Posted on 06/27/2018 10:14:06 AM PDT by MeganC
From an email:
Dear SEIU Local 1000 Members:
Today the Supreme Court issued the long-awaited decision in the case of Janus vs. AFSCME. As expected, we witnessed the highest legal authority in the United States disregard 40 years of their own legal precedents protecting workers’ rights and instead choose to continue to erode unions.
The Janus vs. AFSCME case was argued by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation – a group whose sole purpose is to break unions. This case, like many others, is supported and funded by billionaires and corporations who began the “Right to Work” movement. These groups aim to strip workers’ rights, suppress wages and ship jobs overseas to maximize their personal profits.
While these special interest groups may be celebrating today, they are underestimating the strength of our union. Thousands of our members have already made the choice to stand with their coworkers and choose our union because they understand that standing together strengthens our ability to negotiate good contracts, fight for higher wages, defend our members’ rights and protect our hard-earned pensions.
Next year we head into bargaining with the state. During our last collective bargaining, we negotiated the largest contact in the history of the State of California. Our contract included an across the board 11.5% pay increase and a $2,500 bonus. Together we won a host of working condition benefits like a pathway to end mandatory overtime, increased opportunities for upward mobility and mechanisms to address discrepancies in the cost of living throughout our state.
These victories were the result of a strong, active membership and the work of thousands of members and leaders who stood strong in the face of adversity to fight for their families.
Our unprecedented wins at SEIU Local 1000 are in sharp contrast to what we’ve seen in places like Wisconsin, where the state workers contract went from 397 pages to 4 after the passage of anti-union legislation. Since 2010, Wisconsin has seen the largest middle-class decline of any state, with public employees receiving only a 2% salary increase and health contributions reducing employees’ take-home pay by up to 12%.
Across the country, workers in “Right to Work” states make on average $6100 less a year, the poverty rate is higher, more people are uninsured and workers are 49% more likely to die on the job.
We know that when we choose our union, we choose a strong contract, we choose to fight for our hard-earned pensions, and we choose to build the power and strength of SEIU Local 1000. Our eyes are wide open to what this case is about. If the billionaires who funded it think they can defeat us, they are sadly mistaken. We have been under attack for decades, yet we continue to grow stronger. I am proud of what we have accomplished together and I look forward to what SEIU Local 1000 will continue to build for our members and all Californians.
In Solidarity, Yvonne R. Walker President SEIU Local 1000
Well, the SCOTUS ignored tens of thousands of years of precedent of what a marriage is, in redefining marriage, so what goes around comes around, as they say.
Dearest union losers: Hahahahahaha. May your suffering be real. May your money laundering for the DIMs/LIBs cease. Hahahaha. WINNING! MAGA!
Dearest union losers: Hahahahahaha. May your suffering be real. May your money laundering for the DIMs/LIBs cease. Hahahaha. WINNING! MAGA!
You can prefer anything you want but it doesn't make me or anyone else 'wrong'
So was FDR and a host of other Democrats back in that time.
You truly lack a sense of humor.
And so was I.
EXACTLY
You are most welcome!
tnks u 2!
Thanks for sharing.
I advocate for SEIU. Big time! I advocate for its demise.
LOL!!!
Actually Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the US. California is about 35th in the nation.
No, it’s California. Really.
Lots of statistics backed up by....nothing. No reference...no study...nothing. Just made up numbers meant to instill fear into the useful idiots among us.
JoMa
Dude...
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