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Paycheck shock: Local 1000 dues up 50 percent By Christine Mai-Duc E-mail article (published August 6th, 2007) Many state workers did a double-take on their payroll stubs last week as the 50-percent increase to member dues and fair-share payments approved last year by SEIU Local 1000 took effect. The increase, which raises dues from 1 percent to 1.5 percent of state worker salaries, has prompted an ongoing conflict among the union's rank and file over what some call an unnecessary burden on member's pocketbooks. SEIU Local 1000 has 90,000 members, both dues-paying and non dues-paying, and is state government's largest union local. Those who opposed the increase say a significant number of state employees took notice. "The phones were ringing off the hook, even at CSEA," said Ken Hamidi, a member of Local 1000 and leader with Raise Organize Against Raise (ROAR), which seeks to roll back the dues. He and other opponents of the increase told Capitol Weekly...
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