David Huerta

DAVID HUERTA

President

Service Employees International Union, United Service Workers West

David Huerta is president of SEIU-USWW, which represents more than 45,000 janitors, security officers, airport workers, and allied and entertainment workers throughout California. He has been with USWW for more than 20 years, working in almost every capacity: From organizer, and coordinator to janitorial division director, organizing director, staff director and now president. He also helped create an immigrant integration program that includes English classes for union members. USWW is part of the Service Employees International Union, an organization of 2.2 million members that is dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society.

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