Tim Decker

Timothy Decker

School & Community LiaisonLocal Investment Commission

Tim Decker, LINC staff member, is being certified as a trainer to work in northwest Missouri.

Kindergarten teachers presented diplomas, and principal Jane Skinner and LINC Neighborhood Coordinator Tim Decker were the speakers.

Tim Decker, Local INvestment Commission

Local President Tim Decker said he believes the union is at 60 percent.Of about 10,000 workers, SEIU membership numbers just fewer than 6,000, he said.

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Decker said an auditor would review the rate annually to make sure it accurately reflected union costs.

Decker said union dues are calculated based on a worker's wage.They amount to about an hour's pay for each two weeks of work, he said.

Decker conceded he jumped the gun last week when he sent an e-mail declaring victory in the long fight.

"It's not quite a victory yet," he said."The agency fee hasn't taken hold yet, but we hope to work out details soon."

One problem, he said, is that the number of state workers is a shifting target, especially in summer when the ranks of temporary employees swell.They cannot be counted in the total eligible work force.

"We need to have assurance that we're at 60 percent, but the question is 60 percent of what," he said.

"We recognize the horror that the terrorist attacks have inflicted on all victims and their families," said Tim Decker, president of Local 1984."We have a special affinity with the public servants who worked in the World Trade Center.This includes many firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical workers who put their lives on the line in the face of overwhelming violence."SEIU locals also represent New York state employees, janitors, security officers, building engineers, window washers, and tour guides who worked at the World Trade Center.A number of SEIU health care workers who responded to the attack are listed among the casualties after the twin towers collapsed.