiu1199.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: SEIU District 1199 generates revenue through membership dues paid by its nearly 25,000 members. Members pay ongoing dues as a condition of union representation and collective bargaining services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH is a labor union representing nearly 25,000 healthcare, social service, and public sector workers across West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The union provides collective bargaining representation, grievance filing, workplace organizing, scholarship programs, member benefits, legal representation through the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), and advocacy for workers' rights including better wages, benefits, and workplace safety protections.

Product overview

SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH operates as a healthcare and social service union serving nearly 25,000 workers across West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The organization provides a unified member services platform centered on its Member Resource Center, which delivers integrated access to collective bargaining representation, grievance filing systems, scholarship programs, and member benefit programs. Core offerings include the Scholarship Program for educational financial assistance, the SEIU Free College Benefit Program in partnership with community colleges, and comprehensive member benefits including discount programs, credit counseling, and legal services. The union also provides specialized services such as the Critical Incident Response Team for parole officers and extensive Know Your Rights educational resources covering statutory worker protections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Member Resource Center

Quantifiable outcome

• Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital caregivers won average increase of 15.6% in first year, increased longevity pay, paid maternity/parental leave, short-term disability, retirement benefits
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEIU District 1199 affiliated with the Service Employees International Union in 1989. SEIU has 2 million members, making it the largest union of health care workers and the fastest growing union in the AFL-CIO. This affiliation provides District 1199 with national resources, organizing support, and collective bargaining expertise.
• Student Resource Center (SRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the SEIU Free College Benefit Program, helping prospective students and those in the enrollment process. Contact: 855-469-SEIU (7348). Program paused in July 2022 due to Department of Education rule changes.
• Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the SEIU Free College Benefit Program offering free college education for members. Contact: 888-590-9009 or email [email protected]. Students accepted on or before July 18, 2022 remained eligible for Fall 2022 term.
• Central State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner offering Bachelor's Degree programs for $4,500 a year with E-Books included for SEIU members. Contact: 877-301-3772 or email [email protected] for new students and [email protected] for returning students.
• Union Plus (AFL-CIO)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerUnion Plus is brought to you by Union Privilege by the AFL-CIO to provide consumer benefits to union members including credit counseling, strike benefits, layoff assistance, medical bill negotiating, debt management, vacation discounts, scholarships, and free legal services. Website: www.unionplus.org or 1-800-452-9425.
• Ohio AFL-CIO Labor Neighbor ProgramminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSEIU District 1199 participates in the Ohio AFL-CIO Labor Neighbor Program, coordinating volunteer efforts to engage union members in political campaigns and electoral activities.
• Columbus Education AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSEIU 1199 supported Columbus Education Association educators in their strike for better conditions, demonstrating solidarity with other unions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): National 2M-member federation of which SEIU District 1199 is an affiliated local. Same organizing model (workplace-led, healthcare/public-sector focus), same dues-based revenue, same political and legal infrastructure. Direct parent and closest comparable.
• AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees): Largest U.S. public-sector union, representing state, county, and municipal workers across healthcare, social services, and corrections - directly overlapping SEIU 1199's Ohio state agency members (DODD, DRC, BWC, ODJFS, ODMHAS). Same dues model, same collective bargaining focus.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): National union with growing healthcare professional membership (nurses, health professionals) plus education workers. Strong overlap with SEIU 1199's healthcare and education-adjacent segments; same workplace organizing and dues model.
• National Nurses United (NNU): Largest U.S. nurses' union with national footprint and RN-focused collective bargaining. Directly competes for the same hospital RN bargaining units that SEIU 1199 organizes in WV/KY/OH. Same sector, same dues model, same membership acquisition playbook.

Broad incumbents

• AFL-CIO: Umbrella labor federation within which SEIU operates (and which SEIU at times competed with). Provides national political, organizing, and policy infrastructure comparable to and overlapping with SEIU's federation role; same dues-funded, member-governance model.
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): Major U.S. labor union with diversified healthcare, public-sector, and service-worker locals. Comparable membership scale, dues-based funding, and collective bargaining model; broader industry mix than SEIU 1199's healthcare/social-service focus.
• Communications Workers of America (CWA): National union representing workers across telecom, public sector, healthcare, and manufacturing. Overlaps with SEIU 1199 in healthcare/public-sector bargaining; same workplace organizing and dues model.
• United Auto Workers (UAW): Major U.S. labor union with national footprint, dues-funded model, and aggressive recent organizing. Comparable institutional scale and contract-bargaining sophistication; different core industry (manufacturing) but analogous union mechanics.

Regional players

• AFSCME Ohio Council 8: AFSCME's Ohio state council representing thousands of state, county, and municipal workers - directly competing for the same Ohio state agency bargaining units (DODD, DRC, DYS, ODJFS) that SEIU 1199 organizes. Identical geography, dues model, and contract cycle.
• SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania: Sibling SEIU local representing Pennsylvania healthcare workers. Near-identical operating model (healthcare-focused SEIU chapter with dues-funded bargaining); useful regional comparable for member density, contract cycles, and benefit-program design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/seiu1199wvkyoh
• Instagraminstagram.com/seiu1199
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seiu-district-1199-wv-ky-oh

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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