{"article":{"id":85793,"heading":"SEIU DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ITS OWN EMPLOYEES","author":"THE EMPLOYEES OF SEIU","created":"2003-10-01 15:46:29","modified":"2010-11-09 16:46:19","last_modified":"Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:46:19","article":"

LOCAL 79, SEIU, AFL-CIO CASE 7-CA-46217

We are posting this NOTICE to inform you of your rights guaranteed by the National Lbor Relations Act.

FEDERAL LAW GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO:

Form, join or assist a union

Choose representation to bargain with us on your behalf.

Act together with other employees for your benefit and protection.

Choose not to engage in any of these protected activities.

We assure our employees that:

WE WILL NOT do anything that interferes with these rights.

WE WILL NOT require any of our employees, as a condition of employment, to become or remain members of Local 79, Service Employees International Union, SEIU, AFL-CIO,OR PAY DUES, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEES TO LOCAL 79 SEIU, unless such membership and membership obligations are necessary to the performance of the employee's duties and unless each such employee is first given assurances that:

1) the requirements of such membership are imposed only as a necessary part of the employee's job.

2) SEIU Local 79 does not propose to represent its employees for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjustment of grievances.

3) our employees are free to select another union as their exclusive bargaining representative, and

4) if a majority of our employees in an appropiate unit designate another union, we will bargain with that union.

WE WILL NOT in any other manner interfere with, restrain, or coerce you in the exercise of the rights guaranteed to you by Section 7 of the Act.

WE WILL, REIMBURSE ALL PRESENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ATTENDED THE JANUARY 15, 2002, STAFF MEETING, OR HAVE SINCE BEEN HIRED, FOR ALL DUES, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEES PAID TO LOCAL 79 SEIU, AFL-CIO SINCE NOVEMBER 9, 2002 BY PAYMENT TO THEM OF THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH FOLLOWING THEIR NAMES:



James Lowery $173

Tonya Horne $105

Leola Banks $250

Marcella Clark $250

Marsha Copeland $250

Lavette Flucker $250

Sharon Harris-Smith $250

Ray Simmons $223

Donada Villanueva $223

Johnnie Jolliffi $250

Lena Keaton $250

Joyce Pearson $250

Rick Ransom $250

Mary Roberts $250

Diane Rudd $250

Wendell Stone $250

Sandra Terrell $250\n","contact":"SEIUCORRUPTION@AOL.COM","link":"","address":"","phone":"313-283-1850","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"WE FOUGHT BACK AGAINST SEIU AND WON... OTHER SEIU EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED THEIR LAWSUITS WITH ATTORNEY JOHN W. BILLHORN 773- 404-1710. ","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/85793.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":242799,"heading":"Former SEIU 79 Organizer","article":"This article is true. My name is listed as well. What's even more unfortunate, the now "retired" Local 79 President at that time, had a meeting and intimadated those to give their money back to the union as award by the NLRB.\r\n\r\nI kept mine...and left.\r\n\r\nSEIU is nothing but a front for politics. I was idealistic enough to think they were their to help workers.\r\n\r\nQuite sad.","author":"J. Lowery","parent_id":85793,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2010-11-09 16:46:19","modified":"2010-11-09 16:46:19","fileurl":""},{"id":91786,"heading":"Not A Surpise!","article":"This happens a lot with SEIU. The staff is treated awful. I've know staff that were treated so poorly that they've left union work altogether. \r\n\r\nSEIU lies. It is in their culture. ","author":"Ex-SEIU Staffer","parent_id":85793,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-30 21:18:47","modified":"2003-10-30 21:18:47","fileurl":""}]}