My daughter-in-law in Sacramento, California has been working a second job on the weekends with a private company where she assists disabled and mentally disadvantaged people. At first, she was paid direct by the company. Then the office issuing her check was change to the State of California since the State of California is subsidizing the health care assistance. The check she received from the State was for less money for the same work. In examining her pay statement, it was discovered the State is taking out $39.00 every two weeks for SEIU (Service Employees International Union). The State of California is taking union dues out of her pay because her work is being subsidized by the State and all employees of the State of California are required to be dues paying union members of Local 1000 of SEIU.

The next time my daughter-in-law went to work, she found out that none of her fellow workers knew union dues were being taken out of their pay.

Until this happen, I didn't know there was right to work States and non right to work States. California is the same as Michigan where in the news it showed all private day care fallibilities in Michigan that are subsidized by the State must pay union dues. Both are non right to work States.

In 2007, Local 1000 of SEIU donated $6.7 million in member dues to defeat an initiative on the California ballot that would have required unions to obtain written consent from members before money could be used for political purposes. That sent the union into economic chaos. Then the California state workers had a 50% increase of their dues assessed upon them. The new assessment raised dues to $90 a month. The union bosses deplete the members’ dues treasury to fight an initiative that would give workers choice and input into their spending decisions. Then they assess a tax on those members who have no choice so they can spend more money without member input. Local 1000 of SEIU also sent a large portion of the dues hike to SEIU headquarters in Washington, DC. The Headquarters of SEIU put $61 million into the election of Barack Obama.