SEIU UHW MEMBERS SHOULD YOU STRIKE? - Striking with a divided union is a recipe for failure, so why doesn’t Takeaway Dave Regan unite members by removing his 25 cents/hour new dues tax from the contract language? - At the last bargaining session, Dave Regan ended up screaming at Vallejo member, and long-time leader, Ollie Allen. What was Ollie’s crime? He had the nerve to ask for a separate vote on the 25 cent tax. As I learned years ago, differences of opinion in the democratic union are not tolerated. ~ Analyze what Kaiser is offering and you WOULD conclude the biggest takeaway for current members, is not what Kaiser is offering, BUT WHAT OUR UNION IS. - “The 25 cent tax is supposed to be matched by Kaiser. “You better believe if Kaiser ends up conceding, their 25 cents will come from your cost of living raise”, That results in a $1020/year LOSS for fulltime members. - When are we ever going to demand a STEP RAISE for senior-members? Many have not received one in over 20 years. Why does a more senior member get treated worse than a member of less than 5 years? Retired Member Jon Duff (jonduff@comcast.net)SEIU UHW MEMBERS SHOULD YOU STRIKE? Missing from the propaganda from the Union and Kaiser is the alleged proposed takeaways. Before losing pay you should know exactly what Kaiser is going to takeaway. Ask you rep. I will bet you will not get a list. It appears the reps are all excited about a “historic strike”. Please!!! Talk to members who lost homes during the 1980’s strike. I suspect one of the concessions is that Kaiser is not going along with Takeaway Dave Regan’s 25 cent tax. To sell this without a vote Kaiser is supposed to be chipping in a matching 25 cents. You better believe if Kaiser ends conceding, their 25 cents will come from your cost of living raise. Thus, the 25 cents/hour is really a loss of 50 cents/hour or over $1000/year. DEMAND SOME REAL ANSWERS, NOT BS, FROM THE UNION Retired Member Jon Duff (jonduff@comecast.net)SEIU UHW MEMBERS Stop Kaiser’s and the Union’s Takeaways - On social media some are claiming that members will pay nothing. They are either ignorant or reiterating leadership’s talking points. YOU WILL LOSE 25 CENTS/HOUR FROM YOUR HOURLY WAGE. Why is Kaiser the only division paying this tax? Why isn’t the Hospital Division? Aren’t we one union? ‘And why aren’t the members voting on this? At east you can vote on Kaiser’s takeaways. Aren’t we a democratic union? Or as I hear from multiple staff, who call Dave Regan the Donald Trump of union leaders. “The bully knows the vote will lose”. What is to keep Dave from using the millions of $$$$$ this tax will generate to fund another one of his failed propositions. His record, “O” wins and “10” loses. Where is there language that prevents him from touching this Education/ Political Slush Fund?SEIU-UHW MEMBERS SHOULD YOU STRIKE? - [have been told that Takeaway Dave Regan wants a strike to take pressure off his 25 cents per hour tax for the so-called education/slush political fund that you will not have an opportunity to vote on and he would control. - Although you could lose 5 days pay for a strike of questionable value, Dave and other union employees will lose nothing. I suspect there would be no chance of a strike if they also did not get paid. You may also be noticing increased visibility by the union. As we all know, the only time you see the union is when they want something for themselves. Where are they when you need them? - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY retired member jonduff@comcast.net