SEIU Gives Card Check Another Lump

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 by admin

The Service Employees International Union is becoming Big Labor’s biggest pain in the neck as union bosses seek to pass the sneakily misnamed Employee Free Choice Act.

The latest comes from the Wall Street Journal, which reports that a rival union is accusing SEIU of intimidating workers and changing ballots in an election.

The NUHW filed charges Nov. 6 with the California Public Employment Relations Board, which oversees the election. Included in the charges are statements from a former SEIU organizer, who said that he was encouraged “to pressure voters to change the ballot” and that on one occasion he himself changed a vote to SEIU’s favor.

The charges also contain statements from workers who said SEIU representatives came to their house as many as five times a day, pressuring them to vote for the SEIU. In one instance, a woman said she was questioned about her legal status. Others were told they would lose wages and benefits if they voted for the NUHW.

SEIU, for its part, denies the allegations, but the case certainly recalls concerns that employers and labor reformers have long harbored about “card check” and the Employee Free Choice Act because they would strip away the protection of the secret ballot. Now it looks like even that is under attack, once again, by SEIU.

Don’t forget the long list of recent allegations against SEIU that directly relate to the fight over card check: accused of intimidation, threatening employers, muscling other unions and their own members, and making demonstrably false claims about EFCA, just to name a few. See more here.

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5 Responses to “SEIU Gives Card Check Another Lump”

  1. November 12th, 2009 at 10:32 am

    Big Government » Blog Archive » SEIU: Evidence Against Card Check says:

    [...] has more on SEIU here and TheTruthAboutEFCA.com [...]

  2. November 12th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    SEIU: Evidence Against Card Check - Conservative Viewpoint Blog says:

    [...] has more on SEIU here and TheTruthAboutEFCA.com [...]

  3. November 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    SEIU’s Case Against Card Check Continues To Grow | thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check says:

    [...] has more on the biggest black eye for proponents of the tragically misnamed Employee Free Choice Act — the Service Employees [...]

  4. March 24th, 2010 at 5:23 am

    Sham Union Justice: Why You Don’t Want Card Check | thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check says:

    [...] wrong here? Probably no one’s right and everyone’s wrong, based on the record. SEIU went on a warpath that ended up undermining its own members’ right to vote — a good reminder why Congress should not pass the Employee Free Choice Act. And the [...]

  5. March 25th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Now Trumka Defends Workplace Democracy | thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check says:

    [...] SEIU has faced allegations by union rivals of subverting democracy for their own members of changing ballots, showing up at [...]

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