SEIU-Community Clinics Partnership
SEIU–Community Clinics Labor Management Cooperation Committee (LMCC) is a first-of-its-kind statewide partnership between community health center employers and SEIU union locals. Together, we are creating high-road workforce solutions that strengthen California’s safety-net healthcare system.
What is the SEIU-Community Clinic Labor Management Cooperation Committee?
- The SEIU-Community Clinics Partnership is a voluntary collaboration between California-based Community Health Centers (FQHCs) and Locals of the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) to work cooperatively on issues we jointly identify to uplift Health Centers, workers, the patients we serve and communities in which we live and work.
- This state-wide partnership that includes Community Health Centers and SEIU Locals representing health care workers throughout the state, with the support of the national SEIU and SEIU-California. Also known as a Labor Management Cooperation Committee (LMCC) under federal law, it operates as a non-profit organization with a jointly-governed Trust Fund led by equal representation from participating Health Centers and local unions.
Our Vision
By investing in workers, the LMCC strengthens clinics and improves patient care. Our goal is to develop scalable, equity-centered training models that lift up adult learners, create sustainable careers, and build a stronger safety net for California’s most vulnerable communities.
Why This Matters
Community health centers rely on frontline roles such as Medical Assistants, Community Health Workers, Behavioral Health staff, and Dental Assistants. These jobs are often filled by adult learners from immigrant, low-income, and underrepresented communities who face steep barriers to training and career growth. At the same time, clinics are struggling with workforce shortages, high turnover, and growing demand for culturally and linguistically competent care.
Our Approach
The LMCC brings workers and employers to the same table to deliver training programs that:
- Fit the schedules and realities of clinic staff.
- Reflect the needs of each clinic’s patients and community.
- Create career ladders and better retention pathways for workers.
- Ensure clinics can provide continuous, high-quality patient care.
Programs are customized, community-responsive, and often delivered in hybrid or paid formats so staff can skill up without leaving the workforce. Worker voice is built in through surveys and union input, ensuring that training opportunities are relevant and impactful.
OUR VALUES
Shared COMMITMENTS
We are committed to enhancing Community Health Centers, the community clinic workforce, and the care they provide to our most vulnerable communities, based on our shared commitment to civil rights, immigrant rights, equity, and justice.
LEVERAGED STRENGTHS
We appreciate the relative strengths each organization brings to joint efforts, so we can achieve more together than we otherwise could alone.
ONGOING COLLABORATION
We believe having a durable means of working together allows us to jointly identify opportunities and rapidly address challenges in our industry as they arise, creating a strategic way to meet our shared goals.
WHO CAN JOIN THE LMCC?
Current members include Asian Health Services, Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero, Gardner Health Services, HealthRIGHT 360, St. John’s Community Health, Baywell Health, Salud Para La Gente and SEIU Locals 521, 721, 1021 and UHW.
Prospective Clinic Members
Community health centers interested in joining the LMCC may include:
- Those whose workforce is already represented by SEIU
- Those not yet represented who are committed to working collaboratively in a labor-management partnership to advance common goals.