Public School Employees Association

Name

Public School Employees Association

Legal name

Public School Employees of Washington, SEIU Local 1948

Website

https://pseclassified.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Union Representation

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

Keywords

• Labor union representation
• Education support professionals
• Collective bargaining services
• Member advocacy services
• Classified school employees

Headquarters

HQ city

Auburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: PSE SEIU Local 1948 is a labor union that represents Education Support Professionals. Revenue is generated through membership dues from its 30,000 members working in Washington State's public education system.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PSE SEIU Local 1948 is a labor union that represents approximately 30,000 Education Support Professionals working in Washington State's public education system. It provides collective bargaining, workplace representation, legislative advocacy, and member benefits to classified school employees including paraeducators, custodians, bus drivers, nurses, and campus security staff. The union also offers member-facing digital tools such as a mobile app, member portal, and a job search platform for public school employment.

Product overview

PSE SEIU Local 1948 is a labor union offering a suite of member-facing digital products and services. The core offering consists of a mobile app and member portal for communications and access, combined with job search tools (Good Union Jobs/Job Search and PSE LEARN) to connect Education Support Professionals with public school positions. The union also operates a recognition program (PSE Awards) celebrating member achievements, and provides career resources for prospective and current members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PSE Mobile App A union-branded mobile application that allows PSE SEIU Local 1948 members to access the latest updates, important resources, and union news directly on their mobile devices.
• Member Portal An online portal providing PSE members with secure login access to union services, documents, e-signature capabilities, and member resources.
• PSE Awards Program Annual recognition program honoring Education Support Professionals for their contributions to education, including categories such as ESP of the Year, Life Member, UCSE REACH Award, Judy York Achievement Award, Higher Education Outstanding Achievement, Legislative Member of the Year, and Leadership Award.
• Good Union Jobs / Job Search An online job search platform connecting job seekers with Education Support Professional positions in Washington State's public schools, covering roles such as paraeducators, campus security, technology professionals, bus drivers, maintenance workers, custodians, office professionals, and nurses.
• PSE LEARN An online resource platform providing information about Education Support Professional careers, job requirements, certifications, and career advancement pathways.
• PSE Careers Staff job postings and applications portal for PSE SEIU Local 1948 employment opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 19% higher wages compared to non-union workers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005In 2005, PSE affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to gain more strength by working with other classified school employees and union members in the state and nationally. PSE became PSE SEIU Local 1948, and combined with other SEIU locals, they comprise the largest labor organization in Washington State's history.
• United Classified School Employees (UCSE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSE is a coalition of state and national unions representing school support employees nationwide. PSE partners with UCSE to present the REACH Award, which honors Education Support Professionals doing extraordinary things in schools and communities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Teamsters: The Teamsters represent school bus drivers and other transportation workers in many Washington school districts. They are an adjacent peer to PSE because they organize a specific subset of the ESP workforce that PSE also represents, sometimes competing for the same bargaining units.
• UNITE HERE: UNITE HERE is a labor union that represents workers in food service, hospitality, and related sectors. It is a thematically related peer to PSE given overlapping custodial and food-service-adjacent ESP roles in schools.

Direct peers

• National Education Association (NEA): NEA is the largest U.S. education employee union, with many state and local affiliates representing education support staff alongside teachers. It overlaps directly with PSE's ESP constituency and competes for representation in school districts.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): AFT represents teachers and school employees including paraprofessionals and support staff. It is a direct peer to PSE because it organizes many of the same Education Support Professionals in school districts nationally, often competing for the same bargaining units.
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME): AFSCME is a major AFL-CIO-affiliated public-sector union representing state, county, and municipal employees, including many school support staff. It is directly comparable to PSE in that it organizes similar classified public employees through dues-based collective bargaining.

Broad incumbents

• AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO is the national federation of labor unions in the United States, of which SEIU (and indirectly PSE) is affiliated. It is a broad incumbent peer because it sets the political and organizing context within which PSE competes for members and influence.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): National union federation and parent organization of PSE (PSE is SEIU Local 1948). SEIU is the directly comparable parent peer, providing the same dues-funded labor representation model at national scale across multiple sectors.

Emerging players

• United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW): UFCW is a labor union that organizes food service and nutrition workers — a category that includes school child nutrition staff represented by PSE. It is a partial-overlap peer because it competes for some of the same ESP sub-segments.

Regional players

• Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE): WFSE is an AFSCME-affiliated union representing Washington State government employees. It is a regional peer to PSE because it operates the same dues-funded collective bargaining model for public employees within the same state.
• Washington Education Association (WEA): WEA is the NEA state affiliate in Washington representing certificated public school employees. It is a regional peer to PSE because it represents a different (certificated) but adjacent segment of the same Washington public education workforce.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PSEClassified
• Facebookfacebook.com/PSEClassified
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/public-school-employees-of-washington

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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