The Service Employees International Union wants to see more workers represented in labor unions so those workers can rally against corporations for better pay, benefits and workforce policies — like not laying off employees without notice. But SEIU isn’t willing to treat its own employees that way.

From The Washington Post last week:

The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of the SEIU’s national field staff members and organizers that it is laying off 75 of the employees.

In return, the workers union, which goes by the somewhat postmodern name of the Union of Union Representatives, has filed charges of unfair labor practices against the SEIU with the National Labor Relations Board. The workers union’s leaders say that the SEIU is engaging in the same kind of practices that some businesses use: laying off workers without proper notice, contracting out work to temporary-staffing firms, banning union activities and reclassifying workers to reduce union numbers.

“It’s completely hypocritical,” said Malcolm Harris, president of the workers union. “This is the union that’s been at the forefront of progressive issues, around ensuring that working people and working families are taken care of, but when it comes to the people that work for SEIU, they haven’t set the same standards.”

Yesterday, SEIU reaped what its in-your-face, pro-union message has sown upon company after company. Employees affected by the layoffs picketed SEIU headquarters. Here’s video: