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   From: jimmy@purina.com   
      
   A powerful Washington State union has abandoned defending a   
   forced dues scheme and shifted its tactics to appealing to home   
   health workers to remain in the union.   
      
   A state policy has allowed SEIU Local 775 to automatically   
   deduct dues payments from home health workers for years.   
   However, that practice stands on shaky legal ground after the   
   Supreme Court declared a similar policy in Illinois   
   unconstitutional.   
      
   Local 775 is taking a proactive approach to retaining its   
   unwilling dues payers voluntarily: The union sent a letter to   
   home health providers, many of whom are caring for disabled   
   loved ones, petitioning them to continue to pay union dues. The   
   letter, which was obtained by the Freedom Foundation, a state   
   think-tank, highlights the benefits the union has obtained for   
   providers.   
      
   “Add your name to the thousands of caregivers who are standing   
   with our bargaining team for better care for our clients, and   
   for the professional respect, wages, and benefits we deserve,”   
   775 President David Rolf says in the letter.   
      
   The union is hoping to avoid seeing its membership rolls fall as   
   a result of the Supreme Court’s Harris v. Quinn decision, which   
   found Illinois had violated the rights of home healthcare   
   workers by forcing them to pay union dues.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/20/seiu-begs-workers-to-   
   keep-paying-up/?intcmp=obinsite   
      
       
      
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