SEIU UNION CORRUPTION

10 REASONS TO VOTE AGAINST SEIU 1107

1. Perceived Corruption or Mismanagement


● Allegations of financial mismanagement or internal conflicts within SEIU Local 1107 have led some employees to question its effectiveness and transparency. The union was placed under trusteeship in 2017. In 2014, the ex-President, Eleazar Martinez embezzled $47,000 from the union which were employee dues.


2. High Union Dues of approximately $60/month ● Some employees may feel that the dues paid to SEIU Local 1107 are too high relative to the benefits received, especially if there are concerns about financial accountability. There may be an initiation fee of $100.


3. Ineffective Negotiations


● Employees may feel that SEIU Local 1107 has not successfully negotiated meaningful improvements in wages, benefits, or working conditions in prior contracts.

● For example, At the Employer, A Caring Hand Home Health Care, Absolute Home Care, Advanced Home Care, etc., in 2024 the Union and the Company entered into a contract where the employees had dues deducted out of their pay checks and only earned $16 per hour without any other benefits.


4. Lack of Communication


● Some members may perceive the union as being disconnected from their concerns or failing to keep members informed about key developments and negotiations.


5. Conflict with Leadership


● Dissatisfaction with union leadership, including concerns about decision-making or priorities, could lead employees to vote against representation by SEIU Local 1107.


6. Union promises are False


● Unions can make any promises to employees since they do not pay the employees wages and benefits. Get the union to sign a Guarantee in writing that they can get higher wages and benefits.


7. Focus on Political Agendas


● Critics sometimes argue that unions like SEIU focus heavily on political campaigns and lobbying, which might not directly benefit their members.


8. Lack of Tangible Benefits


● Employees might feel that SEIU Local 1107 has not delivered sufficient improvements in their workplace conditions or benefits to justify continued representation except to pay union dues of $60/month.


9. Restrictions on Flexibility


● Union contracts can impose rigid work rules, which some employees may see as limiting individual opportunities for negotiation or advancement.


10. History of Decertification of Union.


● The fact that some employers and employee groups have successfully decertified SEIU Local 1107 might lead others to question the union’s overall effectiveness. In 2017, Valley Hospital Medical and Center and Desert Spring Hospital Medical Center decertified SEIU 1107 Considerations: Before voting against SEIU Local 1107, it’s important to carefully evaluate these 10 reasons and to vote NO against the Union. Vote No against SEIU 1107 from the Management of a Helping Hand, LIz


NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES CONCERNING HISTORY OF SEIU 1107 MISCONDUCT


● SEIU Local 1107, representing healthcare and public service workers in Nevada, has faced several internal challenges and allegations over the years:


● 2013 Financial Misconduct: In 2014, the union filed a lawsuit against former officers, including ex-President Eleazar "Al" Martinez, alleging unauthorized disbursements totaling over $47,000 shortly after Martinez lost his re-election bid. The lawsuit claimed these funds were misappropriated without the union's knowledge or consent. Courthouse News


● 2016 Internal Conflicts: A power struggle emerged within SEIU Local 1107's leadership, leading to confrontations and legal actions. Notably, a confrontation at the union hall resulted in police involvement and a protective order against Executive Vice President Sharon Kisling. These events highlighted significant governance issues within the union. Review Journal


● 2017 Allegations of Mismanagement: In 2017, former union President Cherie Mancini was ousted by SEIU International amid internal disputes. Subsequently, union member Raymond Garcia filed a federal lawsuit alleging that SEIU International executives were using Local 1107 as part of a money laundering scheme, citing fraud, racketeering, and embezzlement. SEIU International denied these allegations, describing them as unfounded conspiracy theories.


● These incidents underscore the internal challenges SEIU Local 1107 has faced, including allegations of financial misconduct and leadership disputes. Such issues have impacted the union's operations and its relationship with members.


6 Reasons to Vote Against:


● Concerns About Leadership: Allegations of corruption or mismanagement may make some employees skeptical about the union's ability to serve their interests effectively.


Union Dues: Employees must weigh the cost of dues against the value of the services the union provides.


● Legal and Workplace Dynamics: Some may prefer dealing with workplace issues directly or may feel the union does not adequately address their specific concerns.


● Yes, there have been instances where employers have decertified SEIU Local 1107 as the representative union for their employees. Notable examples include:


7 Valley Hospital Medical Center: In February 2017, Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas withdrew recognition of SEIU 1107 after more than 50% of the registered nurses signed a petition for decertification.


Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center: In March 2017, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center also withdrew recognition of SEIU 1107 as the representative of its registered nurses, following a similar decertification effort by the employees.


These actions indicate that, in certain cases, employees have chosen to remove SEIU 1107 as their bargaining representative, leading employers to decertify the union accordingly 8 Historically, SEIU Local 1107 was placed under trusteeship in April 2017 by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International. This action was taken to address internal governance issues and to restore democratic procedures within the local union.


