The employee-led uproar over forced union dues taken by SEIU Union Local 1000 in California has prompted a top union official to campaign in favor of forced dues.

The article states that a "majority of the employees that attended the event disagreed," citing "non responsiveness" on behalf of the union hierarchy. As we’ve noted before, aside from protecting freedom of choice, Right to Work laws promote accountability of union officials to rank and file workers.

The article also states:

Also, employees were not happy that although state employees recently received a three percent pay raise, the Union countered with a 1.5 union fee increase taking away almost fifty percent of the wage increase.

No wonder these employees aren’t happy, almost half of their raise was swallowed up by forced union dues!

Posted on Dec 5, 2007 in Blog