The SEIU is using its political pull to try to force California companies to disclose their employees’ private information.
Although the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is known for its brazenness, this is still pretty shocking [via Reason]:
Even those observers of California state government who are aware of the degree to which the Democratic-controlled legislature is in the tank for public-sector unions might be shocked by the latest bill that’s making its way to the governor’s office.
Legislators are about to require that private-sector workers in the home-care industry provide a wide range of personal information—home address, email contact, cell-phone number—to any labor organization that wants it. Those unions would then be free, at their discretion, to pester these workers into joining the union.
The bill only affects one industry, but the precedent is clear. How long before an ever-expanding list of private workers in California are subject to union organizers showing up at their doorstep and contacting them on their private emails and cell phones? The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has already been able to unionize home healthcare workers receiving government payments to care for a loved one. Clearly, SEIU is expanding its horizons. [Emphasis added.]
While this is only affecting people in California’s home-care industry—for now—the SEIU’s bought-and-paid-for legislature may be setting a precedent for other bought-and-paid-for legislatures in other states to follow suit in other industries.
