Service Employees International Union
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The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a major American labor union representing workers in sectors such as healthcare, public services, and property services, known for its political activism and organizing low-wage workers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Service Employees International Union canonical | 7 |
| SEIU | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8921406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Service Employees International Union Context triple: [American labor movement, hasOrganization, Service Employees International Union]
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A.
Service Employees International Union Local 99
Service Employees International Union Local 99 is a labor union representing education support staff and other service workers, particularly within the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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B.
United Steelworkers of America
The United Steelworkers of America is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
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C.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
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D.
Communication Workers Union
The Communication Workers Union is a major British trade union representing employees in postal, telecommunications, and related industries.
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E.
UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE is a North American labor union representing workers primarily in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Service Employees International Union Target entity description: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a major American labor union representing workers in sectors such as healthcare, public services, and property services, known for its political activism and organizing low-wage workers.
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A.
Service Employees International Union Local 99
Service Employees International Union Local 99 is a labor union representing education support staff and other service workers, particularly within the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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B.
United Steelworkers of America
The United Steelworkers of America is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
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C.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
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D.
Communication Workers Union
The Communication Workers Union is a major British trade union representing employees in postal, telecommunications, and related industries.
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E.
UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE is a North American labor union representing workers primarily in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
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trade union ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
collective bargaining rights
ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ healthcare reform ⓘ immigrant rights ⓘ minimum wage increases ⓘ racial justice ⓘ |
| affiliation | Change to Win Federation ⓘ |
| campaign |
Fight for $15
ⓘ
linked to:
Fight for $15 movement
Justice for Janitors ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerAffiliation | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| founded | 1921 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | building service workers ⓘ |
| hasMember |
healthcare workers
ⓘ
home care workers ⓘ hospital workers ⓘ janitors ⓘ local government employees ⓘ nursing home workers ⓘ property services workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ school employees ⓘ security guards ⓘ state government employees ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
international executive board
ⓘ
locals ⓘ state councils ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| ideology |
progressivism
ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Fight for $15 campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Fight for $15 movement
organizing low-wage workers ⓘ political activism ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Change to Win Federation ⓘ |
| motto | Stronger Together ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| previousHeadquartersLocation | Chicago ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sector |
healthcare
ⓘ
property services ⓘ public services ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| shortName |
SEIU
ⓘ
linked to:
Service Employees International Union
|
| website | https://www.seiu.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Service Employees International Union Description of subject: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a major American labor union representing workers in sectors such as healthcare, public services, and property services, known for its political activism and organizing low-wage workers.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Service Employees International Union Local 99
→
parentOrganization
→
Service Employees International Union
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linked to: Service Employees International Union
linked to: Service Employees International Union