I'm a nursing home worker and have had issues with the union dues policy at SEIU. I have address this issue for over 4 years. I have been told several different things. Like the members vote on dues, but I have worked for the same company for over 9yrs and been part of the same union. And have never had the opportunity to vote on my dues. But the company that I work for has received a letter from my local regarding union dues increment. We were never informed about this until I notices that once I received a raised from the company in 2006 that the union took more in dues. Like I said this was the first time that I was aware of the increment. When I went to payroll to ask about this I was shown a letter that payroll received from the union regarding the increment. I then went to the union to ask questions about the dues. At this point I was given the run around about this issue. I was told that all Nursing Homes under the local was under this guide line. So then I went to other Nursing Homes to see if they were ask to pay the same. And NO they were not. I then went back to the union and ask that my nursing home dues increment stop being increase until this matter was looked into. It has been 4 years since then. My local has been trustee, due to miss management and still my issue with dues has not been address. I have brought this issue back up with the new Trustee appointed person so that it could be discuss.
Your Truly,
Sheryl Fikes