Notable Spending by SEIU Local 521

Spending data was collected from available Service Employees International Union LM filings with the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). Spending of interest was categorized in one of seven buckets, which are detailed below. For a full accounting of how the union is spending members’ dues money, you can find individual financial filings with the federal government here. 

Categorized Spending

Union spending in select categories for 2023.

$$214,213

Advocacy

$$126,512

Hotels and Events

$$1,392,997

Lawyers

$$383,242

Merchandise

$$589,267

Public Relations

$$200,308

Restaurants

$$203,104

Travel

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All categorized spending is listed below. You can search for specific line items, or sort by highest to lowest spending. The descriptions for each line item are the union’s, not ours. Spending on hotels, consultants and much more is often not captured by the union’s description. 

Vendor Description Amount
Weinberg, Roger And Rosenfeld Representational Activities 930243
Impala Promotions General Overhead 347730
Yuval Miller Representational Activities 326618.7576
Seiu Local 521 Candidate Pac Political Activities 194213
Sarah Zimmerman Union Administration 149248
Clarion River Group General Overhead 130589
Bmwl And Partners, Inc Representational Activities 105822
Tasty Time Enterprises, Inc. Representational Activities 103594
Hotels.com Representational Activities 91880
Paschal Roth Public Affairs Inc. Representational Activities 89495
Homewood Suites Representational Activities 75482
Kurt Edelman Union Administration 60193
Charter Up Representational Activities 53868
Karen N Summers Union Administration 35370
Trucker Huss Representational Activities 27418
Sonesta Silicon Valley San Jose Representational Activities 25823
United Party Rentals, Inc Representational Activities 25207
Togo’S Restaurants Representational Activities 21897
Olson Remcho Llp Political Activities 21395
Dspolitical, LLC Representational Activities 20000
John B. Larocco Representational Activities 16562
Southwest Airlines Representational Activities 14753
Alliance Graphics Representational Activities 14669
Katherine L. Waki, Csr Representational Activities 14078
Christopher D Cameron Representational Activities 13750
Panera Bread Representational Activities 13142
Hotels.com Political Activities 12885
Catherine C. Harris Esq Representational Activities 12750
Meltwater News Us Inc. General Overhead 11200
Lexis Nexis Representational Activities 10142
Pacific Printing General Overhead 9803
Premier Pizza Representational Activities 8992
Enterprise Rent A Car Representational Activities 8864
Rothner Segall And Greenstone Representational Activities 8512
Hotels.com Union Administration 7743
Mountain Mikes Pizza Representational Activities 7531
Domino’S Pizza Representational Activities 7431
Panda Express Representational Activities 7394
Joel Schaffer Representational Activities 7350
American Airlines Representational Activities 7212
Me N Ed’S Pizza Representational Activities 7198
Instacart General Overhead 6415
Adr Services, Inc. Representational Activities 6350
Southwest Airlines Union Administration 5899
El Pollo Loco Representational Activities 5716
Sals Skillet Representational Activities 5570
Pacific Printing Representational Activities 5534
Image Pointe General Overhead 5506
Le Boulanger Representational Activities 5428
Najeeb Khoury Representational Activities 5178

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