California SEIU workers accused of vandalism

In two separate incidents, workers for the Service Employee International Union have been accused of vandalism against supporters of another union.

SEIU is a key supporter of card check, replacing secret ballot elections with free-to-peek petition drives.

The opportunity for harassment will increase dramatically if secret ballot elections are eliminated.

The Fresno Business Journal has more:

Home care workers in Clovis and Kerman who support the National Union of Healthcare Workers say people have come to their door, torn down signs in support of NUHW and replaced them with flyers in support of SEIU.

Today marked the day when 10,000 workers in the Fresno area would begin receiving ballots in the mail. The election is to determine if workers want to remain members of SEIU or join NUHW.

"I was extremely upset," said Silbenia Conley of Kerman. She said she witnessed a heavyset African-American male come to her door, allegedly tear down a red NUHW support sign, replace it with a SEIU magnetized sign, then speed off in a newer silver-gray Chevy Malibu. "I was cussing. That (sign) was given to me," Conley said.

Conley and her husband are both in-home care workers, and she said she doesn't know how SEIU received their home address.

The Clovis incident involves an allegation that a purple-clad SEIU worker kicked in a screen door belonging to a NUHW supporter, who then placed SEIU flyers in from an NUHW sign.

Imagine how bad it could be if card check replaces secret ballot elections when workers decide whether they want to join a union.

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