What is SEIU?
Service Employees International Union is the largest and fastest growing union in the country. SEIU has over one million members throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. How much are dues? Local 284 members pay dues that is based on the average number of hours worked, number of months worked per year and the hourly wage. No dues are paid for the months you do not work. A newly organized group does not pay dues until the group ratifies its first contract. What about initiation fees? For members of a newly organized group the initiation fee is waived. Those members hired after the first contract is ratified will pay the initiation fee. The fee is $72.50 and can be paid all at once or over a few months. Where does dues money go? Dues money pays for contract negotiations, legal costs, trained professional staff, communications with members, training members and organizing unorganized workers, steward expenses, and office expenses. If we vote in the union, do we start negotiat
