A Tribute To Our Brother And Friend, David Smith
A lifetime caring for others
David Smith was part of the 40,000 home care workers who joined SEIU in 2005.

He immediately took an interest in the Union and in the contract campaign we launched after the organizing drive ended. Initially however, David was unsure of how to get involved because he couldn't read well enough to read the newsletters and other union information mailed to his house.
One of the first times we had the pleasure to meet him, he had come into our office. We had recently mailed out a survey to all of our home care members asking them to identify the issues that were most important to them (wages, healthcare, providing the best care for their clients).
David couldn't read the survey well enough to respond but wanted his voice to be heard none the less. So he brought the survey into the office with him and asked one of our organizers to read it to him so he could
respond.
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