highlighting the devastating impacts of California’s new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, which goes into effect Monday. It will run in the coming days as a television and digital ad buy in the Los Angeles and Sacramento markets. The tongue-in-cheek video features fast food workers “thanking” the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for the damaging and . In fact, California restaurants are and cutting hours ahead of the increase. The SEIU was behind the bill that created the California Fast Food Council as well as the new $20 wage—a hike that continues to be championed by ..read more

Recently, the UAW’s Stellantis National Council held a meeting. This isn’t news, national councils do need to meet, after all. What is news is the venue they chose for it. Rather than taking a meeting close to home, Shawn Fain, Rich Boyer, the UAW’s local Stellantis officers decamped from a cold Michigan March to the Sheraton Resort and Casino in sunny Puerto Rico for a week by the beach.  The Sheraton Puerto Rico is a , offering Puerto Rico’s largest casino, an infinity pool, expensive restaurants, and even catamaran trips. As a cherry on top, it’s all just a few minutes away from the be ..read more

Today, the Center for Union Facts on the potential next leader of the Service Employees International Union. recently noted that outgoing Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry’s replacement could be April Verrett, a high-ranking SEIU member. Verrett has been the president of SEIU Local 2015 (2019-2022) and is the current secretary treasurer of the SEIU International (2022-present). But Verrett is a controversial figure even within her own union. She presided over two of the largest union staff strikes in American history and has been associated with several ..read more

A key ally of Unite Here Local 11, the Democratic Socialists of America, Los Angeles (DSA-LA) recently a radical school board candidate who praised an anti-Semitic book and liked a speech that Kahllid Al-Alim, a candidate for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board and an in an Oct. 18, 2022, X post that the anti-Semitic book The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews should be “MANDATORY Reading in Community Schools.” falsely posits that Jews played a disproportionate role in the slave trade. The book was once the “bible of the new anti-Semitism” in the pages of the .  In 2018 ..read more

(CUF) launched the latest phase in its ongoing national education campaign focused on the United Auto Workers (UAW). The campaign initially aimed to shed light on a pattern of corruption within the UAW. Now, it has expanded to scrutinize the union’s new leadership (including president Shawn Fain), controversial stances on hot-button issues, and failure to fulfill promises made to members. To kick off the launch, CUF released a featuring Ford worker and former UAW member Terry Bowman. A proud hourly automaker in Michigan, Terry says the UAW doesn’t represent his values and doesn’t keep its prom ..read more

After months of anti-Israel rhetoric from SEIU officers, employees, and affiliates, the union released a carefully worded statement condemning violence on both sides of the Israel/Palestine conflict and called for a ceasefire.  This recent statement is a far-cry from SEIU President Mary Kay Henry’s initial social media post that failed to condemn Hamas’ terrorist attack. This more recent statement may strike a more even tone, but it doesn’t seem to reflect the true sentiments of hundreds of SEIU leaders across the country. Controversy around the terrorist attack first arose at the SEIU wh ..read more

(CUF) released a new report exposing the union ties of Nicole Berner, whom Biden nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The long-time Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lawyer is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday regarding her nomination. You can read the full report The report highlights Berner’s long history of backing the union’s harmful policies and pushing policies that could force employees into union representation. This track record suggests she will use the position to promote the SEIU’s agenda—potentially at the ..read more

with Starbucks, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and its affiliate Workers United have not been without controversy. That seems unlikely to change now that information  come to light showing discontent among its membership. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request recently released by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reveals that one-hundred decertification efforts have been made against the SEIU and Workers United since 2020. Apparently, Starbucks Workers United – the division of Workers United organizing baristas across the country – is also not immune from t ..read more

After a six week strike, UAW members are now voting on a tentative contract deal between the union and the Big Three. But it looks like some members think the deal falls short of President Fain’s many promises. 52% of UAW members at GM’s Flint Michigan Engine facility voted down the tentative agreement with the company. They aren’t alone. 51% of UAW members at Romulus Propulsion Systems did the same.  Discontent with the deal seems to be alive and well even at the UAW’s large assembly plants. , with thousands of employees between them, voted against the contract.  Even Shawn Fain’s p ..read more

outlining a series of lawsuits that allege workplace harassment, discrimination,racism, and retaliation among leadership at LA-based SEIU Locals. The report is the latest in an ongoing national campaign to educate the public on the many controversies surrounding the SEIU. Some of the shocking cases include allegations of preferential treatment for male employees, humiliation and intimidation of female employees by male colleagues and superiors, and a culture of intimidation and humiliation. The report outlines seven lawsuits involving Local 121RN, Local 721, Local 1000, Local 2015, and Local 9 ..read more