9 The trusteeship was lifted after the union addressed the concerns that led to its imposition.


10 Yes, there have been instances where employers have decertified SEIU Local 1107 as the representative union for their employees. Notable examples include:


Valley Hospital Medical Center: In February 2017, Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas withdrew recognition of SEIU 1107 after more than 50% of the registered nurses signed a petition for decertification.


Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center: In March 2017, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center also withdrew recognition of SEIU 1107 as the representative of its registered nurses, following a similar decertification effort by the employees.


These actions indicate that, in certain cases, employees have chosen to remove SEIU 1107 as their bargaining representative, leading employers to decertify the union accordingly. VOTE NO AGAINST SEIU 1107

CRIMINAL CHARGES


OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT ENFORCEMENT


The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws. These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlement of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.

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September 21st, 2022

On September 21, 2022, in Onondaga County, New York, Willie Green, former President of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 435 (located in Syracuse, N.Y.), was arrested and charged through a criminal complaint with one count of grand larceny in the second degree in the amount of $101,713, in violation of New York Penal Law 155.40. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office and the New York State Police.

June 28th, 2022

On June 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Attia Little, former Property Services Division Operations Manager for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement from a labor organization and one count of conspiracy to commit embezzlement from a labor organization for embezzling $503,600 from the union, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. 371, respectively. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General.

April 14th, 2022

On April 14, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Melba Norris, an associate of a former employee of the Service Employees International Union (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement and one count of one count of conspiracy to embezzle union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. 371. The criminal information states that Norris was part of a conspiracy to embezzle $503,600 from the union by using the union credit card to pay $60,000 in fraudulent invoices to fraudulent companies and purchasing $204,000 in gift cards for personal use, among other things. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General.

July 15th, 2020

On July 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former Comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), was sentenced to one day of imprisonment (suspended) and three years of supervised release, which includes one year of home confinement. He was also ordered to pay $85,962 in restitution and a $200 assessment. On February 27, 2020, Kurtycz pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. The factual basis of the plea agreement noted that the wire fraud charge pertained to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

February 27th, 2020

On February 27, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A, and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. Kurtycz also pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. The factual basis of the plea agreement noted that the wire fraud charge pertained to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

May 7th, 2019

On May 7, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former Comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A, and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (Conspiracy). Kurtycz was also indicted on six counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. One count pertains to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The remaining five counts of wire fraud pertain to electronic funds transfers for the purpose of executing the above conspiracy and wire fraud schemes. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of LaborÄôs Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

CRIMINAL CHARGES


OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT ENFORCEMENT


The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws. These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlement of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.

September 21st, 2022

On September 21, 2022, in Onondaga County, New York, Willie Green, former President of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 435 (located in Syracuse, N.Y.), was arrested and charged through a criminal complaint with one count of grand larceny in the second degree in the amount of $101,713, in violation of New York Penal Law 155.40. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston-Buffalo District Office and the New York State Police.

June 28th, 2022

On June 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Attia Little, former Property Services Division Operations Manager for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement from a labor organization and one count of conspiracy to commit embezzlement from a labor organization for embezzling $503,600 from the union, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. 371, respectively. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General.

April 14th, 2022

On April 14, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Melba Norris, an associate of a former employee of the Service Employees International Union (located in Washington, D.C.), was charged in a criminal information with one count of embezzlement and one count of one count of conspiracy to embezzle union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) and 18 U.S.C. 371. The criminal information states that Norris was part of a conspiracy to embezzle $503,600 from the union by using the union credit card to pay $60,000 in fraudulent invoices to fraudulent companies and purchasing $204,000 in gift cards for personal use, among other things. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office and the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General.

July 15th, 2020

On July 15, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former Comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), was sentenced to one day of imprisonment (suspended) and three years of supervised release, which includes one year of home confinement. He was also ordered to pay $85,962 in restitution and a $200 assessment. On February 27, 2020, Kurtycz pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. The factual basis of the plea agreement noted that the wire fraud charge pertained to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

February 27th, 2020

On February 27, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A, and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. Kurtycz also pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. The factual basis of the plea agreement noted that the wire fraud charge pertained to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

May 7th, 2019

On May 7, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Robert Kurtycz, former Comptroller of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chicago Midwest Regional Joint Board (located in Chicago, Ill.), was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit commercial bribery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/29A, and thereafter, did perform and attempt to perform an act of promotion, management, and carry on, and facilitation of the promotion, management, and carrying on, of the unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1952(a)(3), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (Conspiracy). Kurtycz was also indicted on six counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. One count pertains to the electronic transfer of union funds for unauthorized expense reimbursements totaling $85,962. The remaining five counts of wire fraud pertain to electronic funds transfers for the purpose of executing the above conspiracy and wire fraud schemes. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office, the Department of LaborÄôs Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

SEIU Local 521 UNION CORRUPTION

WHOSE MONEY WAS STOLEN?

Hard-working members who have lost millions of dollars!

Be Aware:

The Department of Labor (DOL) web site lists criminal actions by union officials, including several hundred cases over the past two years.

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The Department of Labor (DOL) web site lists criminal actions by union officials, including several hundred cases over the past two years.

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