Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 2:20pm.
Like many others, we are watching closely the deterioration of employee rights - union member rights as SEIU's 21st Century Organizing model continues to be sold, like snake oil, to employers across this country and others. Even in a state like Colorado, we hear that the newly elected governor there has drank the purple kool-aid and cut a deal with SEIU to allow them to organize state employees. What we've learned is that both the AFSCME and AFT state employee locals there were co-opted by SEIU - and essential bent over as SEIU's new organizing army invaded the state literally raiding both local's members - they formed a new organization called "Wins", poured millions of dollars in to the governor's campaign and got a "deal" in an executive order that gives employees nothing - no negotiations over wages or benefits; no binding arbitration; and they also signed away state employees' right to strike as part of the "bargain."
We were told that the AFT local in Colorado disaffiliated with AFT as a result of the secret pact drafted by SEIU, AFSCME and AFT dictators in Washington - without the knowledge of the AFT affiliate or consent of its members.
Apparently, the purple Kool-Aid wasn't palatable to them and it seems that they aren't alone in rejecting the new formula for 21st century organizing. To those of us who know better than to drink that concoction we say, strength and power to the FMPR, the Colorado Disaffiliate of AFT, the UHW, CNA and all of those unionists - the Stern Corporate Union's betrayal of American workers will, indeed, be historical.
Like many others, we are watching closely the deterioration of employee rights - union member rights as SEIU's 21st Century Organizing model continues to be sold, like snake oil, to employers across this country and others. Even in a state like Colorado, we hear that the newly elected governor there has drank the purple kool-aid and cut a deal with SEIU to allow them to organize state employees. What we've learned is that both the AFSCME and AFT state employee locals there were co-opted by SEIU - and essential bent over as SEIU's new organizing army invaded the state literally raiding both local's members - they formed a new organization called "Wins", poured millions of dollars in to the governor's campaign and got a "deal" in an executive order that gives employees nothing - no negotiations over wages or benefits; no binding arbitration; and they also signed away state employees' right to strike as part of the "bargain."
We were told that the AFT local in Colorado disaffiliated with AFT as a result of the secret pact drafted by SEIU, AFSCME and AFT dictators in Washington - without the knowledge of the AFT affiliate or consent of its members.
Apparently, the purple Kool-Aid wasn't palatable to them and it seems that they aren't alone in rejecting the new formula for 21st century organizing. To those of us who know better than to drink that concoction we say, strength and power to the FMPR, the Colorado Disaffiliate of AFT, the UHW, CNA and all of those unionists - the Stern Corporate Union's betrayal of American workers will, indeed, be historical.