About 200United

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The Local 200United is a union of over 13,000 members across upstate New York. We are affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an organization of over 2 million members united by a belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide.  We focus our resources on winning good contracts for our members, working with lawmakers to ensure positive change for working families across the country, and organizing new members into the union to raise industry standards and improve lives of workers and their families.

SEIU Local 200United fights to ensure workers’ dignity, democracy, and justice.
Who We Are

We are proud to be an amalgamated union, comprised of many different and diverse groups. We are direct care workers and nurses, administrative assistants and secretaries, teaching assistants, food service workers, bus drivers, EMS professionals, municipal workers, security guards, janitors, buildings and grounds keepers, maintenance workers, ticket takers and ushers, cemetery workers, and parking attendants.

Where We Work

From the Hudson Valley to Syracuse, Buffalo to Saranac Lake, we span the state: human service agencies like ARCs, the United Way, and Unity House, private colleges and universities including Syracuse U, U of Rochester, and Skidmore, schools and districts and private bus companies, EMS companies, VA medical centers, towns and cities from the Village of Avon, to the City of Oswego, to the Town of Yates, janitorial facilities and companies like Janitronics, Government facilities,  sports and entertainment facilities including the Fingerlakes Race Track to the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, different cemeteries, and parking lots and garages in Rochester and Syracuse.

Executive Board

Officers:Jerry Dennis, President
Liz Golembeski, Executive Vice President
Elaine Gerace, Vice President
Gerard Lyons III, Vice President
Mike Lonigro, Secretary-Treasurer
Scott Phillipson, Recording Secretary


Executive Board Members:

      • Bob Loftus, Trustee, SEIU Local 200United Staff
      • Jack Walker, Sergeant-at-Arms, SU
      • Wayne Smith, Vanderheyden Hall
      • Dottie Betz, Colgate University
      • Tom Perry, Huron Campus
      • Christine Polnak, Albany VA
      • Karen Clouden, Off-Track Betting
      • Leo Wiliams, Retirees Division, Retired Liverpool Bus Driver
      • Dennis Earl, Hartwick College
      • Joseph Maio, Vassar College
      • Elaine Gerace, Syracuse VA, RNs
      • Kevin Lloyd, Sr., Skidmore College
      • Gerard Lyons III, Marist College
      • Terry Riese, George Junior
      • Bonnie Lee Mikula, Erie VA
      • Craig Rebeor,City of Oswego
      • Kathy Stevens, Baker Victory Services
      • Lee Thomas, University of Rochester
      • Jana Constable, Finger Lakes Race Track - Mutuals
      • Senitra Ferron, CDS
      • Scott Popowich, Rural Metro-Rochester
      • Mary Jane Lesnau, Central Square