Union Bosses Versus Union Members?

As the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) protest in front of Majority Leader Adam Hasner’s (R- Delray Beach) district office today in South Florida against preserving and protecting Floridians’ right to a secret ballot, the country's fastest-growing union is engaged in its own labor dispute with employees it is seeking to lay off.
The Washington Post reported today the Service Employees International Union has notified the union that represents about 220 of the SEIU's national field staff members and organizers that it is laying off 75 of the employees.

“It’s ironic that the SEIU staff members are losing their jobs and suing the union for unfair labor practices,” said Leader Hasner. “Unions are supposed to protect their members, not fire them.”

The article went on to say, “The workers union's leaders say that the SEIU is engaging in the same kind of practices that some businesses use: laying off workers without proper notice, contracting out work to temporary-staffing firms, banning union activities and reclassifying workers to reduce union numbers.”

"It's completely hypocritical," said Malcolm Harris, president of the workers union. "This is the union that's been at the forefront of progressive issues, around ensuring that working people and working families are taken care of, but when it comes to the people that work for SEIU, they haven't set the same standards."
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