Overview

• David Huerta, president of SEIU California, was arrested on June 6 after he attempted to block an ICE vehicle during a Los Angeles raid protest.
• The union’s California affiliates have used member dues to back the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights and finance an informal 'immigration rapid response' network.
• SEIU California collects millions annually from Medicaid-funded dues paid by in-home caregivers, many of whom are unaware they belong to the union.
• Hundreds of thousands of government employees have exercised their right to opt out of union membership in recent years, citing dissatisfaction with political use of dues.
• Columnist Kurt Schlicter has proposed that the administration could defund NGOs accused of channeling public money into protests, raising the stakes for SEIU’s funding model.