Here at Freedom@Work, we spend a lot of time documenting union bosses' shameless hypocrisy, but this latest incident (almost) surprised even us. The powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently fired 75 staffers. But why is an organization that collects hundreds of millions of dollars in easy money (forced dues) per year cutting jobs now, in the midst of a devastating economic recession? Simple - they want even more cash for political lobbying:
"It's completely hypocritical," said staff union President Malcolm Harris...
Harris said his union's understanding is that the layoffs are the result of budget troubles faced by SEIU, which, on top of the California dispute, spent $80 million during the 2008 election and is planning to spend tens of millions more to advocate on behalf of Obama's health-care plan and card check.
The entire sordid episode is sadly reminiscent of the SEIU's election-year shenanigans, when the union hierarchy threw in the towel on the notion of hands-on employee assistance, replacing a help line with a remote call center -- the goal being to free up even more resources for political campaigning.
And now, yet again, SEIU bosses are demonstrating that they are more concerned with politics and forced-dues dollars than looking out the working man.
(Via National Review)
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Those seiu staffers are dead weight. Although I disagree with unions more often than not, the seiu is right in this case. As a former union employee- I would estimate 75% of the current staff really don't know anything about the labor movement-nepotism is alive and well in organized labor. This is one reason unions are all but irrelevant. There is not a dynamic leader with a vision to lead unions into the future. Instead the unions are staffed with second and third generation kids who are in the process of destroying a once proud American heritage.
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Come on. Is that why our so called Govenor just lowered health care workers wages to almost the minimum? Yes, we do have young adults in unions, but there is no longer 2nd or 3rd generation kids in ones workplace. And you say you were a former union employee, are you retired now? If so, have you thought about why you've had your job for so long and what kind of benefits you have. Look what these 2nd and 3rd generation "kids" have to deal with today. These kids are learning and living through a somewhat depression today, that they will be dynamic democratic leaders for ones company or nation!