Service Employees International Union Local 775, it seems, would do anything for a buck, including continuing to collect dues from a former member. On March 29, the Seattle-based union reached an out-of-court agreement with a Spokane home caregiver, Cindy Ochoa, following its admission that one of its canvassers had forged her signature on a membership card. Ochoa, with the help of an Olympia-based nonprofit legal group, the Freedom Foundation, had filed a lawsuit in Spokane federal court in October alleging the union had violated her First Amendment rights, unlawfully withheld part of her wages, and caused emotional distress. Local 775 agreed to pay her $15,000 in damages and $13,000 in foundation-incurred legal fees, and send her a written apology.
SEIU Local 775 represents more than 45,000 long-term health care providers in Washington State and Montana, many of them operating out of their own homes on behalf of family members. One … Read More ➡ “Washington State SEIU Affiliate Settles Suit Over Forged Signature”
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A half-decade ago, the Obama administration, in apparent defiance of federal statutes, issued a rule authorizing states to deduct union dues from home care providers whose income is partly or fully Medicaid-derived. The experiment now has ended. Yesterday, May 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)