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Yes I do.
There are currently over 350,000 caregivers being paid by the state to provide in home support services to the elderly and others who need it. The California state legislature passed a law many years ago that classified these caregivers as state employees and immediately the SEIU/UDW was the Union assigned to represent these new "state" workers.
The state of California withholds dues from the compensation given to these caregivers and sends it directly to the SEIU/UDW.
Here is an article that appeared in the LA Times in 2009 that brought this issue to light for me. I have met with my state representative to discuss this program. Her name was Bonnie Lowenthal, and she is a nothing but a union bought shill.
Fraud infects state in-home care program - Los Angeles Times
Here is a more recent article on the union money generation project.
When Home Caregivers Kill the Elderly With Neglect - The Atlantic
California’s $7.3 billion IHSS program is the largest publicly funded caregiver program in the nation. The caseload has more than doubled since 2001 and now serves about 490,000 low-income clients throughout the state.
At present, the current SEIU dues are based on hours worked. Here is a link to a dues structure as a point of reference.
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So, $20/mo X 350,000 X 12 months = $84,000,000/yr. These dues collections have been going on since before 2009. So call it $50 million for 5 years. That's $250 million in dues paid for by taxpayers in California. This is a real number as it wasn't rejected by Ms. Lowenthal.
Fair enough. Its 223,000 SEIU workers, but 60 million a year, so close enough for your point.
My union is little, and quite a bit different from the cliches we always hear, so I'm not up on how other unions work.