Beck Notice
Dear Local 1 Member:
Under the authority of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), your employer and your bargaining representative, SEIU Local 1, have negotiated a collective bargaining agreement ("Agreement") which covers your wages, hours and other terms and conditions of your job. This Agreement also provides that bargaining unit employees who are not full members of Local 1 must pay an agency, or “fair share,” fee for services rendered by Local 1. The officers, representatives, and other members of Local 1 strongly urge you to become and remain an active member of the Union. Only members can attend and participate in membership meetings and help to develop the contract proposals for the Agreement that covers your wages, benefits and working conditions, as well as participate in contract ratification and strike votes. Only members can vote to set or raise dues and fees. Only members can nominate and elect officers of the Union, and only members can run for Union office and for convention delegate. Further, having more members in the Union will result in greater bargaining strength and more powerful representation in negotiations for collective bargaining agreements, providing you with better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions. We believe that it is in your best interest to become and to remain a full dues paying member of Local 1. However, your obligation under the Agreement is limited to the payment of uniform fees and dues.
Non-members have the right, under the NLRA, to object to payment of union activities not related to the Union’s duties as bargaining agent, and to obtain a reduction in dues and fees for such activities. Any member who wishes to file an objection should send a written notice of such to Local 1 at the following address or e-mail:
Efrain Elias
c/o SEIU Local 1 Dues Department
111 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601
The written notice must include the member’s full name and address. Upon the filing of an objection, the Local 1 Secretary-Treasurer will certify to your employer a fair share fee that is equal to the amount uniformly charged to members and you will be charged that fee according to a schedule consistent with the Agreement and the Local’s Bylaws. If the Union does not receive a letter of objection, we will presume that you have no objection to being charged the full membership dues and fees.
The fair share fee amount has been calculated based on the Union's expenditures for collective bargaining, grievances, and arbitrations, contract administration, and representation, as well as other relevant matters affecting the terms and conditions of your employment. The determination that at least 83.09% of regular dues were properly chargeable to those persons who properly object was based upon the calculation of the major expenditures of Local 1, as determined by our Certified Public Accountants who performed an analysis of our expenditures. Qualifying expenditures are those which we believe to be properly charged to fair share payers in that they relate to the collective bargaining process, collective bargaining contract administration and the Union's efforts in pursuing matters affecting wages, hours and other conditions of employment. These figures were prepared by Bansley and Kiener, L.L.P., Certified Public Accountants, O’Hare Plaza 8745 West Higgins Rd, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60631.
Non-members have the right to contest or challenge the accuracy of the calculation that 83.06% of the Union’s expenditures are made for collective bargaining, contract administration and other matters affecting terms and conditions of employment before an impartial arbitrator. Upon receipt of a timely objection, objectors will be notified of those procedures.
Sincerely,
Efrain Elias
Secretary Treasurer
SEIU Local 1