SERVICE EMPLOYEES 434 (SEIU)

Constitutional Class Sizes
The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s statewide teachers union has filed a lawsuit to stop the state from counting votes on a constitutional amendment that would alter class sizes in the state. A lawyer for Florida’s statewide teachers union asked a judge Wednesday to block the counting of votes cast on the Legislature’s proposed state [more...]

Posted Thu, 09 Sep 2010 .

It’s Hard to Get Specific When Everything Specific Is Shot Down
There was a minor dustup over at the Huffington Post when Davis Guggenheim (the director of the pro-education reform documentary Waiting for “Superman”) was criticized by Dan Brown (not the author of The Da Vinci Code, but a schoolteacher) for offering gauzy platitudes instead of actual suggestions for reform. Wrote Brown: Guggenheim presents his teacher [more...]

Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2010 .

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SEIU Local 434 Basic Facts
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Total assets:	$ 6,726,126
Members:	42,531
ULPs filed since 2000:	9
Decertification petitions filed since 2000:	3

SERVICE EMPLOYEES (SEIU)
Local 434
2515 BEVERLY BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90057

Financial Information
Total Assets:	$ 6,726,126
Total Receipts:	$ 36,880,102

Membership
Total Membership: 42,531

Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Managements Standards LM filings

Financial Disbursements

Representational Activities ( 10.8%)	$ 3,992,914
Political Activities & Lobbying ( 0.8%)	$ 287,229
Contributions, Gifts & Grants ( 1.9%)	$ 696,642
General Overhead ( 13.6%)	$ 5,023,085
Union Administration ( 6.3%)	$ 2,336,836
Strike Benefits ( 0.0%)	$ 0
Per Capita Tax ( 49.8%)	$ 18,419,778
Professional Fees ( 0.0%)	$ 0

Leadership
Highest Paid Local 434 Leaders & Staff

Name	Title	Total Compensation
		$ 558,531
Tyrone Freeman	General President	$ 162,046
Rickman Jackson	Chief Of Staff	$ 147,449
Dereck Smith	Deputy It Dept	$ 116,805
Nicole Ward	Assistant To The Presiden	$ 105,567
Thomas Clause	Deputy Of Administration	$ 100,311
Matthew Maldonado	Assistant To President	$ 93,207
Will Hirst	Deputy Division 3-5	$ 87,915
Alicia Carrera	Deputy Of Finance	$ 82,170
Tom Csekey	Deputy Division 7	$ 80,358
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Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings
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Unfair Labor Practices

Allegations Filed
Other Allegations		7
Duty of Fair Representation		3
Refusal to Furnish Information		2
Unilateral Changes [not Sec. 8(d)]		1
Direct Dealing/Bypassing Union		1
[show all ULP violations]

The National Labor Relations Board investigates instances of union violations of the National Labor Relations Act and other labor laws. Unfair Labor Practices include instances of bad faith bargaining, excessive dues, violence, threats and many other violations.

Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database

Unionization Elections
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees union representation elections, or "R Cases." To call an election, 30 percent of affected employees are required to sign a petition for an election. Elections can be used to both certify and decertify union representation. Increasingly, unions are avoiding the NLRB election process, instead opting for "Card Check" unionization.

Decertification Elections
Union members unhappy with their current union can opt to decertify— also known as "RD Cases"—it as their "exclusive bargaining representative."

Decertification Petitions
Filed: 3
[view decertifications]

Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database

Elections Records
Despite the commonly held belief that most workers would like to join a union, union representation elections—also known as "RC Cases"—often fail.

Wins: 4 (100%)
Losses: 0 (0%)
[view election records]

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